LotteryPicker Readme

for LotterPicker Version 1.03

new in 1.04: saves window position in registry
new in 1.03: stays on top; calculates your probability of winning (good friggin' luck)
new in 1.02: better default seed, more lottery choices

The Quicker, Slicker Lottery Picker
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LotteryPicker is my foray into the wonderful world of gambling. It is just a random number generator for various lotteries I play. 

Weasely Disclaimer
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This software includes no warranty, expressed nor implied. I make no guarantees that numbers generated by this software will win, or that they even are valid for any lottery. 

System Requirements
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Windows 95, NT4, or later. Runs fine on a 486. 

Instructions
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1. Download and extract from zip file (ok, you did that, congratulations)
2. Run LotteryPicker.exe 
3. Choose a lottery from the drop down. 
4. If your lottery isn't listed, enter the number of draws 
   and the draw size, then press Regenerate 
5. You can enter a number of tickets (up to about 2000 in Windows 95) 
   to generate at once 
6. Click "Copy" to copy the displayed numbers to the clipboard 
   (for pasting into Excel or a text editor) for analysis or printing 

Enabling Technology
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- STL - C++ Standard Template Library 
- Numerical Recipes in C 
  Most of the random number generators are from their Chapter 7.1. 
- Win32/MFC 
  It's another Visual C++ project. 

Lottery Links
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FreeLotto.com (http://www.freelotto.com)
  All FreeLotto games are supported by LotteryPicker 
Lotto Lore (http://www.lottolore.com)
  Canadian lottery information 


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Peter MacMurchy
Oct 29, 2000