Playing the UK National Lottery (or any lottery for that matter) as a member of a syndicate ensures that you will have a vastly improved chance of winning over playing alone. Syndicate members also win more prizes more often than people who enter on their own. There are several syndicates available to play the UK national Lottery over the internet and these syndicates offer players even more advantages, such as the ability to earn commission for referring other players, and the ability for players outside of the UK to be able to play the lottery among others. Playing the lottery as a member of a syndicate is a well proven method to win more often than playing alone by using the purchasing power of many people to increase your chances of winning. I will give you an example to explain this point: To win the UK National Lottery you have to pick six numbers from the numbers 1 through 49. In this example to make it simple we will say that you are playing in a syndicate that includes 44 other people and that the syndicate has chosen 5 numbers to play each week. For the sake of this example say the syndicate has chosen to play the numbers 1,2,3,4,5 each week the ticket that your share buys uses these five numbers and the number 6, the next members share buys the same first five numbers and the number 7 and so on through all 44 members of the syndicate. You have covered every number between 1 and 49, and have each only spent the amount of a single ticket! This ensures that the syndicate will have at least one ball the (final number) in every draw and if two or more of the five starting numbers are drawn the syndicate will win a prize. This immediately gives you an advantage over playing alone as you only need 2 matching numbers in the syndicates chosen numbers where you would have needed to pick all three winning numbers if you played alone! By already having one number selected (the 6th number on each ticket) the syndicates chances of winning the jackpot have been mathematically calculated to improve your chances by over 700%. If your syndicate is lucky enough to win the jackpot or one of the higher prizes where you need to pick 4 or more numbers there will be several winning tickets held by the syndicate, for example if your ticket has four winning numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 to continue with the above example and 7 is drawn the syndicate will not only win that prize but every other ticket in the syndicate would win the prize for picking 4 winning numbers. So your syndicate would win the second prize once and the third prize 43 more times! Many people have argued that having to divide the winnings between people in a syndicate will not leave them with very much of a prize but the maths shows that this is not necessarily the case. Yes if you win the Jackpot or any prize you will have to share it with the members of your syndicate but as you can see by the above examples you have a much higher chance of winning both the jackpot and the minor prizes by entering a syndicate. You will also have a chance of winning a share of multiple prizes in every draw – something you definitely would not be able to do purchasing a single ticket on your own. There are several syndicates you can now choose to play online and each of them has different sized syndicates, charges and the like. You should research the online syndicate you choose to join but I will now discuss the advantages of joining an online syndicate in general. Firstly online syndicates can be joined by players from all over the world not just the UK, so more players will be able to take part. Online syndicates purchase and hold the tickets so you do not have to go out and purchase one. Several of the online lotteries allow you to purchase tickets for draws in the future so the chances of you forgetting to enter the lottery are reduced. Also because the online syndicate purchase and hold the tickets the possibility of you loosing, misplacing or damaging your ticket have been negated. The online syndicate managers are responsible for collecting and equally dividing the winnings so that you know you have received your fair share. (The syndicates often have a page that you can go to that will show how many people are in your syndicate, the amount of the win and what each players share is.) You do not have to worry about dividing the winnings up and having the inevitable arguments with friends or family about the division or worse still have to face the possibility of telling someone they are not entitled to a share because they had not paid up that week. These are all problems that some people have encountered when running their own offline lottery syndicates. With an online syndicate you pay for your ticket and collect the winnings with no headaches! The final advantage of joining an online UK National Lottery syndicate is that many (if not all) of them will pay you a commission for every person you recommend to the syndicate who then joins. These are known as affiliate programmes and many players find that they can actually play the lottery for free because of the money they have earned by encouraging other people to join the syndicate. (Some of the syndicate sites even provide jackpots and other incentives for people who take part in the affiliate programmes.) Many people are finding that these affiliate programmes can be a lucrative source of extra income. So in summary playing the UK National Lottery as part of a syndicate has a definite advantage to you the player with mathematically proven increased chances to win and win more often. If you join an online syndicate you receive the benefit of the increased chances to win but may also qualify for affiliate programmes that may allow you to play the lottery for free or even earn an income! |