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	      L O T T O   P R O P H E T
		  by Gene P. Davis

	       PHILOSOPHY OF LOTTERIES


ARE THE ODDS REALLY AGAINST YOU WHEN YOU PLAY LOTTO ?

First, let  me  state  that  this  section  is  my opinion of
lotteries and how they operate.  The figures and  odds  given
here are my opinion and do not necessarily represent the odds
available in any given lottery.

How many  times have you read about what a sucker bet playing
a lottery is, or that the odds are 10 million  to  1  against
you, etc....

Well, let's  tell it like it really is.  If the state lottery
pays a return of 50 cents on each $1.00 collected, it  sounds
to  me  like  the  odds  would  be 1 to 2 against you, not 10
million to 1.  The doom and gloomers only quote the  odds  on
the  top  prize of lotto.  They forget about the 2nd, 3rd and
4th prizes.

Maybe you think odds of even 2 to 1 against you  would  begin
to  get  the  best  of  you  after awhile!  What if the state
decided to have a reverse lotto and for every $1.00 collected
it would add another $1.00 to the pot, thus making the odds 2
to 1 in your favor?  WOULD YOU PLAY ?

YOU WOULD ?  ?  ?  Then why don't you ?

EXAMPLE:  (using averages and round figures) Let's  say  that
in  a  normal  weekly drawing $2 million worth of tickets are
purchased and the payoff is 1/2 of that or  $1  million,  but
there  are  no winning tickets.  Then the $1 million would be
rolled over to the next drawing etc....

For the purpose of  good  conversation  let's  say  that  the
carry- over pot has reached $3 million.  For this drawing the
state has collected another $2 million.  The payoff, if there
is a winner, is $4 million.

Let's figure  the  odds.  If $2 million is bet and the payoff
is $4 million, it sounds to me like the odds are 2  to  1  in
your favor !

"HOLD ON", you say, "Someone had to put all that money in the
pot."

"THAT'S TRUE!   But  it  was  not  you  or  I." (only play on
rollover !)

As we travel together through the LOTTO PROPHET  program  and
documentation we  will  try to uncover other ways to have the
odds in our favor when we play.


SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
LOTTO PROPHET was developed for the IBM Personal Computer and
operates properly on most compatible computers.   The  system
requirements are very simple:

     1.  MS-DOS or PC-DOS, Version 2.1 or later.
     2.  At least one 360K floppy disk drive.
     3.  A printer, for producing the reports and Prophet Cards.
     4.  The program will operate much faster from a hard disk.


DataMicro's LOTTO  PROPHET  is  a sincere attempt to increase
the interest and the pleasure of individuals and  groups  who
like  to play the lottery by helping keep a record of numbers
picked as well as recording  the  previously  called  lottery
numbers.

The LOTTO  PROPHET  has  the  ability  to maintain all of the
State, Canadian 6/49 and Australian  Gold  lotteries  at  one
time.


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