Lottery Year - Third Quarter Results

We've had 40 Fridays so far in 2008. I've been playing the ONCE lottery every week so far this year. In my complex simulation that gave predictions of the outcome, I predicted that at the end of the third quarter, I would have either 85€ or 90€. Well, guess what? My balance after 9 months is exactly 85€. So far, I have lost 175€. Ouch!

Looks a bit like the US economy.

Third Quarter History

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Date

Balance

Gambled

Won

Delta

Total Delta

Jul 4, 2008

140 €

5 €

0 €

-5 €

-120 €

Jul 11, 2008

135 €

5 €

0 €

-5 €

-125 €

Jul 18, 2008

130 €

5 €

0 €

-5 €

-130 €

Jul 25, 2008

125 €

5 €

0 €

-5 €

-135 €

Aug 1, 2008

120 €

5 €

0 €

-5 €

-140 €

Aug 8, 2008

115 €

5 €

0 €

-5 €

-145 €

Aug 15, 2008

110 €

5 €

0 €

-5 €

-150 €

Aug 22, 2008

110 €

5 €

5 €

0 €

-150 €

Aug 29, 2008

105 €

5 €

0 €

-5 €

-155 €

Sep 5, 2008

100 €

5 €

0 €

-5 €

-160 €

Sep 12, 2008

95 €

5 €

0 €

-5 €

-165 €

Sep 19, 2008

90 €

5 €

0 €

-5 €

-170 €

Sep 26, 2008

85 €

5 €

0 €

-5 €

-175 €

By complete chance, my assumption that there will be only 52 Fridays this year was actually wrong. There will be 53. One more chance to win my 6,000,000€!