🚨 Critical Disclaimer 🚨
This project is a quick experiment in web scraping and data analysis - not a rigorous statistical study. Important Notes:

• 🎲 Gambling Warning: Lottery tickets are designed to lose money. Never consider this an investment strategy
• 🛠️ Code Quality: Built rapidly for learning purposes, not representative of production-grade code
• 📉 Methodology Notes:
  • Prize odds calculations make simplifying assumptions
  • No error margins calculated for estimates
  • Web scraping approach may break with website changes
• 📜 No Guarantees: Analysis may contain inaccuracies - verify with official sources

Treat this as a curiosity, not financial advice or technical best practices.

Automated pipeline that:

1. 🕷️ Scrapes Arizona Lottery scratcher data daily
2. 📊 Analyzes prize pool statistics
3. 📈 Generates interactive visualizations
4. 🚀 Auto-deploys results to GitHub Pages

• Automated Daily Updates via GitHub Actions
• Prize pool tracking with historical trends
• Expected value calculations
• Self-updating website
• Data validation checks

• Python 3.10+
• Chrome Browser
• Chromedriver
• SQLite

git clone https://github.com/ImmaZoni/Scratcha.git
cd scratcha

# Install dependencies
python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

# Initialize database
python db_handler.py

Full pipeline:

python scraper.py && python analysis_engine.py

Scraper Options:

# Limit to 5 pages
python scraper.py --max-page 5

# Run in headless mode
python scraper.py --headless

1. Scraper (scraper.py) collects raw game data
2. DB Handler stores structured records
3. Analysis Engine calculates metrics
4. GitHub Actions deploys results hourly

• Live odds tracking
• Historical prize pool graphs
• Game comparison tools
• Auto-updating sitemap

This project is open for educational purposes:

1. Fork repository
2. Create feature branch
   git checkout -b feature/your-idea
3. Submit PR with detailed notes

Please Note:

• Focus on technical improvements only
• No gambling-related suggestions
• Maintain academic tone

Not affiliated with Arizona Lottery. Data sourced from public AZ Lottery website. Use at your own risk.

Remember: 🎰 Lottery tickets always have negative expected value. This project exists purely as a technical demonstration of web scraping and data analysis techniques.