Hello Winners,
We had some small winning number combinations in the drawing last night, and there was only one BIG WINNER for the jackpot, which grew to $232 Million.
Numbers fascinate me and there are some interesting statistics from the drawing last night that demonstrate that lottery drawings are random and completely unpredictable. For instance, there were 1,682,843 winning tickets in the drawing last night, and we had several winning combinations – small winners, but winners nonetheless. The 1,682,843 winning combinations include all the tickets that get money for matching only the Powerball, along with the tickets that have the Powerball plus another number, as well as all the tickets that had three or more matching numbers.
Of the 1,682,843 winners, 12 tickets matched 5 primary balls for a $200,000 prize. Matching four primary balls and the Powerball, however, only pays a $10,000 prize.
The jackpot winning numbers were 5-6-12-16-21 with 7 as the Powerball.
The state with the MOST winning number combinations for last night's drawing was Florida with 256,217 prizes. The jurisdiction with the least Powerball winners was the Virgin Islands with 1,427.
The MOST interesting statistic for me last night is the fact that the ONE JACKPOT TICKET was sold in South Dakota, which had 250,000 fewer winning tickets than Florida. South Dakota had only a total of 7,475 winning tickets in the entire state. That one jackpot ticket for $232 Million, however, will boost the sales in South Dakota for the next few drawings. South Dakota ranks number 34 in total sales among the 44 lottery states and sold just $704 million of lottery tickets last year.
Florida, on the other hand, sold $4.1 Billion of lottery tickets and ranks #2 in sales behind New York, which sold $7.5 Billion of lottery tickets in 2008. New York is one of the 12 Mega Millions states and Florida added Powerball to its lottery mix in January of this year to become the 32nd lottery jurisdiction to join the Multi-State Lottery Association, which oversees the Powerball game.
So, in retrospect, we did not win THIS TIME, but you have to grin when you think about the life-changing event for a person or group of people in SOUTH DAKOTA of all places. South Dakota is surrounded by other Powerball states, so you don't have lots of people crossing borders to buy tickets like we do in Texas (a Mega Millions state) with all the players traveling to border towns in New Mexico, Oklahoma and Louisiana to buy Powerball tickets.
However, the Southwest corner of South Dakota does share a border with Northeast Wyoming, which has no lottery games within the state, at all. It would be great to see a Wyoming rancher win - a cowboy, perhaps, who went into South Dakota to buy some feed and gear, who stopped to get gas and bought one Powerball ticket. That, my friends, is the unpredictability of this game called lottery. I will keep you posted on the winner(s) when it is announced, but you may see it on the news before I get the information to you. It is a very big win for somebody.
In any event, we keep on, keeping on, and we start a NEW Mega Millions Pool on Friday with a $35 Million jackpot. And, since some of our players have already made contributions, we will also begin a NEW 4-draw Powerball Pool, as well.
We will take our winnings from the Powerball Pool that ended last night and purchase tickets for a Bonus Draw on Saturday. So, even if you don't send money for the New Pool, you will still have dogs in the hunt for the $20 Million PB Jackpot on Saturday if you contributed to the last Powerball Pool.
Lastly, if you are not yet in Xzotto and learning how you can win prize money EVERY Drawing while increasing your chances to win a five percent share of a jackpot, then you need to call me or email me to discover how simple it is to build a winning team.
Remember, even though jackpot numbers are unpredictable, the Power of Numbers is VERY predictable and we have players winning prize money every drawing. You can be a winner every drawing. Let numbers work for you. Why not you? Why not now?
Don't just play to win, PLAN to Win!
Be a Winner... Kevin
PS: Please update your contact information. I keep this confidential, but I would like to be able to reach you WHEN WE WIN our jackpot... email your name, email address, a zip code and country name, along with the best phone number to reach you… send your information to info@lotteryalliance.com... thanks
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Monday, February 23, 2009
The Lottery Office Pool
Most people seem to understand the concept of an office lottery pool, but many players can't seem to grasp that with the world-wide web and an international network marketing business, an entrepreneur's "office" is anywhere in the world where he or she may have a family member, friend, or business associate.
The internet makes it so much easier to pool with other players, which gives everyone more chances to win a share of a multi-million dollar lottery jackpot. The two, largest multi-state lottery games in North America have huge amounts up for grabs this week.
Mega Millions draws Tuesday night, 2/24/09, for a $145,000,000 jackpot. Powerball draws the next evening, 2/25/09, for a $150,000,000. Even with dozens of people in our pool, each person will be able to walk away with more than a million dollars in winnings, and that is "after taxes" are taken out.
Still people don't always understand how the simple concept of pooling with other players increase their chances to win a share of a lottery jackpot. So, here is a simple explanation: If you play $5.00 yourself by going into a store and buying five chances, then you have five chances to win, let's say, $100 million. However, when you contribute that same $5.00 into a pool with 19 other players dreaming to win the same $100 million jackpot, you now have 100 chances to win and not just the five you would get playing alone.
Yes, you have to share. In this example, with each of the 20 people contributing the same amount of $5.00 to the lottery pool, the ownership share for each player will be a five percent interest in the winnings. This breaks down to $5 million to each of the 20 players in the lottery pool that wins a $100 million jackpot.
The question players have to answer for themselves is this: "Would I prefer to win a share of a multi-million dollar lottery jackpot or win nothing?", which is what most people win whenever they play lotto alone. With more and more lottery enthusiasts playing as a group, we are seeing more and more lottery pool winners. It makes perfect sense and pooling is the smart way to play if you have a sharing attitude.
With the growth of Xzotto, the most fun and profitable way to play the lottery, it is obvious that most people would rather win a little bit of something, rather than 100 percent of nothing. And, many Xzotto independent marketing representatives have already discovered the fun of winning something every drawing - even if it is not the big jackpot - it is still money in the bank. Xzotto IMRs are excited about all those little "cha-chings" into their virtual wallets and know that it is only a matter of time before someone in the group wins a jackpot.
Discover how you can increase YOUR chances to win the lottery at either The Lottery Alliance or Xzotto, where we don't just play to win, we PLAN to Win!
The internet makes it so much easier to pool with other players, which gives everyone more chances to win a share of a multi-million dollar lottery jackpot. The two, largest multi-state lottery games in North America have huge amounts up for grabs this week.
Mega Millions draws Tuesday night, 2/24/09, for a $145,000,000 jackpot. Powerball draws the next evening, 2/25/09, for a $150,000,000. Even with dozens of people in our pool, each person will be able to walk away with more than a million dollars in winnings, and that is "after taxes" are taken out.
Still people don't always understand how the simple concept of pooling with other players increase their chances to win a share of a lottery jackpot. So, here is a simple explanation: If you play $5.00 yourself by going into a store and buying five chances, then you have five chances to win, let's say, $100 million. However, when you contribute that same $5.00 into a pool with 19 other players dreaming to win the same $100 million jackpot, you now have 100 chances to win and not just the five you would get playing alone.
Yes, you have to share. In this example, with each of the 20 people contributing the same amount of $5.00 to the lottery pool, the ownership share for each player will be a five percent interest in the winnings. This breaks down to $5 million to each of the 20 players in the lottery pool that wins a $100 million jackpot.
The question players have to answer for themselves is this: "Would I prefer to win a share of a multi-million dollar lottery jackpot or win nothing?", which is what most people win whenever they play lotto alone. With more and more lottery enthusiasts playing as a group, we are seeing more and more lottery pool winners. It makes perfect sense and pooling is the smart way to play if you have a sharing attitude.
With the growth of Xzotto, the most fun and profitable way to play the lottery, it is obvious that most people would rather win a little bit of something, rather than 100 percent of nothing. And, many Xzotto independent marketing representatives have already discovered the fun of winning something every drawing - even if it is not the big jackpot - it is still money in the bank. Xzotto IMRs are excited about all those little "cha-chings" into their virtual wallets and know that it is only a matter of time before someone in the group wins a jackpot.
Discover how you can increase YOUR chances to win the lottery at either The Lottery Alliance or Xzotto, where we don't just play to win, we PLAN to Win!
Monday, January 19, 2009
One Number From Winning A Million Dollar Jackpot!
One number from winning a million dollars - after tax! That's right. On Wednesday, 01/14/09, our group of 24 lottery players came within just one digit of winning the $47 million jackpot. You can read the details at the following URL: http://www.lotteryalliance.com/winners.html
It was a good learning experience in several ways. First of all, I discovered that even though the state of California is ready, willing and able... no, downright eager to take your dollars for the purchase of a lottery ticket. The state is not so eager to pay out money to players whenever they win a prize totaling more than $600. For lottery prize money up to $599, players can quickly and easily collect from any authorized, lottery retailer in the state. This is, pretty much, the standard within the lottery industry.
However, for prize money totaling more than $600, the state of California makes a player complete a form and wait 4-to-6 weeks to receive a check. This is absurd! Our team matched 4-of-5 numbers in the primary group, along with matching the Mega Ball in the SuperLOTTO Plus game. The pari-mutuel payout was $2,644 for the prize bracket in which we won. In this drawing, alone, the state of California had already collected millions of dollars in cash from players because retailers don't take credit cards for lottery play.
The cash is ALREADY in the hands of the state, which collects millions each week, remember. Still, they make players wait 4-to-6 weeks for prize money. WHY? It's called "float." The state of California gets to use our money to earn interest while the players wait to get their rightful winnings, which, by the way totaled $1,063,249.00 in total prize money won in the SuperLOTTO Plus game on 01/14/09.
After researching North American lotteries for more than 8 years, I also know that about five percent of the winnings - roughly $53,162.45 - will never be collected by winners because many owners lose their tickets, accidentally throw them away, forget about them, or wash them into oblivion, so nobody collects. I have seen jackpots of $20 million dollars and more go uncollected because somebody misplaced a winning ticket. OUCH... I would hate to find a winning ticket for a jackpot after the time deadline had passed. This is normally 180 days, 6 months. The states are not sympathetic and would simply say, "Sorry, that's the rule." And, it would keep the money.
So, under these circumstances, when the team members in the pool are wanting to roll the winnings into more chances - unless the team captain (me) can cover the winnings and wait 4-to-6 weeks for the prize money, the players have to wait for their chances.
This makes no sense because if nobody wins the jackpot, the players want their chances, bought with prize money, immediately because the jackpot rolled up to a higher amount. In 4-to-6 weeks, most likely, somebody else has walked away with the prize while many players are waiting for money that should be paid via a check on the SAME DAY the winning ticket is presented to a regional lottery office. I have collected amounts in the $2,500 range in two other states and it took less than an hour to get a check.
Perhaps this is why the state of California is running a deficit budget... inefficiency! Lord knows the state has the money, but it apparently squanders "our" funds as fast as they collect the money.
The other lesson I had verified was the fact that the "Fear of Loss" is one of the most powerful motivators for people to take action. After the calculated taxes, our win netted $1,800, which would have provided $75 for each team member. Most of the team members wanted to let the money roll into more chances, and a few people wanted to take the cash. We gave everyone the option for taking their payment. However, when the few people who were contemplating the payout saw that the pool they were about to opt out of would be playing several hundred chances in two large lotteries, they decided to go with the flow and allow their money to play with everyone else. Hey, I make no bones about it, I would HATE to drop out of a pool and then have the pool win a big one. So, I have the same "fear of loss" psyche like everyone else. I admit it - I'm human.
This "fear" factor is also the reason that the XzottoLotto Alliance will have one of the best retention rates of any MLM company that I have ever seen. This is by design. While I put the business plan together for Xzotto, I did test marketing in two major cities in Texas - Dallas and Houston. If players know that they are going to have chances to share in a multi-million dollar jackpot for which they don't have to pay, then they are going to stay in the game.
Life is a numbers game, as is the lottery. The power of numbers are in our favor to create more winners and players who win every drawing. And, many will make much money by building a sales team marketing our unique, lottery team management software - Xzotto. So, if you happen to want to join a team of winners, don't just play to win... Plan to Win! Join our winning team.
It was a good learning experience in several ways. First of all, I discovered that even though the state of California is ready, willing and able... no, downright eager to take your dollars for the purchase of a lottery ticket. The state is not so eager to pay out money to players whenever they win a prize totaling more than $600. For lottery prize money up to $599, players can quickly and easily collect from any authorized, lottery retailer in the state. This is, pretty much, the standard within the lottery industry.
However, for prize money totaling more than $600, the state of California makes a player complete a form and wait 4-to-6 weeks to receive a check. This is absurd! Our team matched 4-of-5 numbers in the primary group, along with matching the Mega Ball in the SuperLOTTO Plus game. The pari-mutuel payout was $2,644 for the prize bracket in which we won. In this drawing, alone, the state of California had already collected millions of dollars in cash from players because retailers don't take credit cards for lottery play.
The cash is ALREADY in the hands of the state, which collects millions each week, remember. Still, they make players wait 4-to-6 weeks for prize money. WHY? It's called "float." The state of California gets to use our money to earn interest while the players wait to get their rightful winnings, which, by the way totaled $1,063,249.00 in total prize money won in the SuperLOTTO Plus game on 01/14/09.
After researching North American lotteries for more than 8 years, I also know that about five percent of the winnings - roughly $53,162.45 - will never be collected by winners because many owners lose their tickets, accidentally throw them away, forget about them, or wash them into oblivion, so nobody collects. I have seen jackpots of $20 million dollars and more go uncollected because somebody misplaced a winning ticket. OUCH... I would hate to find a winning ticket for a jackpot after the time deadline had passed. This is normally 180 days, 6 months. The states are not sympathetic and would simply say, "Sorry, that's the rule." And, it would keep the money.
So, under these circumstances, when the team members in the pool are wanting to roll the winnings into more chances - unless the team captain (me) can cover the winnings and wait 4-to-6 weeks for the prize money, the players have to wait for their chances.
This makes no sense because if nobody wins the jackpot, the players want their chances, bought with prize money, immediately because the jackpot rolled up to a higher amount. In 4-to-6 weeks, most likely, somebody else has walked away with the prize while many players are waiting for money that should be paid via a check on the SAME DAY the winning ticket is presented to a regional lottery office. I have collected amounts in the $2,500 range in two other states and it took less than an hour to get a check.
Perhaps this is why the state of California is running a deficit budget... inefficiency! Lord knows the state has the money, but it apparently squanders "our" funds as fast as they collect the money.
The other lesson I had verified was the fact that the "Fear of Loss" is one of the most powerful motivators for people to take action. After the calculated taxes, our win netted $1,800, which would have provided $75 for each team member. Most of the team members wanted to let the money roll into more chances, and a few people wanted to take the cash. We gave everyone the option for taking their payment. However, when the few people who were contemplating the payout saw that the pool they were about to opt out of would be playing several hundred chances in two large lotteries, they decided to go with the flow and allow their money to play with everyone else. Hey, I make no bones about it, I would HATE to drop out of a pool and then have the pool win a big one. So, I have the same "fear of loss" psyche like everyone else. I admit it - I'm human.
This "fear" factor is also the reason that the XzottoLotto Alliance will have one of the best retention rates of any MLM company that I have ever seen. This is by design. While I put the business plan together for Xzotto, I did test marketing in two major cities in Texas - Dallas and Houston. If players know that they are going to have chances to share in a multi-million dollar jackpot for which they don't have to pay, then they are going to stay in the game.
Life is a numbers game, as is the lottery. The power of numbers are in our favor to create more winners and players who win every drawing. And, many will make much money by building a sales team marketing our unique, lottery team management software - Xzotto. So, if you happen to want to join a team of winners, don't just play to win... Plan to Win! Join our winning team.
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