How to participate in a lottery syndicate.
There are only two ways to do this.:- create your own. - join an existing.
On the pages of the newspaper
"Zigzag of Fortune" regularly publishes announcements about the collection points of individual pools.
There are chapter contacts and meeting time. Before entering, you must carefully
read the rules, ask about all the nuances and conditions for buying tickets,
distribution of winnings. The invitation to the clubs can be found on the pages
social networks.
If you are not
suit the rules or you did not find anything near you - there is only one way out.
Create your own pool. The following tips are tailored for such a case.
But syndicates are not so scary, how they are painted.
Most often, such a combination is a lifeline for some players..
Syndicate members fired on one day in Canada, since they got cut. The employees decided to mark the last day at work by buying lottery tickets, so to speak, for luck. What was their surprise, when it became known, what the syndicate won 7 million dollars!
So whether to join a syndicate or not is not an unambiguous question.. Someone is profitable, someone - no.
Here are some situations, when you should definitely not join a syndicate:
- the player is not in the habit of sharing and the division of the prize between the members of the syndicate will cause him irreparable harm from a psychological point of view;
- the participant does not trust the members of the syndicate and is not sure about the reliability of those syndicates, which he is offered to choose from;
- a person cannot compromise and negotiate with other members of the association;
- the player is insolvent.
As a conclusion
Background and preparation
The first Irish National Lottery draw took place on Saturday, 16 April 1988 of the year. The lottery used a number formula 6 of 36, the chance of guessing the main prize in this case is 1 to 1 947 792. Winnings were awarded for 4, 5 or 6 rooms. If no one guessed the six, then the jackpot increased, until, until someone gets lucky. Starting (guaranteed) суперприз составлял 250 000 pounds.
IN 1992 year Polish-Irish businessman Stefan Klintsevich, managed to implement the perfect lottery winning plan, the idea of which came to his mind in 1990, in a dublin pub, when the lottery jackpot approached another record value.
Stefan Klincevic
The plan was elegantly simple and incredibly complex., I just had to wait for the moment, when the super prize reaches its maximum values, и… выкупить все комбинации. I.e, сделать 1 947 792 rates. On condition, that the cost of the bet was 0,5 pound this game made sense only, when the jackpot exceeded a million. Everything remained, what to prepare in advance
Syndicate, which included 28 a person, long before the planned circulation, collected the necessary money and transferred it to the bank for safekeeping. An office was also organized in a central location, to coordinate the purchase of tickets. За полгода подготовки Клинцевич заполнил 243 474 лотерейные квитанции, marking the desired combinations.
In May 1992 the lottery jackpot is close to the desired value. While waiting for the next draw, Stefan did not sleep for three days, the tension was building. Finally the circulation has passed, the jackpot was not hit, the amount of the super prize increased to 1,7 million pounds and Klintsevich decided - it's time to take!
Completed receipts were on hand, all that was left to issue them with retail agents and the syndicate began to recruit teams of ticket buyers. Hotel rooms have been booked across the country, the necessary money was delivered to nearby banks and the process began. Couriers placed bids within a week, before lottery officials discovered something was wrong. The shops, previously selling lotteries on 1 000 pounds a day, вдруг начали ежедневно регистрировать квитанции на 15 000 pounds. “We chose points, in which they did not interfere with other people, buying tickets "- said Klintsevich.
National Lottery officials tried to thwart this plan, limiting the number of tickets, on one lottery terminal, turning off those, that sold too many tickets. On Friday afternoon, newsstands circulated a short statement from the National Lottery - a change in the terms of the contract in accordance with section 32: Credit limit = 200% from the agent's average sale over 10 weeks
Despite this, the syndicate managed to buy out more 80% combinations, spending about 820 thousand pounds sterling. The choice of combinations was determined by the system, developed by Stephen: the most likely options were put first, and the least probable stayed last. Nevertheless, the syndicate was lucky. 80 of 100 albeit a high percentage of coverage, but he does not guarantee the main prize. It would be a shame, if the winning combination ended up in the remaining 20%
Once the receipts have been issued, they were returned to headquarters and placed in secure storage. “When you have all the tickets, you just sit and enjoy the show "- said Klintsevich. Nevertheless, even if all existing combinations are bought out at all, there is another risk factor for any syndicate - other players, who managed to guess the winning combination in this particular draw.
Syndicates can be organized into different types:
- personal;
- territorial;
- strategic and other.
AgentLotto site, eg, offers to choose one of four types of player associations. Here, everyone takes into account the way they play, which is more to the liking of the participant.
- Random Number Syndicate. This kind of game involves, that the numbers for the game will be selected automatically (computer).
- Systematic. This type of game is based on participation in the drawing of several numbers., more precisely than all numerical combinations with them.
- The presence of a winning extra number. This additional number acts as a bonus, able to multiply the prize on the main fields of the ticket.
- Number Match Syndicate. One number is chosen and all combinations are used during the game, assuming the presence of exactly the selected number. This approach provides 100% probability, that it will fall out.
In the syndicate, the participant does not buy the lottery tickets themselves, and part of the purchased number of tickets. Moreover, that share is redeemed, which covers the specified way of playing. Approximately this share will cost the player 10 dollars.
How to be, if not all shares in the syndicate for the drawing have been redeemed? The site undertakes to redeem them at its own expense.
Completion of the big game
In the same year, The Boston Globe talked about a loophole in WinFall and about bookmaker syndicates, profited from it. In summer 2011 years Gregory Sullivan, Inspector General of Massachusetts, made a detailed report on this issue. Sullivan noted, that the actions of the MIT group and others were completely legal, and he came to the conclusion, that "the odds of a winning bet did not affect high volume bets". Nonetheless, it was clear, that only a few players, only those, who could play big, made money on WinFall. To avoid a repetition of such cases, the organizers limited the amount of ticket purchases per person to the amount $ 5 000, and soon the WinFall lottery was completely closed
Despite, what lottery officials denied, about that, what do they know about the influence of the syndicates on the lottery, Sullivan concluded, what did they know about the situation back in 2005, and even allowed the installation of additional terminals in special stores, used by students. In this case, the organizers were in an obvious plus - out of every $ 2 went to the prize fund $ 1,20 (60%), and the more money was in the game, the more the earnings of the lottery itself became.
Steve Grossman, state treasurer, said - "I feel, what is important to make a public apology, because the game was created, which allowed syndicates to gain special opportunities, which others did not have. We regret, that some got an unfair advantage ". MIT Group for 7 years of work, I bought lottery tickets for 17-18 million dollars
The group's profit was not disclosed, considered, that it was at least 3,5 million dollars
MIT Group for 7 years of work, I bought lottery tickets for 17-18 million dollars. The group's profit was not disclosed, considered, that it was at least 3,5 million dollars.
Multimillion-dollar turnover did not change the lifestyle of the founder of the group. When James Harvey first started his game, he drove a Chevrolet Corsica 1995 of the year, bought at auction for 500 dollars. As MIT became successful he switched to Nissan Altima 1999 of the year
based on materials - theatlantic.com, tech.mit.edu
MIT Group, perhaps, one of the most successful syndicates in history, if you measure it not activity not only by the total amount, and also the duration and effectiveness of the game.
But they weren't the only students. In the same lottery, the Selby family syndicate played on an equally large scale - the total winnings of which for 9 years was more than 27 million dollars. Head of family, recently sold the rights to film his story and, perhaps, a great movie is coming soon. Dynamic, with a famously twisted plot, unexpected turns, the rivalry of the largest syndicates and big money. So, how it was in life.
As for the records of MIT students and the Selby syndicate, then their indicators are unlikely to be beaten by anyone. After all, this also requires a lottery with a special condition - regular distribution runs.. And there are almost no such lotteries now.
P. s. IN 2015 the average American spent on lottery tickets $ 206 annually. This amount varies from state to state, somewhere they buy very few, for example in North Dakota - $ 34,09 annually. And somewhere this indicator is many times higher than the average.. Massachusetts among the leaders, its residents spend annually on lottery tickets $ 734,85. Maybe some big game is still going on there, about which we do not know yet?
How to create a lottery syndicate?
To start -
must be at least 18 years old. If you are an adult, you can safely buy tickets
independently or team up with other players. Next, consider step by
step.
1. Decide on the game and rules.
If you do
decided to create our own lottery pool, should, first of all, will be determined
with the game. We recommend not to spray several. Choose one, which
you like the most. Study its rules carefully, possibility of increasing
bet or system game. Read all the organizers' recommendations, find out
points of sale of tickets and conditions of payment of winnings. You should be fine
savvy in everything, as for the game, to answer the questions of others
syndicate members.
2. Put the rules on paper.
So that in the process
there was no disagreement in the game, all the rules should be written down on paper, make up
something like a contract. The full names of all must be entered on the same document.
participants with their own signatures. If in the future you have
disagreements, you can refer to the file, in which everything is fixed. it
significantly reduces the likelihood of misunderstandings and incomprehensible situations.
3. Choose a time and place for the gathering of participants.
Offline
syndicates usually involve players meeting before each lottery draw, in
which they take part. Convenient, if you always have a place for
holding meetings. There are a lot of options: you can arrange a meeting at someone's home,
choose a cozy coffee shop or coworking space.
4. Determine the method of selection of numbers.
This step calls
most heated discussions, but there is no way around it. Trust the generator
random numbers will not work. After all, the syndicate involves a big purchase
lottery tickets or expanded bets. So that the combinations are not repeated and cover
the largest number of rooms, have to decide on their own. You can
choose constant numbers to play, and you can pick up new ones every time.
5. Determine the amount of contributions and prize payments.
This item
suggests several options. The fixed fee is suitable for permanent
membership fees. Regardless of the number of participants, everyone pays the same
amount of money. Depending on this, the number of tickets and the percentage will vary
win. There is a second option - everyone pays a different amount, cost
winnings are calculated proportionally. If your pool does not have a persistent
composition, the second option would be more appropriate.
Before and after winning
The Klintsevich Syndicate is one of the most striking examples of the big game. They succeeded, but did not achieve the expected. The situation was saved only by the winnings of other categories: including payments for 4 and 5 numbers the total amount got to the group was 166 000 pounds, which gave a very modest profit - 310 000 pounds
The Irish National Lottery changed the game after this incident, to replace the format 6/36 came 6/39 in which the chance of winning the jackpot has increased to 3 262 623 to 1. Subsequently, the numerical formula was still changing, for other reasons, now it 6/45 and a chance to win, respectively, 1 to 8 145 060
Before history 1992 of the year Stefan has already had success once - together with Paddy Mulligan, crazy gambler and owner of the Scruffy Murphy bar, he collected a syndicate of 10 the man in the pub and, using your system, took the main prize in April in the amount of 2 439 760 pounds to 1990 year.
Paddy Malligan, bar owner Scruffy Murpy
It was the biggest lottery win in Europe at the time., and 10 its participants were collected by the National Lotteries for dinner, and also went to London, where appeared on the Derek Jameson Show. Not all owners of the same syndicate continued to play, one win was enough for someone. As for Stefan Klintsevich, then he, seem to be, considered, that like lightning can strike twice in the same place, so a person can win repeatedly. Especially if you bet big. Alas, for some reason, many winners think so, and after their only big luck, they eventually spend all their money on the game
Stefan Klincevic, currently lives in Dublin, and still trying to win a big prize, now he leads a syndicate in Megalotto.
The Klintsevich Syndicate is not the only example of a big game. Even more incredible stories can be remembered: Selby family, MIT Students and Dr. Zhang's Group, earning money on the Cash WinFall lottery for many years. Or Stefan Medel, whose syndicates have repeatedly won the grand prize.
Syndicate pitfalls
Not every syndicate is a good idea. Sometimes it happens, that the idea of playing as a group only gives rise to a number of difficulties.
For example, if your group members do not want to follow the general rules. Or, if the agreement is vague and unclear, or it doesn't exist at all.
The history of lottery games keeps track of what happened 7 years ago. Then the group of players, employed by a hospital in Australia, won the main prize of the lottery. One of the members of the syndicate constantly did not transfer his contribution on time, took installments, and then, in principle, did not invest a dime in the syndicate's cashier. When did it become known about winning a large prize, he came with a demand to pay his share. Syndicate members are still in litigation in this case., and their prize fell dead weight on the account of a law firm.
Hearing stories like this, I would like to immediately register in the agreement a clause on penalties for late payments ...
