Lottery Analysis
----------------

This file describes the installation and use of the Lottery Analysis
program "Lott3a" V1.1 by Walter Wright. 



Shareware
---------

"Lott3a" is shareware in the accepted sense of the word.
Registration is 10 and removes restrictions on the datafile size as
well as the usual nag screens. Future versions, probably
incorporating extra types of analysis, will be available to
registered users.


What is "Lott3a" ?
-------------------

"Lott3a" analyses draw results using several established
techniques, displaying information in order that you can
identify any trends should they emerge. Currently, it can perform
frequency analysis (displaying results in numeric or graphical form),
positional information, hot and cold numbers, and spot clusters of 2
or more numbers which appear together more than once. As you enter
the weekly data, it is VERY important that the numbers are entered in
draw order, otherwise the positional and clustering information
becomes meaningless. Further information on the use of these
techniques can be found in "Playing Lotteries for the Big Money" by
Sam Weren, available from Take That Ltd. , PO Box 200, Harrogate,
North Yorks., HG1 4XB.

"Lott3a" will NOT produce a list of suggested numbers for you to
copy onto your lottery form. The information it displays is open to
your interpretation and your beliefs in how random a draw can be.
Lets face it, if there was a sure fire method of predicting the
outcome, I would not be sitting here writing software for Psions.
Having said that, if this program improves your chances of winning
a jackpot from 14,000,000 to 1, to  say, 13,999,999 to 1, then you
at least have a better chance than almost everyone else.
Please remember me when your cheque for 8m arrives.



Installation
------------

The release consists of the following files:

	LOTT3A.APP
	LOTTOVL1.BIN
	LOTTOVL2.BIN
	LOTT3A.DAT
	LOTT3A.TXT         (this file)



The programs can be installed on any drive, and the data on the same,
or a different drive. The data file will grow by 11 bytes per draw
(ie per week)  so it should not become too large. It is probably
inadvisable to use a Flash SSD for the data, as the file is written
out in its entirety each time it is amended. This will soon fill a
Flash SSD.

Copy LOTT3A.APP to the \APP directory on a suitable drive. Create a
subdirectory \APP\LOTT3A and copy LOTTOVL1.BIN and LOTTOVL2.BIN into
this directory. Select Install <Psion-I> from the System menu and
install Lott3a.opa onto your front screen. The release file
LOTT3A.DAT contains draw data up to 13th May 1995. If you wish
to use this as your starting point, copy the file to the \OPD
directory on your chosen data drive. If a file of this name does not
exist when the program starts, it will be created for you. 



Running "Lott3a"
-----------------

The first time you run "Lott3a" it will ask you which drive to use
for data. Select "Internal", "A" or "B". If the software is
unregistered (which of course it will be the first time you use it),
a screen will be displayed showing you how to register. Once
registered, this screen is not displayed. Press <Return> to continue
past the nag screen. Depending on whether you installed LOTT3A.DAT,
you will either have a blank screen, or a screen with 26 draw entries.



Moving About
------------

The small window at the bottom of the screen shows which entry in the
file you are currently pointing to as well as the total number of
entries in the file. <Up> and <Down> arrows move the small cursor on
the left-hand edge of the screen one line at a time. <PgUp> and
<PgDn> move to the top or bottom of the screen, and then by one
screenful thereafter. <Home> and <End> move the cursor to the first
or last entry.



Inserting New Entries
---------------------

Position the cursor to where the new entry should go and select
<Psion-I> or Insert from the menu. The screen lets you enter the date
of the draw and the 7 numbers. Pressing <Tab> on the date field lets
you select the date using a calendar. Press <Enter> to accept the new
data or <Esc> to abandon this entry.



Updating Entries
----------------

Position the cursor on the entry to be updated and select <Psion-U>
or Update from the menu. The screen is as for Inserting New Data.



Deleting Entries
----------------

Position the cursor on the entry to be deleted and select <Psion-D>,
<Delete> or Delete from the menu. You will be asked to confirm.



The Insert, Update and Delete selections can only be made from the
front screen. You can return to this screen at any time in the
application by pressing <Esc>.



			   ANALYSIS
			   ========

Frequencies
-----------

Select <Psion-F> or Frequencies from the menu to display a table of
frequencies in descending order. Each number N is shown with a
subscript S, indicating that N has been drawn S times so far.



Graph
-----

Select <Psion-G> or Graph to display a graph of the frequency data in
numerical order. Select Graph again to sort the graph into frequency
order. Selecting Graph (or <Space>) now toggles between the two
displays.



Hot/Cold
--------

Select <Psion-H> or Hot/Cold to display the hot and cold numbers. A
'hot' number is one that has appeared more than X times in the last
Y draws and is deemed to be "on a roll". By default, this is more
than 2 times in the last 5 draws but X and Y can be set to your own
preferred values in the Preferences screen. Up to 30 hot numbers
will be displayed. If there are more than this then your selection
criteria probably needs some adjustment.

Cold numbers are ones which have appeared less than or equal to M
times in the last N draws and can be thought of as being due out of
the bag. By default this is <=0 times in the last 9 draws but M and
N can be set in the Preferences screen. Up to 30 cold numbers will
be displayed.



Positional
----------

Select <Psion-P> or Positional from the menu to display the top 8
numbers by position.



Clusters
--------

Select <Psion-C> or Clusters to display any groups of numbers found
in your data. The simplest cluster is two numbers which appear next
to each other more than once. The most complex situation is two
identical draws which will give rise to a cluster of 7 (as well as
6,5,4,3 and 2). The data is analysed and the largest cluster found
is displayed, for example if a group 11,34 and 41 appears together
in two or more draws, the Clusters of 3 page is displayed, (assuming
there are no clusters of 4,5,6 or 7 anywhere).
You can type any number from 2 to 7 to display the cluster page for
that number. Obviously in the above example there will also exist
clusters of 2 but not all sub-clusters are always displayed. 11 and
34 may not be seen as a separate cluster in this case although if
these numbers existed in another draw, then they would be spotted in
the above groups as well.

Should a page of clusters be longer than a screenful, you can press
<Down> to advance one line or <PgDn> to advance one screenful. To
restart the display from the top, press the number of the cluster
page (2-7). Press <Esc> to exit from the cluster display to the front
screen.



Preferences
-----------

Select <Psion-Q> or Preferences from the menu to go to the
preferences screen. Here you can amend the criteria for Hot and
Cold numbers to your own preferences (see Hot/Cold above). Press
<Space> to reset to the original defaults. Additionally you can
amend the scratch memory allocation for the cluster display. This
is working memory used only when you are in the Clusters screens.
You will need to increase this if you get the message "Insufficient
Cluster Memory" in the Cluster screen. This will eventually happen
as the number of clusters increases. Allocate another 256 bytes and
it will be fine.
 

Preferences are saved on exiting.



Register
--------

Select <Psion-R> or Register from the menu to go to the Registration
screen. Here you can enter your name and registration code to disable
the nag screens on entry and exit. Additionally, the load and save
limit of 50 entries is removed. A registration code can be obtained
by sending 10 to the address below.



About
-----

<Psion-A> or About displays information about the current data drive,
the software version and registration details.



Exit
----

<Psion-X> or Exit. Quit the program, saving the data first. For
unregistered versions, only the first 50 entries are saved.



Exit, Lose Changes
------------------

<Shift-Psion-X>. Exit, leaving the original data file unchanged. Any
alterations made during this session will be lost. You will be
prompted for confirmation.





Comments, suggestions for improvements or just plain old bug reports
to the following address:



	   Walter Wright, 1 Deanery Cottage, High Street
		     Sonning, Berkshire, RG4 0UP


