I haven't read all of the posts here and not sure if I have ever posted to any of the Smart Luck topics before, but thought I would offer the manner of use for me that I have used with Gail's programs and even a previous similar program that came out in the late 80s which was also called Lotto Pro, but no kin to today's programs with that name as far as I know. I have both Advantage Gold and Advantage Plus, but I mainly use Advantage Plus.
I have always tracked my lotto games by going back the number of draws equal to twice the number of balls in the game. for example: PB, I go back 138 draws (69 x 2), Mega, 140 (70 x 2). I always use this same amount of info for each new draw. This makes for a "theoretical" count of 10 hits for each number in the game which of course does not happen. The hits will be spread out in amounts that are easy to compare. I print out chart #4, f4 to get chart 4A with the "x" to see patterns. I then print chart 7 to see the total hits for each number and I draw a red line between the different divisions of hits to make it easier to see the separation. I then go to "B" and then "f4" to get to 1. Skips due chart, hit enter to get chart B41, then "f4" again to change to "30" games back, the "f5" I leave alone for smaller lotto games, but usually change to "10" for PB and Mega.
I have always been a "paper and Pencil" player making my own charts for 3 & 4 digit and lotto games, so now using the info gained from B41 Skips Due chart, I make my own tracking charts rewriting the "games out" info from the center of chart B into a vertical chart with the hit positions rearranged from lowest number at the top to highest number at the bottom. I also color code these numbers after each draw with red, green, blue ink using circles and squares to cover the specific positions in the draw line that each winning number occurred. When I'm working on a new draw, I can compare several draws back by looking at this chart to guess the positions that numbers may come from for the next draw. The color coding also plays into this. Besides that chart I also keep a tracking chart of the total hits that occurred for each drawn number in a vertical chart from "high" down to "low". I use that to try to guess what hit values may occur in the next drawing. Using the chart B41 Skips Due, I write out next to each line the total hits for each number in that line from the info from chart 7. (This info is also next to each number on chart 4, so one can more quickly find it by using chart 4). This helps me to decide on the prospects of a hit in a line based on my feeling about what hit totals may occur in the next draw.
For much of the time, I have always used abbreviated wheeling systems from 6 to 9 numbers, hoping to score a big hit. But lately with the PB and Mega games, that is not so easy. In 1998 when I won a small 6/36 Delaware lotto jackpot ($225,000), I used the 8 number wheel with 12 combinations played 4 times. This wheel has about a 40% chance to win the jackpot. At the time the tickets were 2 plays for a dollar, so my cost was $24 per draw. Recently, I have switched to using Robert Serotic group systems that cover 11 to 15 numbers, that guarantee a 4/5 if all 5 numbers are found in the system according to the rules. A couple of weeks ago with the Mega, using one that covered 11 numbers, I had 3 numbers and the Mega ball with 3x megaplier for a $600 win. While picking my numbers, I liked 4, 5, 7, but after looking at the first position hits of recent draws, they seemed to be all "even". So I ruled out #4. I was choosing 2, so could have played 4 and 5, or 4 and 7 and I would have won $30,000. But I went with 5 and 7. What was even more frustrating was that the remaining ball was 46. I play 43 and 46 for my birth year and my brother"s birth year. I chose 43, my birth year that night. Had I chose either the "4" or "46", I would have won the $30,000, and with both, the entire jackpot! Probably the closest I will ever come.