An overview of setting up the lotto section
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| POS SOLUTIONS NEWSAGENCY SYSTEM LOTTO SECTION
The Lotto section of POS Solutions Newsagency System is designed to operate in version L32(r). The Lotto Section allows easy extraction of syndicate details to give to your customers. AN OVERVIEW OF SETTING UP THE LOTTO SECTION Where is it? The Lotto Section is found on the Main Menu #9 Lotto Section The first thing that needs to be done before setting up the lotto section is to re-index the Lotto files. If this is not done errors will appear when trying to add draws in Draw Maintenance. The re-index is necessary to prepare your data files for the new data. To re-index the lotto files • From the Main menu • #9 Lotto Menu • #15 Re-index Lotto Files • Then select both #2 Lotto Draws & #3 Lotto Syndicates to re-index Once the lotto files have been re-indexed you can then proceed to setup the rest of the lotto section. The first thing to setup in the lotto section is the options. The options are used to setup the system that best meets your Newsagency needs. The Lotto options are explained further on under LOTTO OPTIONS. Once the options have been setup the Draws can be entered. The Draw Maintenance is where the details of the games are put. The details of the Draw Maintenance are explained further on under the heading DRAW MAINTENANCE. Once the draw details have been entered the details of each syndicate can now be entered. An explanation of the details in Syndicate Maintenance is listed further on under the heading of SYNDICATE MAINTENANCE. After all the above have been setup you then only need to print your syndicates each week. The details of printing syndicates are explained further on under the heading of PRINT SYNDICATES.
The options for lotto are found in the Options section • From the Main Menu • #3 Updating Section • #9 Options • #22 Lotto Agency Number: Your Agency Number allocated by the state gaming authority Use which company: You can choose one of the three company headings available to print on the top of each the syndicate form Bottom messages: Notes that you can add to the bottom of each syndicate print out Print all or one: If you want one syndicate form for each full share of a syndicate or just one form per syndicate Print Display Copy: If you want an extra syndicate form to come out for display purposes when printing the syndicates Print summary sheets: Prints out a form, which enables you to keep track of the customers who have purchased a share in the syndicate DRAW MAINTENANCE Press 'A' for add to enter the draw details. Code: Enter in the code you wish to know this draw as Description: A description of the draw, which will be helpful to you in identifying the draw Note: You can press F2 at this stage to bring up default settings for certain games. E.g. Tattslottto, Powerball, Keno, OZ Lotto etc. Date of next draw: When the next draw is. This is simply the next date this game will be drawn on the date on the computer and the day of the draw, i.e. Monday Tuesday etc. Draw No: The number of the next draw Increment: What the draw number increments by. The draw number is increased when the computers date passes the Next Draw Date. Max ball number: Enter in the total number of balls to choose from Powerball: The total numbers of balls in the powerball draw to choose from Separate Barrels: If there is two barrels used in the draw select' Y'. This is generally used for Powerball Suppress draw No: If you want the draw number to print out on the customers syndicate form select’. N Available games: These are all the available games to play for each draw. E.g. OZ Lotto has System 7, Take 5, Normal, System 10 etc. The Power is used for how many balls get drawn from the other barrel, if separate barrels are activated. SYNDICATE MAINTENANCE. Press 'A' for add to enter the syndicate details. Code: Enter in the code you wish to know this syndicate as Description: A description of this syndicate which will to help you to identify the syndicate Draw Type: Which draw it relates to, i.e. It must be one of the draws you have created in Draw Maintenance Num of Shares: How many shares there are available for each syndicate Cost per share: What each full share costs Syndicate Active: If you are selling/using this syndicate, yet select 'Y'. You can create a syndicate and just activate it for certain draws. E.g. for big prize draws. Enter Numbers: Select 'Y' if you want to enter the numbers for the syndicate To add new numbers press F2 and select what sort of game you wish to play. Enter the number of draws you wish to allocate for this syndicate. If you answer 'Y' to Random numbers then the computer will select them otherwise you can put in your own numbers. HISTORY
This lists the details of the syndicates that have been printed out. The details include •Date printed •Draw Date •Draw No
•Shares •Cost
•Total Prize •Prize/Share The above details are transferred into history when the syndicate is printed. You can press F2 in history screen on the highlighted syndicate to enter the Total Prize for that draw. PRINT SYNDICATES This is where you can print out the syndicate forms to give to the customers. Print Which Draw: If you select a draw and leave the syndicate below blank it prints all syndicates in this draw. Print which Syndicate: If you only want one syndicate printed not all the syndicates in the draw then select the syndicate here. Otherwise leave this blank. An example of a printed syndicate is listed below.
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