If your really serious....
I've been in the same boat for years. Dabbled on/off with excel, access, etc.
In Feb of this yr, got 2 nice hits. Decided to just do it. The major stumbling block is entering the data off the tickets and keeping track of the winners. Online betting services are easy - most allow you to export and save to excel or csv format...
For winners - I always bring a small digital audio recorder ($30) with me now - get a winner - flip it on , record - good to go...
For taking care of our losing tickets,,,The secret is treat the tickets as "receipts"
Its a 2-step process:
1) Get a real scanner - Fujitsu =IX500 deluxe bundle- about $440 online
This puppy scans 25 pages/min flawlessly. Works perfect with our parimutal tickets. You can save to adobe or other formats...
2) Use another program (neat receipts, quickbooks)that takes receipts and can import this data directly into excel.Its not really that hard and once you get setup - no more boxes of losers either.
FYI - I am a long time IT guy...
Good Luck!
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