USA Lottery Syndicates
The fastest way to boost your chances of winning the USA lottery cheaply - is to join a lottery syndicate. It's what this site is all about. The syndicate listings and links to the reviews are a the bottom of this page. But here's some background info on the US lottery if you're not familiar.
The USA Lottery - A Little Background
38 US states currently run their own lottery. There are some additional games shared across multiple states, plus some games such as Powerball shared across many states. Nearly $39 billion of sales were seen in 2001, providing a valuable contribution to state income and funding for everything from Health and Welfare to Education.
The largest prize to date was won by a syndicate of 13 machine shop workers in Ohio. They shared a lump sum payment of $161,496,959 - that's over $12 million each!
Contrary to popular belief, you are actually much more likely to win the USA lottery than get struck by lightening! But I still don't recommend standing under a tree in a thunderstorm - although I do recommend playing the lottery in a syndicate!
Playing In A Syndicate
The idea is simple. Instead of buying individual tickets, everyone pools their money to buy lottery tickets every week. The winnings are then shared equally. The more members involved, the more tickets you can buy - and the better your chances of winning. The flip side of course, is the more members you have, the smaller the share of the prizes. This balancing act is important.
Many offices or groups of friends run their own small syndicate (here's some tips on starting or improving your own lottery pool). These can be great fun, but if your company doesn't approve, or you just don't have enough people, below are the larger groups you can join.
If you're wondering why there aren't more USA lottery syndicates, it would appear to be related to concerns over the definition of 're-selling' tickets. Only authorised vendors may sell tickets in the USA, and although a lottery syndicate does not sell you tickets, organisers appear discouraged. The UK is more relaxed in this area so if you fancy a share of one largest tax free lump sum jackpots in the world, consider a UK Lotto Syndicate.
UPDATE: Jan 2007
Things now look pretty bleak for US syndicates. President Bush's 'anti-internet gambling' law seems to have effectively killed off most of the small syndicate operators in the US, and some operators in other countries are reluctant to accept US players too. It wasn't what the law was intended to do. And it seems a fairly crazy situation that it's OK to have an entire city based purely around gambling (Las Vegas), massive state run lotteries in every state in the country, yet running a lottery syndicate via the internet is a bad thing..!?
USA Lottery Syndicate Reviews
USA Lottery Syndicates: |
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| ***** |
Florida Lotto Magic |
A decent syndicate with some great extra bonuses worth more than the membership fee! |
| ***** |
Group Play |
A passable syndicate system tailored more toward infrequent group lotto entries |
| ***** |
Xzotto.com |
The lottery pool that isn't a lottery pool. Xzotto is a confusing mess with little of any value to offer. |
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