Please read this! I will be doing the inspector tool this week. The instructions are the same for Inspector 3 or Inspector 4.
Lottery Post's Inspector 3 system is designed to inspect a list of Pick 3 combinations and tabulate them according to a series of classifications, allowing you to see if the combinations and the digits they contain are biased in any way. The Inspector 3 system does not create the initial set of Pick 3 combinations; you input the combinations from whatever source(s) you like, and it will process them. In addition, the Inspector 3 system can automatically generate a list of combinations based on predictions and/or past results. (Use the popup menus on the Predictions and Results pages to generate the combinations in this manner.)
Below are specific instructions for using Inspector 3. If you need additional assistance, try posting questions to the Pick 3 forum, where other Lottery Post will be more than happy to help.
- You must be a Gold or Platinum member to have unlimited use of the Inspector 3 system.
- Standard members have a free trial period of 20 uses before the system is locked. Each time you click the Inspect Combinations button, your allowed usage is reduced by one.
- You can enter between 1 and 10,000 combinations to inspect.
- High/Low tabulates how many high digits (5-9) and low digits (0-4) the combination has.
- Even/Odd tabulates how many even digits (0, 2, 4, 6, 8) and odd digits (1, 3, 5, 7, 9) the combination has.
- In/Out tabulates how many "in" (inner) digits (3, 4, 5, 6, 7) and "out" (outer) digits (0, 1, 2, 8, 9) the combination has.
- Sums calculates the sum of the three digits in the combination. e.g., the sum of the combination 1-2-3 is 6 (1 + 2 + 3 = 6).
- Root Sums calculates the root sum of the three digits in the combination. e.g., the root sum of the combination 7-5-7 is 1 (7 + 5 + 7 = 19, 1 + 9 = 10, 1 + 0 = 1).
- Sum Last Digit calculates the last digit of the sum of the three digits in the combination. e.g., the sum of the combination 7-8-9 is 24 (7 + 8 + 9 = 24), so the Sum Last Digit is 4.
- Key Number tabulates if the combination contains a key number in at least one of the digits. e.g., 1-2-3 contains the key number 2, but the combination 4-5-6 does not.
- Pairs indicates which pairs (2-digit combinations) are included within each combination. There are a total of 55 different pairs, always listed with the low number first. There are three pairs in every Pick 3 combination: (1) the first two digits, (2) the first and third digit, and (3) the last two digits.
- Number Type tabulates if the combination is a single (ABC - all three different digits), double (AAB - contains only two unique numbers), or a triple (AAA - all digits are the same).
- Odds of Winning calculates the odds that you would win if you played all the combinations entered. The odds are calculated based on playing both straight and box, and the number of unique combinations for both straight and box are displayed.
- Ignoring Duplicates - Inspector 3 has an optional filtering system that can remove duplicate combinations from your list. Selecting the first check box, Ignore duplicate combinations, will only include the first instance of a combination which is repeated in the input list. (In this case, duplicates are identified based on a straight match, not box combination.)
- If you select the second check box, Also ignore duplicate box combinations, then any given box combination appearing in your input list will only be inspected once.
- If you select the third check box, Remove duplicates from the input list, then in addition to ignoring duplicates during the inspection process, any duplicates will be deleted from the input box. If you do not check this box, then any duplicate combinations will remain in the input box, even though they were not inspected.
- Compressed Results - If you select this option zero values are not shown in the final report. For example, if there are no triples in the list of combinations, selecting this option will hide the report entry for "Triples: 0%". This option is especially good for small lists of combinations, when there will be many empty (zero) entries in the final report.