powerball

[niceguy]

Hi Stan. Just wondering if it is possible to alter Expert Lotto so that the powerball can be included in the statistics as well as a bonus number?? Upon looking at the Expert Lotto powerball game that is already installed on Expert Lotto, it seems as though if you want to look at the statistics for the powerball numbers, they are actually under the heading " bonus ball" in statistics ?? It's just that it would be really great to be able to see separate statistics for both bonus & powerball numbers, a great help in selecting the next winning powerball number, without having to have to setup a separate game to see all the statistics for powerball. ( would be a very handy option to have at present as our powerball lotto has jack potted to $18 to 20 million this week) Thanks Stan

[stan]

sorry but that's not possible. for the same reason it's not possible to use expert lotto for pick3/pick4 games: the powerball comes from a different number pool so it might be the same as some main number and it would confuse/crash that stats/filters and application features which expect that all numbers in a ticket are unique

[niceguy]

I thought that it might be an idea to have a separate setup similar to winning numbers & visual winning numbers that would keep the powerball results separate from the main pool numbers to save any confusion & crashes etc.when the powerball happens to be the same as one of the main numbers. (kind of similar to the way you change between "regular" & "odd & evens" in visual winning numbers.) Powerball could also be kept separate in the statistics as well. This way we could see the statistics for powerball & it would assist us in selecting the next likely powerball number, especially as when the powerball lottery jackpots it can reach very large amounts. I thought it might help get around the pick3 / pick4 problem as well?? It would be interesting to see what other E/L members think :finger:

[stan]

sorry but it'd be way too many changes in the code for too little gain, imho

[niceguy]

Thanks Stan Good as.