https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-68156629

November Nihal wrote:

> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-68156629

If they tinker with the draw formats or make the results less
accessible, that's an easy 'no' from me.

On Friday 2 February 2024 at 16:33:24 UTC, nigel wrote:
> November Nihal wrote:
>
> > https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-68156629
>
> If they tinker with the draw formats or make the results less
> accessible, that's an easy 'no' from me.

One of the planned changes if to lower the cost to £1. I like the sound of that but
depends on how much lower the prize will be.

November Nihal wrote:
> On Friday 2 February 2024 at 16:33:24 UTC, nigel wrote:
>
>>November Nihal wrote:
>>
>>
>>>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-68156629
>>
>>If they tinker with the draw formats or make the results less
>>accessible, that's an easy 'no' from me.
>
>
> One of the planned changes if to lower the cost to £1. I like the sound of that but
> depends on how much lower the prize will be.

So far so good - they're updating the National Lottery website in the
same way as Camelot. But they're also linking it to the Allwyn website
so changes may be afoot.

The National Lottery jackpots are pretty paltry compared to
Euromillions. They'll have to do something pretty clever to lower the
entry cost without reducing jackpots.

On 03/02/2024 13:03, nigel wrote:
> November Nihal wrote:
>> On Friday 2 February 2024 at 16:33:24 UTC, nigel wrote:
>>
>>> November Nihal wrote:
>>>
>>>> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-68156629
>>>
>>> If they tinker with the draw formats or make the results less
>>> accessible, that's an easy 'no' from me.
>>
>>
>> One of the planned changes if to lower the cost to £1. I like the
>> sound of that but depends on how much lower the prize will be.
>
> So far so good - they're updating the National Lottery website in the
> same way as Camelot. But they're also linking it to the Allwyn website
> so changes may be afoot.
>
> The National Lottery jackpots are pretty paltry compared to
> Euromillions. They'll have to do something pretty clever to lower the
> entry cost without reducing jackpots.
>
I like the idea of the £1 ticket price. But I would rather they go back
to the 6/49 game too.

I don't think it such a bad idea to have say a £1m prize. The Premium
Bonds do it. What if their £1m rolled over each time?

We have no idea what they will do.

On another note I installed Mozilla Thunderbird and have a (free)
account with Eternal September. That way I avoid Google Groups. But I
have also had to change news readers so I've no idea if this posting
will work

MJ

On 03/02/2024 13:03, nigel wrote:
> November Nihal wrote:
>> On Friday 2 February 2024 at 16:33:24 UTC, nigel wrote:
>>
>>> November Nihal wrote:
>>>
>>>> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-68156629
>>>
>>> If they tinker with the draw formats or make the results less
>>> accessible, that's an easy 'no' from me.
>>
>>
>> One of the planned changes if to lower the cost to £1. I like the
>> sound of that but depends on how much lower the prize will be.
>
> So far so good - they're updating the National Lottery website in the
> same way as Camelot. But they're also linking it to the Allwyn website
> so changes may be afoot.
>
> The National Lottery jackpots are pretty paltry compared to
> Euromillions. They'll have to do something pretty clever to lower the
> entry cost without reducing jackpots.
>
I like the idea of the £1 ticket price. But I would rather they go back
to the 6/49 game too.

I don't think it such a bad idea to have say a £1m prize. The Premium
Bonds do it. What if their £1m rolled over each time?

We have no idea what they will do.

On another note I installed Mozilla Thunderbird and have a (free)
account with Eternal September. That way I avoid Google Groups. But I
have also had to change news readers so I've no idea if this posting
will work

MJ

On 03/02/2024 13:03, nigel wrote:
> November Nihal wrote:
>> On Friday 2 February 2024 at 16:33:24 UTC, nigel wrote:
>>
>>> November Nihal wrote:
>>>
>>>> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-68156629
>>>
>>> If they tinker with the draw formats or make the results less
>>> accessible, that's an easy 'no' from me.
>>
>>
>> One of the planned changes if to lower the cost to £1. I like the
>> sound of that but depends on how much lower the prize will be.
>
> So far so good - they're updating the National Lottery website in the
> same way as Camelot. But they're also linking it to the Allwyn website
> so changes may be afoot.
>
> The National Lottery jackpots are pretty paltry compared to
> Euromillions. They'll have to do something pretty clever to lower the
> entry cost without reducing jackpots.
>
I like the idea of the £1 ticket price. But I would rather they go back
to the 6/49 game too.

I don't think it such a bad idea to have say a £1m prize. The Premium
Bonds do it. What if their £1m rolled over each time?

We have no idea what they will do.

On another note I installed Mozilla Thunderbird and have a (free)
account with Eternal September. That way I avoid Google Groups. But I
have also had to change news readers so I've no idea if this posting
will work

MJ

On 06/02/2024 22:44, MJ99 wrote:
> On 03/02/2024 13:03, nigel wrote:
>> November Nihal wrote:
>>> On Friday 2 February 2024 at 16:33:24 UTC, nigel wrote:
>>>
>>>> November Nihal wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-68156629
>>>>
>>>> If they tinker with the draw formats or make the results less
>>>> accessible, that's an easy 'no' from me.
>>>
>>>
>>> One of the planned changes if to lower the cost to £1. I like the
>>> sound of that but depends on how much lower the prize will be.
>>
>> So far so good - they're updating the National Lottery website in the
>> same way as Camelot. But they're also linking it to the Allwyn website
>> so changes may be afoot.
>>
>> The National Lottery jackpots are pretty paltry compared to
>> Euromillions. They'll have to do something pretty clever to lower the
>> entry cost without reducing jackpots.
>>
> I like the idea of the £1 ticket price.  But I would rather they go back
> to the 6/49 game too.
>
> I don't think it such a bad idea to have say a £1m prize.  The Premium
> Bonds do it.  What if their £1m rolled over each time?
>
> We have no idea what they will do.
>
> On another note I installed Mozilla Thunderbird and have a (free)
> account with Eternal September.  That way I avoid Google Groups.  But I
> have also had to change news readers so I've no idea if this posting
> will work
>
>
> MJ
>
Oops.

Too efficient!

MJ

MJ99 wrote:
>
> Too efficient!
>
> MJ

Three efficient :-)

I got the impression that Camelot were more focussed on scratchcards
towards the end. They're certainly the biggest seller at my local Tesco
Express.

Meanwhile, I have another system that's made a promising start. No doubt
it will shortly crash and burn.

nigel wrote:

> Meanwhile, I have another system that's made a promising start. No doubt
> it will shortly crash and burn.

And so it came to pass, Friday's Euromillions draw sending it crashing
and burning. :-(

On 10/02/2024 13:06, nigel wrote:
> nigel wrote:
>
>> Meanwhile, I have another system that's made a promising start. No
>> doubt it will shortly crash and burn.
>
> And so it came to pass, Friday's Euromillions draw sending it crashing
> and burning. :-(
>
I'm not a huge fan of the Euromill. I think because of the ridiculous
odds and also they don't reward you very well at the lower levels.

The Lotto result had two numbers ending in 9 and two ending in 3. What
I like to call a Family Group. 81 % of the time there's a Family Group
in the result (not inc the bonus ball)

The works syndie and I had an ok go at the Lotto jackpot last night. We
made a loss but our 366 lines gave us a Match4 and 3 Match3s, as well as
36 Lucky Dip fivers.

I had experimented with putting a grid of 131 lines from Covermaster
with the La Jolla table of 119 lines. Two of 119 lines and one of 131.
The 119 grids were staggered to cover different combos. I had most
pairs covered at least 3 times. When the next must-be-won Jackpot comes
around I'll have 428 lines to play.

I like Covermaster as you can get good coverage for your inputs. The La
Jolla tables show all the combinations of eg 6 selections out of 59
https://ljcr.dmgordon.org/cover/table.html

MJ
[If your Google Group access to usenet is going then get Mozilla
Thunderbird (try version 78.14) and a free account with
eternal-september. You can always ask me if you get stuck].

Marmaduke Jinks wrote:

> [If your Google Group access to usenet is going then get Mozilla
> Thunderbird (try version 78.14) and a free account with
> eternal-september. You can always ask me if you get stuck].

I hadn't heard anything about losing usenet access from Plusnet. I have
an eternal-september account I haven't used for ages. One day I'd better
test whether it's still accessible.

My new system gets another chance to crash and burn tonight. For
Euromillions, it likes 37,18,45,30,08. (I have no money invested).

On 13/02/2024 16:08, nigel wrote:
> Marmaduke Jinks wrote:
>
>> [If your Google Group access to usenet is going then get Mozilla
>> Thunderbird (try version 78.14) and a free account with
>> eternal-september. You can always ask me if you get stuck].
>
> I hadn't heard anything about losing usenet access from Plusnet. I have
> an eternal-september account I haven't used for ages. One day I'd better
> test whether it's still accessible.
>
> My new system gets another chance to crash and burn tonight. For
> Euromillions, it likes 37,18,45,30,08. (I have no money invested).
>
>
>
>
I know of Plusnet buying in from Giganews to give usenet access. But
you'll still need a reader for that I do believe.

I used to use Outlook Express on an XP machine for reading the usenet
groups but the machine crashed and burned -like your Euromill selections
;-)!

MJ

Marmaduke Jinks wrote:

> On 13/02/2024 16:08, nigel wrote:
>
>> Marmaduke Jinks wrote:
>>
>>> [If your Google Group access to usenet is going then get Mozilla
>>> Thunderbird (try version 78.14) and a free account with
>>> eternal-september. You can always ask me if you get stuck].
>>
>>
>> I hadn't heard anything about losing usenet access from Plusnet. I
>> have an eternal-september account I haven't used for ages. One day I'd
>> better test whether it's still accessible.
>>
>> My new system gets another chance to crash and burn tonight. For
>> Euromillions, it likes 37,18,45,30,08. (I have no money invested).
>>

Wow, it got one number correct.

Friday: 50,02,45,16,07

>>
>>
>>
> I know of Plusnet buying in from Giganews to give usenet access. But
> you'll still need a reader for that I do believe.
>
> I used to use Outlook Express on an XP machine for reading the usenet
> groups but the machine crashed and burned -like your Euromill selections
> ;-)!
>
> MJ

I'm using Netscape Mail and News 7.1, a Thunderbird predecessor ;-)

Marmaduke Jinks wrote:

> On 13/02/2024 16:08, nigel wrote:
>
>> Marmaduke Jinks wrote:
>>
>>> [If your Google Group access to usenet is going then get Mozilla
>>> Thunderbird (try version 78.14) and a free account with
>>> eternal-september. You can always ask me if you get stuck].
>>
>>
>> I hadn't heard anything about losing usenet access from Plusnet. I
>> have an eternal-september account I haven't used for ages. One day I'd
>> better test whether it's still accessible.
>>
>> My new system gets another chance to crash and burn tonight. For
>> Euromillions, it likes 37,18,45,30,08. (I have no money invested).
>>

Wow, it got one number correct.

Friday: 50,02,45,16,07

>>
>>
>>
> I know of Plusnet buying in from Giganews to give usenet access. But
> you'll still need a reader for that I do believe.
>
> I used to use Outlook Express on an XP machine for reading the usenet
> groups but the machine crashed and burned -like your Euromill selections
> ;-)!
>
> MJ

I'm using Netscape Mail and News 7.1, a Thunderbird predecessor ;-)

On 14/02/2024 16:10, nigel wrote:
> Marmaduke Jinks wrote:
>
> > On 13/02/2024 16:08, nigel wrote:
> >
> >> Marmaduke Jinks wrote:
> >>
> >>> [If your Google Group access to usenet is going then get Mozilla
> >>> Thunderbird (try version 78.14) and a free account with
> >>> eternal-september. You can always ask me if you get stuck].
> >>
> >>
> >> I hadn't heard anything about losing usenet access from Plusnet. I
> >> have an eternal-september account I haven't used for ages. One day I'd
> >> better test whether it's still accessible.
> >>
> >> My new system gets another chance to crash and burn tonight. For
> >> Euromillions, it likes 37,18,45,30,08. (I have no money invested).
> >>
>
> Wow, it got one number correct.
>
> Friday: 50,02,45,16,07
>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > I know of Plusnet buying in from Giganews to give usenet access. But
> > you'll still need a reader for that I do believe.
> >
> > I used to use Outlook Express on an XP machine for reading the usenet
> > groups but the machine crashed and burned -like your Euromill selections
> > ;-)!
> >
> > MJ
>
> I'm using Netscape Mail and News 7.1, a Thunderbird predecessor ;-)
>
>
Ah excellent.

My Mystic Meg Crystal Ball gives me these numbers in the EuroMill

9 18 25 33 43
2 7 29 29 (no one;s perfect ;-) & 50
8 18 26 36 45

MJ

Marmaduke Jinks wrote:
> On 14/02/2024 16:10, nigel wrote:
>
>> Friday: 50,02,45,16,07

Tunguska wasn't a meteorite - it was one of my lottery systems crashing
and burning :-(

Tuesday: 15,02,48,45,05
>>
>
> My Mystic Meg Crystal Ball gives me these numbers in the EuroMill
>
> 9 18 25 33 43
> 2 7 29 29 (no one;s perfect ;-) & 50
> 8* 18 26* 36 45

Two right - not bad!
>
> MJ
>

On Sunday 11 February 2024 at 13:21:35 UTC, Marmaduke Jinks wrote:
> On 10/02/2024 13:06, nigel wrote:
> > nigel wrote:
> >
> >> Meanwhile, I have another system that's made a promising start. No
> >> doubt it will shortly crash and burn.
> >
> > And so it came to pass, Friday's Euromillions draw sending it crashing
> > and burning. :-(
> >
> I'm not a huge fan of the Euromill. I think because of the ridiculous
> odds and also they don't reward you very well at the lower levels.
>
> The Lotto result had two numbers ending in 9 and two ending in 3. What
> I like to call a Family Group. 81 % of the time there's a Family Group
> in the result (not inc the bonus ball)
>
> The works syndie and I had an ok go at the Lotto jackpot last night. We
> made a loss but our 366 lines gave us a Match4 and 3 Match3s, as well as
> 36 Lucky Dip fivers.
>
> I had experimented with putting a grid of 131 lines from Covermaster
> with the La Jolla table of 119 lines. Two of 119 lines and one of 131.
> The 119 grids were staggered to cover different combos. I had most
> pairs covered at least 3 times. When the next must-be-won Jackpot comes
> around I'll have 428 lines to play.
>
> I like Covermaster as you can get good coverage for your inputs. The La
> Jolla tables show all the combinations of eg 6 selections out of 59
> https://ljcr.dmgordon.org/cover/table.html
>
> MJ
> [If your Google Group access to usenet is going then get Mozilla
> Thunderbird (try version 78.14) and a free account with
> eternal-september. You can always ask me if you get stuck].

I was quite happy to continue using google groups but the consensus
seems to be to stick with usenet.
I need to get an account with eternal september which I will do soon.
Is Thunderbird sufficient to read/write messages ?

NN

On 17/02/2024 13:44, nigel wrote:
> Marmaduke Jinks wrote:
>> On 14/02/2024 16:10, nigel wrote:
>>
>>> Friday: 50,02,45,16,07
>
> Tunguska wasn't a meteorite - it was one of my lottery systems crashing
> and burning :-(
>
> Tuesday: 15,02,48,45,05
>>>
>>
>> My Mystic Meg Crystal Ball gives me these numbers in the EuroMill
>>
>> 9 18 25    33 43
>> 2 7 29 29 (no one;s perfect ;-) & 50
>> 8* 18 26*    36 45
>
> Two right - not bad!
>>
>> MJ
>>
>
Two out of many. I won't give up my day job ;-)

MJ