Quote: Originally posted by JKING on October 06, 2004
Pigskin,
There's all different levels of cooperation that could work here. From focus groups, something Todd could set up as part of this site, to simply everbody contributing to what seems to work best for them when a topic arises. This could be done without anyone giving away there whole system. There are alot of different approaches here and they ALL have some merit. The biggest hindrence is attitudes of I'm right and your wrong, it's all been done before so why look at it again,....etc. When really all that needs to be done is to be supportive. Not just read the posts, contribute in a positve manner wherever posible. Something like that.
JKING,
You make a very good point here. I think a general spirit of cooperation and supportiveness would go a long way toward helping us all make a little more money from these lottery games. Sometimes it seems as though we automatically want to discredit or find fault when ideas are presented. Sound criticism can be a helpful thing, but we have to remember the constructive part of it. Sharing similar ideas and offering suggestions for refinement of any given strategy would be very helpful to all parties. I've always felt that the basic purpose for coming together in forum like this should be to progressively advance our skills. If we keep the positive attitude of sharing and supportiveness foremost in our thoughts, I think we will indeed make progress as a group.
There does seem to be quite a bit more contentiousness surrounding the discussion of strategies for jackpot games. I've always wondered about the reason for that. Maybe there's a certain inherent frustration about playing the jackpot games because it's so much harder to cash a ticket for a sizable amount of money. Jackpot players are also in more of a direct competition against one another because some game payouts are done on a pari-mutuel basis, and maybe there's a concern about having to share a jackpot. So far, that hasn't been a real problem, but I've often thought about what a big news story it would make if somebody here at Lottery Post posted a winning jackpot prediction and hundreds or thousands of people across the country all played those winning numbers. It would really have to hurt to see one's jackpot eroded to a relatively small amount of money like that.
At any rate, I don't think anyone has to exactly give away the store about their methods or results, but I think it would be great to see Lottery Post function as a guild for lottery players of all games. We have to recognize that there's more than one way to approach these games. What really matters is cashing those tickets, and that can be accomplished through a variety of means from dumb luck to highly skilled analysis. I think that all players, regardless of their methods, can offer something to help other players.
Thank you for offering your ideas to give a little momentum to the spirit of helping and sharing for our mutual progress and profit.
Good luck,
aye'