Latest News
Site freshen up
The site has been a bit neglected, so thought I'd give it a slight makeover. No major changes, but the links to the shareware sites have been removed. There are hundreds of these sites now, and they all contain the same content (as written by us!) Unless a user has left a review we doubt the majority of the sites have ever run the installer. The only sites that differ for your and our benefit are those that scan for viruses, trojans, adware and spyware. (We pass these tests of course!)
That's not to say we don't benefit from all of the links, but constant requests for us to link to their sites does get a bit old.
(14 April 2008)
Euro and Thunderball updates
Both of these games have had a minor bug corrected. The bug is non critical. Normal use of the manager will never encounter the bug, which is why it has gone undiscovered for so long!
(25 January 2008)
Lotto Game Update
A minor but significant update. The game now prints out onto the updated style of playslips. The gameboards have moved, and the 'Dream Number' entry is on the top of the latest slips. Update if you wish to use these slips.
(12 December 2007)
Installer update.
Each of the games (except the cash game) had a bug relating to file access. This has now been corrected. To update the new games, download the updated installer. Apologies for any inconvenience.
(28 August 2006)
LSMC 3.0 released.
Version 3.0 of the manager along with version 3.0 of the Lotto game, version 2.0 of the Thunderball game, version 2.0 of the Euro millions game, and finally version 1.1 of the Cash game.
This new release is mostly about using more suitable folders in windows. This removes some issues users may have if they attempt to use LSMC with a limited user account, but it also keeps a user's syndicate files private from other users on a PC. This seperation also applies to template files and reports etc. (Exactly how LSMC locates it's files will depend on the particular version of Windows you are using.)
The games' history files are still shared with all users on a system, however they now may be moved to different folder (OS dependant). This folder can be difficult to navigate to, so there is a menu item under the game menu that will open this folder for you.
Once again, users of LSMC will be pleased to note that this is a no cost upgrade. Since the manager and all available games have been updated, go to the download page and get the full installer.
(21 August 2006)
Lotto game ready.
Game is now at version 2.0. This is a little odd since largely it was about removing features rather than adding them! The game retains the ability to open templates created by version 1.x versions of the game, but will not cope with syndicate gambles that still have Lotto Extra gambles to resolve. An up to date syndicate will not have these anyway, so make sure you are up to date before you update the game.
(29 July 2006)
Updating Lotto Game.
Now that Lotto Extra has been killed off, the Lotto game plugin no longer needs to display it. Unfortunately, because the games were so closely connected, there is a lot of code to go over to fully remove it. So it may take a little while, but it will happen. In the mean time, the existing plugin will work just fine, so there's no panic anyway <g>
(11 July 2006)
Update to the Euro game.
The introduction of new style playslips makes the calibration of the Euro game's printing a bit of a pain. So this update allows you to choose the style of playslip that you have to speed up the process.
(24 February 2006)
Update to the manager.
It's been a bit long coming but LSMC is finally on version 2. Other projects have meant that LSMC went a little unloved, but it was never forgotten! We've added an Undo/Redo feature, which could be regarded as a big omission from version 1. It's here now though, and we hope you find it useful.
The second major addition is the inclusion of financial data in the syndicate history. This information will only be available from the first use of version 2 (version 1 didn't record any financial info). To make sure that data is available for the periods you want, you should set the correct values in your manager's options. Financial information is now included in the syndicate reports.
A number of other minor changes have been made to the manager that we hope you'll enjoy.
Whilst updating the manager, we discovered a bug in the Lotto game. The bug can create incorrect information in the 'win history' information. This bug is not critical, but the update can be found on the Lotto game page.
Here's the best bit, the update is free to version 1 users. <G>
(31 October 2005)
Euro Millions game released.
Now use LSMC to play the new Euro Millions game. We could have released the game earlier, but we've been testing testing testing! The game is the first to allow you to modify it. This was necessary because of the possible changes in ticket prices, but as a bonus you can also change the expected draw time.
The Euro Millions lottery game does not seem to be as good value to players as the UK games, but with the expected rollover draws, large jackpots are likely to attract everyone's attention!
We also note that the prize scheme is more demanding on syndicate managers. The odds of winning the smaller prizes is fairly high, so you'll be collecting more wins and having to share those winnings out more often. Imagine the effort you're saving yourself by using LSMC <g>.
(3rd March 2004)
Manager and Games Updated.
With what seems like inspired timing we're releasing updates to all of the major parts of LSMC. So the manager, 'Lotto & Lotto extra' game, and the Thunderball game have all been improved. The changes correct some minor report code generation errors in the manager, as well as adding extra email features. The Thunderball also receives some overdue features to bring it into line with the Lotto game. Please note that the updates feature requests made by LSMC users!
This should now leave us free to work on the new Euro Millions game, which thanks to the architecture of LSMC will simply plug in, and will not cost you any extra.
(6th Feb 2004)
Euro Millions game on it's way
Announcements have been made about the new Euro-Millions game. This is a game that we will certainly wish to support due to the large prizes (we don't support the daily play or hot-picks games because they are of no real interest to syndicates). We are unable to say when a plugin will be available, but it will be the focus of our attention, and we will attempt to support the game as early as possible.
(5th Feb 2004)
UK Lotto and Lotto Extra game updated, Now v1.1
This game has now received its first significant improvement that could well improve your syndicate's winnings! The new features are a combination of requested features and features that didn't make it into the first release. This is a recommended update. The update requires that you are using version 1.1 or later of the main manager to use these new features. For more details on the new features of the UK Lotto game, and how to apply the update, go to the UK Lotto game page.
(20th June 2003)
Manager is Updated. Now v1.1
The main manager for LSMC has received it's first minor update. For information on whether you need to apply the update, and how you should do it, go to the manager page.
(28th May 2003)