I was mucking about with some ideas this weekend when I decided to finally create the lottery number generator I've been thinking about doing for ages. Originally, my idea was to take all the numbers that have ever been drawn before, along with the number of times they've been drawn, and then use a bit of a random algorithm to pick 2 common numbers, 2 not-so-common numbers and 2 in-the-middle numbers.  And then test until I'm getting 2-3 numbers per draw.  Perhaps I'll still code that one but it'll take a bit more database work than I was prepared to do this weekend!

So today I sat down and coded a numerology-based lotto number generator (<- try it out here!).

How numerology works (when calculating your secondary number) is you take the numbers in your birth date (eg: 1983-10-19) and you add them all together (eg: 1+9+8+3+1+0+1+9) to simplify them into a smaller number (eg: 32) and you keep doing that (eg: 3+2) until you get a single-digit number between 1 and 9 (eg: 5).  THAT is then your number.  It's kind of like astrology in that you should, with numerology, be able to tell what kind of person you are, what your purpose in life is and a whole bunch more using some basic math to get your number and how it applies to certain areas of your life.

What interests me about numerology is that you can add your numbers in any way and still get the same number (1983+10+19 = 2012, and 2+0+1+2 = 5!).  That's not freaky, it's basic math but, for someone like me who failed math on standard grade, it kinda feels all X-Files like :D

So, anyway, numerology can also be used with letters from the alphabet but there's a bit of confusion (and disagreement) on which letters represent what numbers.  I've basically gone with what's been touted as "the most powerful set" according to the author of this numerology / lottery article.

With that in mind, my lotto number generator takes your first name, last name and birthdate and finds your 3 lucky numbers.  Then it expands those numbers into their lotto-suitable counterparts.  For example, if one of your lucky numbers is 3, then your lotto lucky numbers include 3, 12, 21, 30, 39 and 48.  Basically any numbers that, when simplified to single-digit, give you the number 3.

I take all of those numbers and then pick a random 6 for you to play for the next draw.  I hardly consider this rock-solid science or anything but it would be interesting to see if this "strategy" works for a few people.  If not, at least I had some fun coding this weekend :D

Enjoy and please leave comments!
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