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Secondly, a statistics area for InterLotto has been produced, which is basically a reworking of the UK National Lottery code (not quite as easy as it sounds because InterLotto is a 6 from 40 lottery with no bonus ball). InterLotto pays Connect to maintain the InterLotto statistics area in case you're wondering, although the updates are provided directly by InterLotto via a complex mail filter.
Oh, uploaded the results for Lottery #49 of course. I've also adjusted the first Saturday teletext mail to be 8.02pm instead of 8.03pm and added a fallback 9.02pm mail-out in case the 8.02pm misses the update. This is because the return e-mail is arriving at around 8.25pm and I'd like it a bit earlier than that if possible. Changed algorithm for the virtual lottery claim security code, which should make it a lot harder to crack (I hope). I don't think anyone cracked the old algorithm, but this new one has an extra layer that's even more difficult to suss.
In case you're wondering why the October updates to the lottery pages have been somewhat sparse, well it's because 2 major events are coming up: 1) the signing of an R&D contract and sponsorship deal for the virtual lottery and 2) there is a major launch of Mersey World next Tuesday (invitation only !) and the past couple of weeks have been frantic to say the least. You might like to see the fruits of this - the new "shopping basket" principle of the Mersey Mall for instance, the ability to browse anywhere in secure mode (requires Netscape 1.1 or later) and also the steady stream of new organisations appearing on Mersey World - remember that if you're a Merseyside company, you get free Web space and we'll even scan in your paper documents and compose HTML for you for free ! I've yet to see anyone else in the UK do this for their county...
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