Minimizer Filter

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This filter is an extension to the Optimizer filter and allows reducing the number of tickets in the package while preserving the given win guarantee. The feature is especially useful for situations when after applying your lottery strategy the package contains a large number of tickets making the bet very expensive. Using the Minimizer you can significantly reduce the package to a small number of tickets that:
a) Meet all conditions and criteria of your lottery strategy.
b) Have defined win guarantee when hitting given count of numbers of the wheel.

Always use Win Coverage button to check the current wheel coverage before applying the filter! For example, if tickets in the package cover only two thirds of all possible triplets, then a requirement to have 100% chance of Match 3 when hitting any three numbers of the wheel will have no effect and no tickets will be removed from the package.

Controls Description

The rest of the filter screen are options common to all filter windows.
It is possible to Leave minimized tickets in the package or to Remove them from the package.

Example [Expert Lotto 6/49]:

Generate into the package 1000 random tickets from numbers 1 to 20 (choose menu Package - Generator, enter Tickets to generate: 1000 tickets, Ticket numbers range: 1 to 20, Maximum overlap: 6 numbers, Generate tickets with random numbers, click button Ok). Now let's assume that these 1000 tickets are the result of your lottery strategy after applying many filters. Let's also assume that all tickets meet your expectations of winning in the next draw.

Now choose filter Minimizer and click button Win Coverage. In the new window enter What can I win when I hit 3 numbers? and click button Show. The coverage table should look approximately like the following picture:

You can see from the figure above that when hitting three numbers out of range 1 to 20 the minimum winnings are six Match 3 prizes.

Close the coverage window and in the Minimizer select "I want to have 100% chance of at least 1 match in 3 numbers when I hit 3 numbers", choose Number range to use 1 to 20, Matching Tickets Leave and click button Ok. 100 to 150 tickets should remain in the package. Use menu Win Test - Win Coverage to verify that the desired win guarantee applies. 85% to 90% of tickets has been removed from the package while preserving the guarantee of at least one Match 3 prizes when hitting any three numbers out of 20.

Generate again 1000 random tickets out of 20 numbers and in the Minimizer choose "I want to have 100% chance of at least 1 match in 3 numbers when I hit 6 numbers" and click button Ok. The package will be filtered down to about twenty tickets. Use menu Win Test - Win Coverage to verify the win guarantee again.
Therefore when hitting 6 number of the wheel, only about twenty tickets out of the original thousand are needed to win at least one Match 3 prize!

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