The final version written by Ion Saliu on July 15, 2004 (4 WE).
1. Software Upgrades
Util532.exe, Util632.exe version 11.0, May 21, 2004 (4 WE) - Freeware.
Major bug fixes and improvements in performance in version 11.0.
There are many new features in the 32-bit utilities. Convert lotto drawings to regular sums and single-digit (root) sums. The Ion_3 filter in MDIEditor and Lotto is based on the root sum (Fadic addition). Create the wonder grid (pairings file) for any number of top pairs. Generate combinations based on the most frequent numbers position by position...
Also available the 32-bit utility applications for pick-3, pick 4, and horse racing: Util332.exe, Util432.exe, Util-H32.exe.
Available for the first time as freeware: UtilPB.EXE, the utility for Powerball/Megamillions. The utility calculates more precisely the winning combinations. The function follows more closely the procedure of calculating the odds for Powerball or Mega Millions. Seven prizes are checked: 0 regular plus Powerball; then from 3 regular numbers and NO Powerball to 5 regular plus the Powerball.
I made the same correction to the Powerball function in WINNERS.EXE (version 3.1 2004; also better user error handling).
The statistical function does calculations for the 6 positions of the Powerball (Thunderball too). The player can select the most frequent numbers for each position. See the sample file RANGEPB consisting of the most frequent positional numbers in Powerball 5/53/42 for 184 draws. RANGEPB can serve as an input file to the POSITIONAL LIMITS function in UtilPB.EXE. It represents a very powerful way to put together only Powerball numbers of high frequency. If the numbers in each position represent 50% of total frequency, the final jackpot probability is 0.56 = 1 in 64. If the numbers in each position represent 60% of total frequency, the final jackpot probability improves to 0.66 = 1 in 22. The result file can be diminished further by using the PURGE routines in MDIEditor and Lotto WE or LotWon.
Older INI files might create some errors. It is recommended to delete the Pick?.INI files before running the utilities for the first time, or IF errors occur. Incorrect formats of the data files create also errors. Run PARSEL.EXE from time to time.
2. Complaints, Questions, Answers Regarding Ion Saliu's Freeware
“Someone who is familiar with Ion Saliu's Util-6 can explain me why do I have following discrepancy? He does not answer to technical questions to his software, he does not support it, that's why. - miami24”
“Well miami24,
If you cannot use a software without problems and the developer offers no support, there are only 2 solutions as seen from a blond point of view:
1- Dump that software and use something else.
2- Make your own software. – Babarlish”
"I have no idea how to write software, I'm not a programmer.
I have tried many free programs (and have bought one of them) and they are not as good as Saliu's program should be. I'm interested in his theories as well.
I've asked in this forum because someone may have a useful tip. Maybe someone tried his software and have an idea what the problem could be. Maybe even Saliu himself may have compassion if he reads it. Don't be offended, but I expect real help here (if someone can help, of course) and I don't think other people who haven't used his software can be of help."
My young friend, Critser Thornc, the Roman Portuguese, responded:
"Just to show you how friendly we are, I used the Can-6/49 history and fed it into both the programs you mentioned! These are the first lines of FREQ6 for Can649.txt:
What I did was to get the history from BCLC, copy-paste it to c649.txt file, run my CoolRevGui on it to reverse it (yes, I'm the author of CoolRevGui!) and fed it to Util-6. Then I used util-6 to simulate a 10000-line of lotto6, appended it to the end of c649.txt and named the new one c639-10k.txt fed this to MDIEditor and got the results!
My first guess at your problem is that you either didn't reverse the files; append the simulated lines to wrong end; or a combination of both!
Now say "thank you" and I'll he happy!
Everything Depends; Nothing is Always; Everything is Sometimes -- Unix fortune output!"
I noticed lots of links to my web site from this thread at the lotto 6/49 message board in Canada. As the original poster noticed, I don't respond to most messages I receive directly. There are already too many to read. More than one million new visitors a year hit my web site. The vast majority of the questions I receive are bona fide. But a few of the inquirers are hard-core bastards who only want to disrupt me, if possible. It ain't possible, though! Nobody and nothing can disrupt me, if I may paraphrase Critser. Unfortunately, I can no longer answer the bona fide messages, either.
I have added 32-bit replacements to the UTIL software at my FTP downloads site. Actually, not real replacements, because the oldies are still there. The gateway is:
"• UTIL-5.EXE; UTIL-6.EXE. These are statistical analysis utilities for the lotto-5 and lotto-6 games. Keep those programs handy, but use the 32-bit versions: UTIL532.EXE and UTIL632.EXE. The 32-bit programs work with gigantic data files, long file names, and have more potent features. Pay attention to the last function under 'Make/Break/Position'. Take one or two loto numbers with lower median skip(s) and a good probability of hitting in the next drawing. Add to the numbers their own top 8 or 10 pairings; or add the top 8 or 10 pairs of another frequent number that is not expected to hit the next draw. Break the 9/11-number strings into 6-number combinations. The results are astonishing, more often than not! If budget doesn't allow playing all the combinations, then shuffle the combination file and play combinations from the middle (approximately the FFG median). No matter what combinations you play, the following is a constant rule. The combinations from inside the FFG median bell always show a better frequency—around 25% better frequency.
Pain is sometimes beneficial. I lifted tons, I mean tons of books, last month. Even a toughest guy will fall in bed thereafter. But the rest gave me the chance to read more goingons at my site, or related to my website. NO, I can't respond personally, individually, no matter who or what. But keep in mind that there is nothing out there with a more solid foundation AND a more honest foundation than the software known as LotWon or Ion Saliu's software. No false modesty—only the truth. You can pay, of course. Paying is always an option, in every culture and historical period. In the particular case of lottery/gambling, however, you can pay as much as you want—but get nothing real in exchange. The only exception is LotWon. The exception is not in price (free!), but in workings also. Yes, your phone calls may be answered nicely, usually by nice female voices—at other sites. Even your email messages may be answered nicely, but without any substance. Gambling/lottery is nothing but gut feeling anywhere you look at—except for my website.
Having more personal time, I asked myself: “Self, what is the worst thing about Ion Saliu's software? Why don't I, the most knowledgeable user of Ion Saliu's software win BIG?” I tell you first hand what the worst thing about Ion Saliu's software is. It is the jungle of options the software offers. A jungle of options requires a jungle of time. I repeat what I said many times at my site. I was a lot more successful using my software when the programs were less powerful than they are now. The explanation is: I played much more before. There are many, many more options. Yet, only a few options are all that's needed to crush the odds. The key strategy is to focus on one, just one filter. Get on a filter value way outside the median range—something like 4 times or more the median/the median divided by 4 or more times. That filter value alone reduces the odds tremendously. Not only the random expectation is beaten, but also even the player's disadvantage is overcome. The cost of winning (the holy COW) is still expensive, however. We need use several other filters—and plenty of them are available. The strategy checking utilities show very clearly how other filters would have fared. We don't need to enable every filter in the strategy checking utility. Only enabling a minority of other filters leads to a drastic reduction in the playing cost. One Balkan correspondent told me how he used the Ver6 filter. He used other filters with very tight settings. The player missed the jackpot, although he hit a dozen '4 of 6', or so.
I tell you what, Kokostirk. Complaining to the search engines that I fool them to send me visitors won't cut it. Every normal person realizes that my web site is absolutely and honestly the best of its kind. The other thing you trying, Kulai Parakelsus, Kotskarr et al., won't do it, either. That is, trying lots of hits to my website just to slow it down, or even shut it down. Those who crave for bad things can always read this verse at bedtime. Their dreams are easy to predict, almost easier than the loterie.
“He shall feed their hunger with the sands of the shore and quench their thirst in the depths of the sea.”
Keep in mind that most lotto/lottery/gambling authors/developers always hide their identity in public places. They never write about their software/systems and sign with their authentic names. They write under assumed Internet names. They pose as bona fide users of said software/system. They are not real users. They're trolling for their “creations”. It's a simple advertising scheme. I do not do that. This thread that made me write this article came as a full surprise to me. I just saw another thread at the “Lottery Post” message board (started in May of 2004). I did not suggest the idea of writing about me. In fact, somebody I suspect to be from the Kokostirk & Kotkoduck (BobP at lotterypost.com) & Kotskarr & Kulai Parakelsus (un)law firm. His “idea” is that one would spend a lot of time at my web site, only to lose one's sanity. Tell you what. If one has sanity before getting to my site, one would not lose an iota of sanity. But if one is kind of idiot, one has all the chances to lose some idiotism. That result can be painful. Now, I am aware also that I increase the insanity level of those who are already plenty insane!
So, I have settled for just a few filters of my own. The 'for-me-only' software works with data files of over 200000 (two hundred thousand) combinations for lotto-5 and 2500000(two million five hundred thousand) for loto 6. The layers are, respectively, 25000 and 250000 combinations apart. Even MDIEditor and Lotto works with four layers. I noticed, for example, that FivR(S) = 200,000+ for lotto 5 can achieve a ratio of one million in cost / to 1.8 million in winning. Using more filters reduces the winning, but also makes the cost much more manageable. Or just shuffling the combination file and selecting combinations from the middle—still offers me far better odds than playing anything else.
There is a convincing fact in the optimized simulated lotto draws as implemented in Util532.exe / Util632.exe. Accept the default for amount of draws to simulate (10200). Next, purge the resulting SIM file, using the 'Strip Duplicates' modules in the two applications. I repeated the procedure numerous times. In the case of the lotto 6/49 game, the SIM-6 file has an average of 2-3 duplicate combinations (all 6 numbers are repeats). In the case of the lotto 5/39 game, the SIM-5 file has an average of 100 duplicate combinations (all 5 numbers are repeats). The optimized combinations as generated by Util532.exe / Util632.exe have a hugely superior jackpot-hit rate. I noticed in my own data files. I also remember two users of LotWon who complained that my programs missed the jackpot-winning combinations, despite the correct setting of the filters! The problem is not obvious and is determined by the existence of the winning combination in the SIM file! By default, LotWon eliminates from the output ALL 6-number groups that exist in the DATA-6 file! (Or, ALL 5-number groups that exist in the DATA-5 file; the lotto-5 game offer an even more drastic repeat!) An output of 10000 combinations offers a jackpot chance equal to millions of purely random combinations. One good strategy is to keep handy a 10000-combination optimized simulated lotto file that has not yet hit the jackpot in your lotto game...
I have to tell you something else. There is a chapter in my book that I haven't been able to close yet. It's about my casino gambling. They tried to hurt me. The cowards tried to hit me because they were many, while I was alone. I tell you what. We must always bring closure to every chapter in our book. We are our books, you know. There must be proper closure to every chapter in our book—except for the current chapter. I'll do both the lottery filtering and casino chapter closing. I can tell you first hand that I beat more deadly odds before. Have you read my message on joking and mantra?
http://www.saliu.com/bbs/messages/4.html
Now, to bring closure to this little chapter. Take your time when using my software. Be focused. You can take a look at every filter that LotWon employs. But after you've seen them all, settle for just a few filters and strategies. You know what the psychologists say. Every high school boy has to understand that he can't be the man of many women. Many is only possible via fantasizing—and that's the road to nowhere. Only a few good ones will do it; will do it all.
Ion Saliu,
Lotto-6 Analysis - Date: 04-06-2004
Data file analyzed: C649.TXT
Total drawings analyzed: 200
Lotto Total MOST drawn Hits most LEAST drawn Hits least
Number Hits with # : drawn with: with # : drawn with:
1 26 44 8 8 0
2 29 48 8 45 0
3 23 47 6 21 0
4 24 48 8 23 0
5 31 13 8 39 0
And these are the first lines of the report from MDIEditor:
Lotto-6 Statistics - Date: 04-06-2004
Data file analyzed: C:\TEMP\C649\C649-10K.TXT
Total drawings analyzed: 200
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lotto Total MOST drawn Hits most LEAST drawn Hits least
Number Hits with # drawn with: with # drawn with:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 26 44 8 8 0
2 29 48 8 45 0
3 23 47 6 21 0
4 24 48 8 23 0
5 31 13 8 39 0
They are equal! Notice that however they are from different files because MDIEditor requires files with more
than 10000 lines in it! (Ion's note: More than 200,000 lines is even better!)
(Ion Saliu: Great adagio, Critser, crocodilule! Would you, please put it in Latin, then in Portuguese? It sounds kind of Greek to me!)
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