Setup Lottery
Overview
This is used to setup a lottery in Lotto Sorcerer.
How to Invoke
Use the menu item File > Setup Lottery.
Basic Procedure
- Enter the name of the lottery
- Select the type of lotto from the different categories
- Select the numbers in the drawing pool
- Select the number of numbers that are drawn
- If it is a bonus-ball type lottery, select the numbers in the bonus ball pool(s)
- Select the day(s) of the week that the drawings occur
- Click the Create button
Window Controls
Name of Lottery text field
Type in the name of the lottery here. You are limited to 50 characters. An example would be, "Powerball".
Lottery type drop down menu
Choose the lottery type from this drop down menu. You have the choices of:
- Standard lotto (no repeating numbers)
- Lotto (no repeating numbers) with one bonus ball
- Lotto (no repeating numbers) with two bonus balls pulled from one bonus ball pool
- Lotto (no repeating numbers) with two bonus balls pulled from two bonus ball pools
- Pick 3 lottery (3 digits, possibly repeating, from 0 to 9)
- Pick 4 lottery (4 digits, possibly repeating, from 0 to 9)
As you choose the different lottery types, elements below this drop down will become disabled or enabled appropriately.
(Non bonus) Number Pool drop down menu
Enter the lowest and highest numbers in the non bonus number pool. For example, Powerball chooses 5 numbers between 1 and 53 and one bonus number between 1 and 42. In this case, you would choose "1" and "53".
For a standard lotto, you would simply enter the starting and ending pool numbers. For example, Hoosier Lotto chooses six numbers between 1 and 48, so you would choose "1" and "48" here.
For Pick 3 and Pick 4 lotteries, this drop down is "ghosted", or disabled, because the number pool for Pick 3 and Pick 4 lotteries is always between "0" and "9".
Total Numbers Drawn drop down menu
Enter the total numbers drawn for this lottery. Include any bonus number(s). For example, Powerball chooses 5 numbers between 1 and 53 and one bonus number between 1 and 42. In this case, you would choose "6".
For Pick 3 and Pick 4 lotteries, this drop down is "ghosted", or disabled, because the number pool for Pick 3 and Pick 4 lotteries is always "3" and "4", respectively.
Bonus Pool #1 drop down menu
This drop down is enabled only if you chose a bonus ball lottery in the Lottery Type drop down. Enter the lowest and highest numbers in the bonus number pool. For example, Powerball chooses 5 numbers between 1 and 53 and one bonus number between 1 and 42. In this case, you would choose "1" and "42".
Bonus Pool #2 drop down menu
This drop down is enabled only if you chose "Lotto with two bonus balls pulled from two bonus pools" in the Lottery Type drop down. Enter the lowest and highest numbers in the second bonus number pool.
Days of Drawings check boxes
Select the days of the week for which this lottery has drawings.
Load button
You can load the setup information from a file, which was previously created using the menu item File > Save Lottery Setup.
Create button
Click this button to create the lottery with the settings you chose. If this button is disabled, that means that you have not filled out all of the required information.
Cancel button
Click this to close the Setup window and return to the Main Window without making any changes.