Goswinus:

Quote:
“Do you realize that there are FACT(49) or
60828186403426800000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000”

The correct method is not factorial, but arrangements:
A(49,6) = 10,068,347,520

Use my freeware FORMULA.EXE for the calculations.

Anyway, the amount of possible unique systems is still huge, isn’t it?
Again, you can use freeware to “shuffle” your picks; in this case, you’ll randomly arrange the 49 numbers.
SHUFFLE.EXE (by Ion Saliu)
CooLRevGUI.EXE (by Cristiano Lopes).
Available freely from:
[url]http://www.saliu.com/infodown.html[/url]

When you have a randomized set of picks that you like (the more shuffles, the better), then use freeware again to replace the theoretical numbers in the wheel by your picks:
FillWheel.exe (by Ion Saliu)

The analysis of the 163-line wheel can be found at:
[url]http://www.saliu.com/bbs/messages/11.html[/url]

I’ll post soon one more thing on wheeling. This time, take any input file of lotto-6 combinations and allow only the lines that offer ‘3 of 6’, ‘4 of 6’, and ‘5 of 6’. Take also randomly an equal number of lines from the input file. See if the wheeled or the randomized set offers better winnings.

Populate alright, but there are out-of-control ways to populate!

Ion Saliu