I haven’t posted in the blog for a while, but I have been busy updating a lot of the functionality in the backend.
To start, I am now pulling my lottery data directly from OLG now. Over the past few weeks, pulling my raw data from a third party site has caused me numerous issues. That third party site started posting results later and later and it was messing with my daily scripts. I have re-written my parsing program to pull the data directly from the results pages on OLG and the results have been far more accurate.
I was generating most of my reports dynamically when I first started building out my analysis. As the reports started becoming more complex and depended, I noticed the hit my server was taking to its performance. I now run those scripts less frequently, but store the results as static content. I saw a strong boost in performance from that relatively small change. I hope you like some of the cosmetic changes to the reporting, as well.
For the next couple of weeks, I am turning my attention to creating a second generation of the reporting, with better analysis. I am also re-building the simulations. I made the decision a while ago to move away from only running the simulations against historical data. I think that was now a mistake. I foresee a more enhanced simulation engine that let’s my followers see how the various number picking strategies would work against actual historical data rather than quick pick generated future data.
Lastly, I have begun working on a Members only area that will include a ton of new functionality for real lottery data enthusiasts.
As always, your feedback is welcome! Send any comments via the form on our contact page. These are weird days. Stay safe and stay healthly!