If you haven’t read the first part of this post do it now.
We are going to use the EuroMillions lottery but the same principle applies to any lottery. Start by splitting the numbers of your lottery in to a few groups. How many groups you use is up to you but I would suggest 6 to 10 groups. So here are my 6 groups for EuroMillions:
Group 1: 1 3 7 11 12 19 37 50
Group 2: 2 13 22 30 31 34 42 43 48
Group 3: 3 9 14 15 21 25 44 45
Group 4: 4 6 8 10 26 29 36 41
Group 5: 5 16 27 35 38 40 47 49
Group 6: 17 18 20 24 28 32 33 39 46
Go to the ‘Number Filter’ in the main LotWin screen and double-click on ‘Number Sets’. In the first set select the Group 1 numbers and set ‘Include no more than 3 and at least 2’. Click ‘Next Set’ and select Group 2 numbers with the same settings ‘3 and 2’. Repeat for the rest of the Groups. Click OK and then click on ‘Options’ in the main screen and select ‘Accept entries which fail up to 4 and at least 4 number sets from 6’. That’s it, we have a new filter for EuroMillions in the form of 3-2-0-0-0 and here it is if you want to just copy and paste it in to LotWin using the ‘Line Builder’ menu option ‘Paste Filter Set’
[My Own Filter Set 3-2-0-0-0]5.1
N,4,4
Category 18, group 1,3,2,1,3,7,11,12,19,37,50
Category 18, group 2,3,2,2,13,22,30,31,34,42,43,48
Category 18, group 3,3,2,3,9,14,15,21,25,44,45
Category 18, group 4,3,2,4,6,8,10,26,29,36,41
Category 18, group 5,3,2,5,16,27,35,38,40,47,49
Category 18, group 6,3,2,17,18,20,24,28,32,33,39,46
If you wanted a different filter for the same groups of numbers for example 2-2-1-0-0 change each of the number sets to ‘Include no more than 2 and at least 1’ and in the Options ‘Accept entries which fail up to 3 and at least 3 number sets from 6’. Save your set first so you don’t have to enter the numbers again, just change the conditions each time if they are different.
How about if we wanted 2 or more filters? Well our favourite lottery software caters for this also. In the Options select ‘Enable Advanced Build Options’ and for the second, third … filter select ‘Add Previous Lines to Build List’ after you click on ‘Build Lines’. Combine with any other standard filters you choose, run an ‘Optimum Reduction’ and when you win send me a small percentage of your winnings for my daily requirements of espresso and tiramisu in these difficult times.
If you have any comments or technical questions just ask using the comment form below.
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