Friday, August 17, 2007

Mega Millions Lottery Pool - Game 35 - 11th Update

Date: 08/12/2007

To: Game 35 Members

From: Michael Porter

Update: 11TH NEWSLETTER

Today's Quote

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.

-David Viscott

I’m sorry but you won $8.00 in last night’s drawing. All morning long I have answered e-mails concerning when this game will end, can I still cash out, and how long will I be playing.

I will answer all of those questions.

We won again, on our last drawing:

Results for your numbers: 16 - 23 - 25 - 36 - 48 (39) . How To Play Mega Millions

Matched

Prize

Date

Numbers Drawn

(Mega Ball)

0 of 5 w/Mega Ball

$2

08/10/2007

10 - 20 - 32 - 33 - 54

(39)

Megaplier 4X

You won $2.00, we purchased megaplied tickets, and the Megaplier Ball was 4. 4 x 2 = $8.00.

Kroger gave me $8.00 on your wining ticket. They, also, gave me an exchange ticket for the remaining draws.

Your pool is down to 9 more drawings.

Now I’ve made a commitment to our members, not to extend this game. So I will purchase ticket up and including the date of Tuesday September 11th, 2007

Now this is a Lottery Pool, and you have a lot of tickets, this means you may incur lots of wins. I’m sorry, I can’t control the lottery. If I could, I would have just selected the winning numbers and played by myself, won the Jack Pot, and none of you would have ever known me.

I need to explain something to you. I have 59 members playing with me in this Pool. There are 10 of you who never paid a dime to be in this game, you are playing for free! That is a blessing, please understand that, I’m not taking any money from you, I’m working so you can win the Jack Pot.

Now this game is separated from Game 36.

If you did NOT pay for Game 36, you’re NOT in Game 36.

You are not getting any updates on Game 36, if you did not pay to be Game 36. All of their tickets are straight lottery picks. Yes, I did hand select their numbers, but that doesn’t guarantee they will win more, or they have the winning ticket.

Everyone one of you knew before hand when Game 36 was going to take place. And I know you were banking on us winning a lot so I could Cash Out and move you to the next game. But, I never know if that can take place until the last drawing.

Here again, you were NOT cheated. You have your $800 plus tickets in this game. I didn’t keep any of the wins; you can look at your tickets and see that I spend every dime of your money in this pot.

In fact, if anyone got cheated it was me. Remember you $600 win, I didn’t ask for your social security number and make you pay income tax on it. Do you realize that a $600.00 win translate to $5.00 a share. If I hire an attorney to process our $600.00 claim, we would have owed money on a $600.00 win!

Now I can not just “stop” the pool. I have 59 members in this pool. 52 two of them are happy that we are winning, 52 of them know how long I’ve been doing this, they know why I’m doing this, and they are happy with me being their Lottery Host.

The last issue of Cash Out could not be done, because I had one member who was “confused.” For the life of me, I don’t know where any confusion would lie. We have a pot of with 120 shares issued into it.

A 50% Cash Out would mean, I would have removed $600 and either gives you back ½ of your share, or moved ½ of your share into Game 36. This was my prefer method.

I was talked out of it, because of fears of lawsuits if Game 36. Someone who had cash his or her check, would all of sudden think they desire money from Game 36. So to protect my members in Game 36 – NO Cash Out was done.

Please understand, even if I had done a 50% Cash Out, this group won have been left with $284.00 in Cash, and that cash would have been spend in tickets. Either way, you were going to get tickets.

I had a member who felt I should give me 75% of his money. This would have left me with factures to play in this game. I need at least $1.00 to spend to buy a ticket.

No one won the Jack Pot last night, so it rose to $122,000,000.00. That is only for annuity based payments. (People who take 26 payments rather than one lump sum.)

We purchased Cash Option tickets. All the pools I run now are Cash Option. That figure is worth $70,400,000.00.

We have 120 shares issued in this game. We should be dividing the Cash Option Sum, by 120 to get the per share ratio.

Shares Purchased

Amount you could win (before any attorney fees, taxes or tithes)

1

$566,666.66

1.5

$860,000.00

2

$1,173,333.33

2.5

$1,466,666.66

3

$1,760,000.00

4

$2,346,666.66

16

$9,386,666.66

Below is Mac’s spreadsheet for this game, he has updated it with our new numbers, and what we have won. You did not get an e-mail from him per my instructions. But, it will include his web site on my newsletters.

You can view what line we won on, by accessing Mac’s spreadsheet at: http://tinyurl.com/33lgfg

It’s too late to get into Mega Millions Lottery Pool – Game 36. They are playing right long with you.

Important Note

I will make my last apology to this group. I’m sorry if you are stuck in a winning Lottery Pool and you didn’t know what you were getting into. I will do everything in my power to minimize the pain I’m causing you.

If the e-mails are bothering you, then just tell me, I will remove your name from my distribution list. I don’t want to do this, because as a member of this pool, you are entitled to some things. Two of those things are having copies of your tickets and knowing how much you won, and when you won it. That is what these newsletters are about.

It occur to me today that there is at least one of you who didn’t realized that playing in a Lottery Pool, is gambling. This conflicts with your religious beliefs. This is okay, I understand, it was a mistake, and all I done is lengthen your time in this pool.

But, please rest assured that if we do win the Jack Pot, NO ONE will know you’re playing with me. We will be establishing a trust fund. Only the name of the trust fund will be publishing in the papers. By law the lottery officials have to publish the name of the winners. The winner will be our Trust Fund, no individuals will be named.

All you need to do is e-mail me and tell me so, or come over to my desk and we will talk. There are many many options. You will not be required to take your winnings. In fact, if you do decide to opt out any shares in the pool, we will select a charity for your funds to go into, and I will even refund you the money you paid to be in this group.

I need for you to understand that you are not the only one playing; there are 59 members in this pool. I have to spend their money wisely and try to get them a Jack Pot win. That is what the whole deal is about.

So as long as the Jack Pot goes up, I will be buying more tickets for this group. IF the Jack is won, and goes back to $12 Million, then yes, I would start saving our money. Maybe then I could do anything Cash Out.

You must know that Majority of people playing DO NOT want their money back, they want me as their host, to buy the winning number.

Last but not least, if I have not answered any of your questions, you are feel to e-mail anyone on this group. It is a real possibility that we have a miscommunication.

There is not a person in this group that would not take the time, if you wrote them and help you with your concerns. I can say that without any hesitation. I have people in Florida and California that send me tickets. I have a person in Virginia that buys tickets, and in Ohio. Here in Texas I have Mac who works on spreadsheets for all my pools. He was even willing to do spreadsheets for games he doesn’t play.

I even have a Baptist Minister who will go out on his lunch hour and purchase a ticket for any of my games, if I need it to be done.

Because these people are of one mind, they would like to see me win the Jack Pot.

Now I hope there is no winner in Tuesday Night’s drawing. I hope this Jack Pot rolls and rolls until it reaches $298 Million, and then I want the web site to tell me there was one winner in Texas. I want to be able to go another web site and see that the ticket was purchase in Dallas, at Kroger on Cedar Springs; I want to be able to look at Mac’s spreadsheet and see where we match all five numbers and got the bonus ball. That will be a blessed day.

I want you to view this game as a blessing. Some of you are playing with money you gave me for Game 34. This is a blessing, not a curse; you will be playing for 3 months on $10! Everyone line is a chance to win the Jack Pot.

You’re a megaplied game. Even if we get the Mega Ball, but only get 4 of the 5 numbers, then we win $250,000.00. If the Megaplier is 4, then we get $1,000,000.00. If you divide that by 120 you would get $8,333.33 on a $10.00. The only thing you could lose is your original $10.00. But that is the nature of this beast; it’s a Lottery that we are playing.


Michael

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