The Motley Fool Launches FOOLottery!
An Announcement from Co-Founders David and Tom Gardner
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FOOLottery!®
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"A Wise man turns chance into good fortune." -- Thomas
Fuller Click
here for today's winners! Dear Fellow Fools, For years at Fool.com and in our Simon & Schuster books, we
have been stern critics of state lotteries. State governments prey
upon the poor and ignorant, enticing them to hand over their money
with advertising messages like "You Gotta Play to Win." That's a
shameful embarrassment coming from public servants and elected
officials who are (reminder, folks!) tasked with improving the
lives of the people they oversee. FACT: For every dollar that citizens are gulled
into paying into the lottery, only 50 cents ever gets paid back.
What's laughable to us is that the states defend themselves by
supposedly "channeling" that money into "public education"... ... how very ironic,when one considers that any truly
well-educated person recognizes that 50% payouts are a raw
deal! The Motley Fool is about to change all that. Today, we're running state lotteries out of business with the
introduction of... FOOLottery!®,
presenting you a chance to win tens of millions of dollars over the
next day and giving you your first ticket free. Play here, now. Here's what makes this newest offering from The Motley Fool so
special: We've got world-record breaking payouts. State
lotteries, PowerBall", and other offline lotteries make much of
their large purses, but they've got nothing on FOOLottery!'s expected
payouts. With our global reach and The Motley Fool's 57 million
worldwide members, we expect purses up to $500 million or even $1
billion (the largest ever) in years hence. We've stacked the odds 110% in your favor.
Fifty percent payouts from the state lottery are a rip-off. It's a
bear market every day with regular players losing tens of thousands
of dollars over their lifetime. FOOLottery! reverses that.
We pay out 110%, which means that for every dollar put in,
players win back $1.10. Our average player will profit, and our
winners will make a fortune. Winners are crowned right away. No more waiting
around to see which semi-employed carnival worker will come forward
with his winning ticket. FOOLottery! christens
winners throughout the day. Simply click our Today's Winners link
at the top of this page every hour to see if you've won up to
$250,000! We float you your tickets. Thanks to the
celebrated "Play Now, Pay Later" technology -- dubbed one of the
"25 Technologies to Change Our World" by TechMan magazine
(March 2005) -- you can get in the FOOLottery! game right away
at the click of a few mouse buttons. Play now, pay us
later. We guarantee you'll have fun. As with
every Motley Fool service, if you're not totally satisfied with
your FOOLottery!
experience, simply request a pro-rated refund. No questions
asked. TODAY ONLY!: Free tickets with referrals. Our
BUDDIBonus® program rewards frequent players with free
tickets. To celebrate the FOOLottery! launch, today
we're giving away up to five (5) free tickets when you refer
friends to our new service. On your lottery form provide e-mail
addresses of up to five (5) friends and you'll get a free ticket
for each spouse, parent, friend or co-worker you tell about
FOOLottery! For 12 years, The Motley Fool and its award-winning website,
Fool.com, have helped tens of millions of people around the world
make better financial decisions. We are joined by our board, our
employees, our investors and you, our customers, when we say that
we are very excited about bringing this dynamic offering to the
world. Our company president Scott Schedler told NBC News today, "This
lottery will literally change the world. We're expecting over 25
million players worldwide on our first day, as the power of The
Motley Fool's viral marketing and Internet word-of-mouth is brought
to bear on the best lottery in the world." Importantly, a portion of lottery proceeds will be used to
benefit the Fool's domestic charitable partner, Bereft. All media inquiries welcomed. Contact Wallace
Sanders, Fool VP of Lottery Media (email: lotterymedia@fool.com) for
availability or comment. As always, we value your input. Click here to tell us what you
think! You have two options at this point: Fool on! David and Tom Gardner
So, how will we do it?:
(And real revenues for meaningful causes. See
below.)
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