Clueless, how can I create auto updating content of lottery results?

Discussion in 'Programming' started by lottoguru, Jun 11, 2010.

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    Thanks to all reading

    Im totally clueless where I should start.....

    I want to create my own custom auto updating feed to place on my site/ blogs with the latest UK Lotto, Euromiilions plus a few other lotteries results.

    There are a few affiliate ones which I have signed up to but naturally I want the feed to stay with my own images and my affiliate links not someone elses. I have absolutely no idea where to begin. If someone can point me in the right direction or can recommend someone who can do it for me (for a fee of course ;) ) I would be very VERY gratefull.

    My appologies if this is in the wrong place..but I assume its programming.
     
    lottoguru, Jun 11, 2010 IP
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    ccoonen Well-Known Member

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    What are the urls? do they have feeds that already exist? I would build a scheduled task to scrape the results daily, then just build a site that displays the content always :)
     
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    lottoguru Peon

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    erm... thanks for the reply, I really dont have a clue about any of that. I was wondering if I found a rss feed with the results in could i some how extract the data automatically and pop it into my site (sounds simple in my head but im sure its a bit more complex than that)

    I had also thought that I could some how get the recent lotto results from the official UK lotto website and any other official lotto site that I want to promote.

    for example here is the url of the uk site https://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results.ftl

    I would like to have a similar results block but with my own images, and as the results are posted from the official site have my site auto update too.

    I am an affiliate with different lottery systems so I want to make a uniform look to my site without just a load of affilate banners everywhere.

    Again thanks

    Dawn
     
    lottoguru, Jun 11, 2010 IP