Again, I will point out that I'm not a critic of Steve Player's systems. I own several, including the Pick-4 MoneyMap and the Pick-3 CashOverlap systems and, for the most part, I have no complaints. It's true; you can't buy one and expect to win on your first try. His systems are designed to give the serious player the means to understand the games. That's why he only offers pencil-and-paper systems; the player is expected to put forth some effort in order to develop a mindset consistent with his or her chosen game. If this isn't for you, spend your money on software systems, such as LottoPro or MasterMind3, since these programs will do the thinking and calculations for you. I was extremely upset, initially, when I purchased the MoneyMap system, since I was unable to make it work in Indiana, but I won't go into that again here. If anyone should care to read my posts on the subject, look them up in "Lottery Systems."
I don't doubt that he is a real person, and I'm not arguing that point. At the same time, however, I believe the email that Thomas Covenant has posted above is genuine, and I think Steve Player owes his loyal customers a response to the allegations. It seems to me that he, and OpCom, would be anxious to remove any doubt of his existence, since this situation could easily get out of control and could adversely affect future sales. After all, if there is a question as to whether he is real or a fictitious corporate persona, such as Ronald McDonald, how likely would one be to place an order? The question itself undermines his sincerity as well as the integrity of the product.
I receive one of his newsletters every three months or so, and they are always written in the first person. This leads me to believe that he's a living, breathing human being and, as I read, I get a picture in my mind of this man sitting in a dimly lighted room, which is strewn with loose papers and computer printouts. He is surrounded by a bank of computer terminals and dot-matrix printers, all of which are whirring furiously as they check results and crunch numbers for forty-two state lotteries. The clock on the wall, slightly askew and maybe just a little dusty, reads 2:17am, and I can hear the clacking of the keys as Steve frantically puts the final touches on the new issue of Players' Action Monthly, announcing his latest discoveries.
This is the picture painted by the words I'm reading, but I've never met the man, so these words could easily have been penned by a clever copywriter.
Words are very powerful tools, especially here in America, where the majority of the population, apparently, has lost the ability and the desire to think for themselves. We see a five-minute news story and assume we know all there is to know about the subject; if there was any more to it, they would have included it in the newscast. We have succumbed to a literal version of fuzzy logic; bananas are yellow, and the sun is yellow; therefore, we know the sun tastes like a banana. An extreme example, yes, but I think it illustrates my point: Americans, for the most part, tend to take things at face value; we believe what we see; we believe what we read. Does anyone here have a relative who pores over The National Enquirer every week, and then quotes it? Are they crackpots, kooks, eccentric? Maybe, but the last time I checked, there were about 16 million of them. That's their circulation. 16 million copies a week, and someone's buying them, and reading them. Does that in itself lend credibility to the magazine, or to the stories it publishes?
Steve Player has nothing to prove to me, since proof of his existence won't alter his methods of playing the lottery games. However, he should realize that, as long as some people believe he's nothing more than a character created to sell lottery systems, then those people will tell other people what they "know," which will dventually cause a drop in sales of his products. People generally won't do business with people they don't trust.
I sincerely hope I've clarified my position adequately. I've found it necessary to highlight some key words and phrases in red, as some of you often completely miss or ignore what I've actually written, or take a sentence out of context and then post an angry or irrelevant response, which in turn compels me to compose a wordy narrative such as this one on the same subject. I enjoy sharing my thoughts with all of you, and I find most of your own posts to be valuable, well-thought-out and intelligently written, punctuation and spelling notwithstanding. However, lest I be singled out for a flame party, I've noticed that most of you who have anything to contribute must often reply to responses to your own posts from members who obviously read something other than what you've actually written. For those of you who understand, I offer my thanks for your empathy. For those of you who will read this and think I'm speaking to or about you, well, flame away.
Continued good luck to all...