6th | December | 2003 | Babbitt-LA, free version 2.0, public release. |
16th | November | 2003 |
Changes for new lottery hardware:
• Changed all software to use a dynamically-loaded list of lottery machines.
• Added text file that configures the list of machines and number of sets-of-balls.
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21st | October | 2003 |
Changes for next release:
• Removed 'ball-stats' tool (the first interactive tool I placed on my web-site - now looks out-dated and provides little information).
• Standardised the title-text of result pages.
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19th | October | 2003 | Created 'time-trends' tool. |
25th | August | 2003 | New feature of the search tool that allows users to configure how many combinations to find. |
2nd | August | 2002 | Babbitt-LA, free version 1.3, public release. |
1st | August | 2002 |
Changes for next release.
• Improved the robustness of the automatic-update parser to changes in input format.
• Fixed problems with the save facility in the Update Draw Data page.
• Better off-line help - improved the format of the pop-up window.
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26th | May | 2002 | Babbitt-LA, free version 1.2, public release. |
25th | May | 2002 |
Changes for next release.
• Added manual update feature.
- users can now enter new lottery results without having to connect to the Internet.
• Fixed bug in data collation - machines Galahad and Guinevere were being confused.
• Better off-line help - now displayed in pop-up windows.
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7th | April | 2002 | Babbitt-LA, free version 1.1, public release. |
6th | April | 2002 |
Finalised changes for next release.
• Improved look and feel of the collation form.
• Form elements are greyed-out when their use is not appropriate.
• Fixed aesthetic bug in count tables where large totals caused a colouring error.
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24th | March | 2002 |
Completed upgrade work based on feedback from users.
• Form settings are remembered as user navigates between pages and when they re-open the application.
• Fixed bug in search tool where the bonus-ball checkbox was being misinterpreted.
• Search result page suggests ways to improve search coverage.
• Fixed problem with search results page - each result is output to a new page.
• Adjusted the grey-scale colours used in the count tables.
• Changed the page skin.
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9th | March | 2002 | Babbitt-LA, free version 1.0, public release. |
20th | February | 2002 |
Started work on Babbitt-LA.
• Web pages made to run locally (without the need to connect to the Internet).
• Program handles new machines and sets of balls.
• New page created to obtain and update draw data.
• Added a license agreement page, shown to the user before running application.
• Code made more robust so that un-expected user actions are handled gracefully.
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28th | August | 1998 |
Minor changes to query page.
Prepared site for hibernation. |
19th | January | 1998 | Added option to invert the rating, since users may like to assume combinations drawn most frequently are less likely to appear in the future. |
June | 1997 |
Rating values are now exponential.
Better combinations have a much higher rating value, which allows the search algorithm
to prune off worse combinations more quickly.
All processes are now performed in the background. |
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April/May | 1997 | Program re-written in JavaScript - this allows visitors to the web site to preform their own analysis. | |
October | 1996 |
Invented numerical method of assigning a rating to a pair of balls based on their previous meetings.
Devised scheme to rate lottery lines by combining pair-ratings. Added search facility to find the best combinations. Web-site updated with top 20 combinations for each machine and set of balls. |
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September | 1996 |
Program re-written in Ada
- analysis can be performed more quickly through this compiled language.
Added feature to generate results in HTML. Created initial lottery site showing a table of most commonly drawn pairs. |
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March | 1996 |
Due to the growing size of my statistics, I created a program written in BASIC for
my home microcomputer.
The program stored all lottery data and output a tally of ball numbers for a given machine or set of balls. |
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December | 1995 |
At the request of friends and relatives I began recording the lottery results.
Marking the results in a log book, I kept a tally of balls drawn by each machine and with each set of balls. |