Now wouldn't it be nice to win €140 Million

This Summer there is only one lottery with a GUARANTEED prize fund of €140 Million: the long-awaited "Sorteo Extraordinario" July Extraordinary draw, which takes place in Spain on Saturday, 4th July 2009.

Playing this lottery gives you the best possible chance of scooping your share of the jackpot because, unlike most lotteries, instead of having 1 jackpot the July Extraordinary draw has 10 jackpots.

You can increase your chances even more by playing in an e-lottery syndicate and sharing 10 tickets. Each ticket can win up to 8 times.

And that's not all. By playing in an e-lottery syndicate you will be GUARANTEED to share at least 1 cash prize in this draw.

So with 10 jackpots and a share of 10 tickets which can win up to 8 times each, make sure you secure your place today. After all, which other lottery system guarantees that you will win a prize in every draw - and yes, we have indeed won in every draw for the past 3 months!

Can you beat the recession?

Well, now that we are in the heart of the recession which has been driven by fuel companies trying to squeeze every last drop out of the economy and the banks which have then realised that they cannot keep lending more than people can afford to pay, maybe now is the time for a reality check.

The petrol companies will continue to use the motorist for profit, unless we boycott the main forecourts and use the cheapest petrol stations - Petrol Prices.com is a useful site to find the best prices in your area. They always find an excuse - the latest excuse for continued price rises, despite the fact that oil is now half the price it was this time last year, is the British weather - with the hot weather, we all drive further, and so demand is up, pushing petrol back above £1 per litre (yes for the yanks moaning about their $2.50 a GALLON, we pay £1 per LITRE!). The dollar exchange rate is another excuse, but they still think the British motorist will continue to pay exhorbitant prices with no alternative. The competition in the market disappeared years ago. With the recession, petrol usage in the UK must have dropped substantially, but do they care whether people can afford to go to work? Not on your nelly!

Gas and Electricity prices continue to be high - with no signs of them returning anywhere near the early 2008 levels - again, the only way the consumer can apply pressure is by constantly checking prices and switching to the cheapest supplier - if we all did this, then it may drive down prices as they might want our custom - USwitch is an invaluable tool here.

It is not all doom and gloom however.

The low exchange rates for the pound mean that whilst imports are a lot more expensive, oversees customers are seeing a significant reduction in the price to them - certainly our own sales have increased substantially to oversees customers - those in the Euro zone have seen an almost 40% reduction in our prices, whilst those in the USA have seen closer to a 50% reduction.
This can be a boon to UK based business if people seize the chance and could even help us to being a producer nation again, as the cost of getting goods made in the UK is becoming more economical. Prices of shipping goods abroad can also be reduced through using couriers such as Parcel2Go.

A recession is also a boon to setting up smaller businesses, perhaps using your redundancy money to help fund the start up - Internet Business Angels offer advice on advertising your business and sites such as Go Freelance can assist with finding other freelancers to work with you.

There might be low interest rates in the UK, although we have gone back to our original bank to make most of it by fixing our mortgage at an all time low of 4.59% fixed for 5 years. I guess the trading history with that bank helped here - we were seen as a lower risk than a new customer. Additional cash can still earn an amazing 5% gross interest by opening an Alliance & Leicester Premier Direct current account.

Holidays in the UK are also now more attractive, as people don't get as many euros for their money, and with a long hot summer forecast for the UK, why go abroad, when you can enjoy some of the wonderful UK landscape and help keep the economy going by spending your money here !

Finally, in a recession, people are tempted more and more to win the lottery and escape - this makes the online lottery syndicate more attractive than ever and we are seeing an up-surge in people joining the scheme. With no more affiliate fees, it is now better than ever to join and sell the scheme to others.

Some great news from Virtual World Direct

Now is one of the best times to become an affiliate of VWD and introduce other people to the scheme - not only can you play the lottery for nothing, but VWD have now waived the annual affiliate fee.

How does this work?

For every person that you introduce to the scheme, you receive commission of £1 for each entry into the lottery draws which they make.

To find out more - visit: http://www.smarterwaytomakemoney.com/Default.aspx?m=24487RM

This means that because I have introduced 5 other people to this online lottery syndicate, not only has it cost me NOTHING to enter these draws, but in fact, I earn an £158 every 4 weeks from commission (£60 of this goes towards my entry fees in the twice weekly National Lottery draw, the Friday's Euromillions draw and the new monthly Spanish lottery draw with its guaranteed prize and limited tickets).

Why not become an affiliate today? http://www.v-w-d.com/g.asp?m=24487RM

Spanish SuperDraws

New this month through Virtual World Direct is the ability to play in the Spanish monthly Superdraws every month for £20.

The Spanish Superdraw syndicates have prize funds ranging from a gigantic €84 Million to a monumental €2.6 Billion.

Playing the smarter way with an e-lottery syndicate means you're guaranteed to win at LEAST 3 cash prizes in the next draw on March 7th.

Like the Christmas El Gordo draws, tickets are limited, which means that syndicate places will be even MORE limited and we expect to sell out. But, with our Spanish Superdraw syndicates you will never miss out on playing in these huge games each month.

Join Virtual World Direct online lottery syndicates and find out more.

I have recently been asked which is the best lottery syndicate to join and to have the best chance of winning.

I have been a member of the syndicate system for over 3 yearrs now and often win, but it is generally small amounts once it has been split between the syndicate players. My largest one-off wins (around £15) have been on the UK National Lottery and yes, I do tend to win every 13 draws.

However, I win more often on the Euromillions draw, although each win tends to only be around 20p - however, I have won larger amounts £3 - £12 more often on this than on the UK National Lottery syndicate.

My EuroMillions winnings through the Virtual World Direct scheme for the last 20 wins are shown on the right (I wonder how many other people trying to get you to sign up to a scheme would be as honest?).

My National Lottery Winnings through the Virtual World Direct scheme for the last 20 wins are also shown


In all, I would say the EuroMillions draw is a better bet, but then of course you only get one draw per week.

Switching between them is easy, although you would need to email VWD support directly to see if you can do it without them keeping another entry protection deposit.

The other option, rather than paying £5 a week for your entry, is of course, to become an affiliate and introduce other people to the scheme - you would get £1 commission per week for each person you introduce, offsetting your own charges (or even giving you a small profit!)

Also don't forget to enter the free £1,000 draw twice a week!

Hope this is of some help and best of luck

A look back at the credit crunch

With the credit crunch in full swing and as people start worrying about jobs and the recession it all seems doom and gloom. At least the National Lottery offers some chance of escaping from it all, and our fellow affiliates for the scheme have reported a rising number of people subscribing to the Virtual World online lottery syndicates - hoping that they will win the big one.

I guess that £5 a week is no big sum for 44 chances on the National Lottery is neither here nor there for many people - what is it, two pints of beer down your local (if it is still open), and less than going to the cinema to watch Slumdog Millionaire (this year's feel good movie - well worth watching by the way). At least now you can join more than one syndicate at a time through the Virtual World online lottery syndicate scheme so this makes it even more attractive, as you can have an entry for your partner as well without having to become an affiliate.

Remember, somewhere it is written that you will win (or so it says in Slumdog Millionaire) - we may not have the same levels of poverty here in the UK as in Mumbai, but we still have plenty of people wanting to escape from their real lives...

Oh well a night in with Sky TV looks like a better bet for a better escape. It seems at long last they have been listening to people bemoaning the prices for Digital TV and not only brought back the £50 Marks and Spencer voucher for new customers signing up via the Sky TV website but the Sky+ box which has a hard drive recorder in it to pause live TV (or record a second channel) no longer has a monthly subscription charge. At least now, I am ready for when Lost comes back on Sky One - why oh why do they not show this on Freeview or Freesat (it carries Sky Three, but they will not show even old series of Lost - what a missed opportunity!)

Best of luck for 2009

Win £100m on Friday's EuroMillions Draw

Well, the £100 million maximum rollover has now been reached again on the National Lottery EuroMillions draw due to take place this Friday (26th September). Fingers crossed, we will win a share of this massive prize.

Why not join in the fun and increase your chances - have 44 lines for only a fiver by joining our online lottery syndicate

At least it is better than trying to make money by being an Avon rep - I mean, how many times can you sell lip gloss to 50 customers? Balance that against how many times they will enter the National Lottery !!