I’m new to EL5, actually I’m new to any lotto wheeling software. I’ve been trying to take a full wheel of a 5/39 lottery and filter away the combinations until I’ve only got several thousand “most likely to be drawn” combinations. I’m hoping I can get the combinations to within 4,000 – 7,000 different choices. A problem I’m facing is that I can’t seem to use some of the filters correctly.
Here is a screen shot of one of my more conservative filters:
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In it the Numbers Group did not reject any combinations, yet it allowed for certain combinations to remain on the list when those numbers violated the “0 – 3 per number group” criteria (e.g. 23, 25, 26, 28, 30).
How am I supposed to be using the Numbers Group filter? Also, is there a different filter that I can use that will have the same effect that the Numbers Group would have had if I am unable to use it the way I intend?
I did have a problem using the Consecutive Numbers filter, but I believe I’ve resolved it while writing this. I couldn’t figure out how to eliminate two sets of consecutive numbers (e.g. 23, 24, 29, 34, 35). I was unable to successfully use the Consecutive Pairs filter, but as it appears in the screenshot, I was able to eliminate the sets of consecutive numbers by using the Consecutive Numbers filter four different ways.
I am also trying to eliminate any possible combination that uses multiples of numbers (e.g. 7, 14, 21, 28, 35) as well as combinations that might have equal spacing between numbers (e.g. 14, 17, 20, 23, 26). I believe it is the Neighbors Distance filter, but I cannot figure out how to use it correctly.
I have also tried using the First/Last Digits to eliminate any combinations that lists three or more of the same last digit (e.g. 1, 4, 13, 14, 34). I had checked all 0 – 9 of the digits and listed “At least 0 to 2 numbers must be present” yet those combinations remain. How do I use this filter correctly?
Lastly, what advice can anyone give regarding the filters they would use and how they would use them given the same objective of winning the jackpot on a 5/39 lottery?
The method I would use, supposing I can perfect my filtering abilities would be:
Sum Range – Min: 58-75, Max: 140-125
Odd/Even – 0-3 or 0-4
Number Groups – 0-3 or 0-2 for all groups
Consecutive Numbers – 0-2 consecutives (no pairs) or zero consecutives
Last Digits – 0-2
Neighbors Distance – No multiples or equally spaced combinations
Match Winning Numbers – 0-2 or 0-1 for the last 5 draws
These are the only “obvious” choices I can think to make. However, I will not play if I can’t filter the combinations to under ten thousand. Can anyone think of other filters that I have not considered? Thanks for your help everyone.