Getting Started

In this chapter you will find brief instructions how to use Expert Lotto for some of the most common tasks.

Generating (wheeling) new numbers

You can generate new tickets using Ticket Generator from menu Package  Generator or clicking in application's toolbar.
When you wish to create a full set of tickets covering all possible number combinations, select Ticket numbers range (e.g. all combinations of numbers from 1 to 15) and select option Generate maximum possible number of tickets. Then click Ok button.
To generate tickets with random numbers switch the Generate maximum possible number of tickets option off and select Generate tickets with random numbers instead. Enter the number of Tickets to generate and then click Ok button.
The generated tickets are stored in the package. Package page displays them as a table; Visual Package page displays the generated tickets in a visual form, which allows evaluating the distribution of ticket numbers. More on the Ticket Generator here.

Editing existing numbers/tickets

You can edit existing tickets in the package using controls in Package page - add a new ticket, remove selected ticket, change numbers in selected ticket etc.
Or you can use filters to reduce the number of tickets in the package. For example you can remove all tickets that do not have the ratio of odd and even number equal to 3:3, which is statistically the most common combination. These functions are available from menu Filters.
There are other functions for processing of tickets in the package in menu Package. E.g. you can swap any ticket number(s) for your "hot numbers".

Working with files

Tickets in the package can be saved to a file that you can reuse later on e.g. to check your winnings or to print them on playslips. Click button in application's toolbar or choose Save to file in menu Package to bring up a standard window for file name browsing.
To insert into the package a previously stored file, click button or choose File in menu Package. Again a standard window for file name browsing appears.
You can also drag and drop any ticket file into application's main window to bring up the Insert File window, which will have the dropped file pre-selected. Dropping the file while holding down the CTRL key inserts the file directly into the package.

Playslip printing

You can print tickets in the package directly to lottery's official playslips using menu Print  Playslip. When printing to playslips for the first time you should adjust the print margin corrections depending on the type of your printer.
Note
: This feature is disabled when playing a lottery, which does not use paper playslips for bet submission (bets are submitted online or by telephone only), or when playing one of Expert Lotto demo lotteries that are not actually operated (Expert Lotto 6/49, Expert Lotto Keno and Expert Lotto Powerball).

Check your winnings

To find your winnings you can use e.g. page Package Winnings. First update the winning numbers database (see below), in Winning Numbers Selection panel choose Latest 1 and eventually also choose the draw you wish to test. Load the file you wish to check (for example your latest bet) then click Test button. The table will display a list of tickets in the package and their winnings.
Another way is menu Win Test  Package. Enter the latest winning numbers into the edit fields and click button Test. The table will display the score of winning prizes.

Updating the winning numbers database

To add the latest winning number manually choose menu Winning Numbers  Add. Select the draw date you wish to update from the list, enter drawn numbers into edit fields and click button Add.
For some lotteries you can use plugins for automatic online winning numbers update. If the lottery operator publishes the complete history of winning numbers at their web site then Expert Lotto plugin can download the latest winning numbers data from internet and update application's winning numbers database automatically.
Note
: These plugins do not have to be included in the standard installation package. In such a case you have to download the plugin separately from www.expertlotto.com and install it yourself (see below).

Statistics for the winning numbers and for tickets in the package

Application page Statistics offers various tables and charts calculated from winning numbers database where you can find the most and the least frequently drawn numbers, the count occurrences of any pair of numbers etc.
The same statistics can be calculated for tickets in the package.

Installing new application versions, plugins and additional lotteries

To upgrade to a new application version you only have to download the latest installation package from www.expertlotto.com and install Expert Lotto again to the same directory that already contains the old Expert Lotto version.
Some additional functionality is available in plugins that are installed separately. You can download new plugins from www.expertlotto.com for free. To install a new plugin or a new version of an existing plugin you must copy the downloaded file (.plugin extension) to the plugins folder in application's installation directory (e.g. C:\Program Files\ExpertLotto\plugins). After restarting the application you will show a message with names and version numbers of newly installed plugins.
The same applies to additional lotteries that you can also download for free from www.expertlotto.com. Copy the downloaded file (.pack extension) to the data folder in application's installation directory (e.g. C:\Program Files\ExpertLotto\data). After restarting the application you will get a message with a list of the new lotteries.

Advanced application features

Some of the advanced application features is for example dummy numbers function, which allows working with tickets consisting of only three, four or five numbers instead of the regular six. You can then fill the remaining ticket number positions with your hot numbers.
You can also use Panel Coloring function that presents the frequency of number occurrences from selected winning numbers database range as a scale of different colors.
Another example is page Winning Numbers History. Using its functions you can find a small set of tickets, which is guaranteed to include the jackpot winning ticket. You only have to correctly estimate the trend of several chart lines presented in the page (i.e. the chart line will fall/rise in the next draw).

Creating your own lottery

If your favorite lottery is not in our list at www.epxertlotto.com, you can create it yourself using Lottery Wizard (menu Lottery  Manager  New Lottery). You only have to answer a few wizard's simple questions (e.g. how many numbers are drawn, what is the range of drawn numbers etc) and the lottery is ready to play in a few moments, including playslip printing.