FOOLottery!
Our Roll Call of Winners
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3:47 PM Syndicate buying proceeds uninterrupted, and our chief revenue
officer and chief financial officers have been tabulating the sums.
This has become something so much more than we expected or,
honestly, even hoped for. Our 25 millionth entrant is Gwen DeMarco from Nesmith, Utah.
Gwen will receive a bus ride to Fool HQ in scenic Alexandria, VA
where she will have to the opportunity to wave at our building for
three minutes. FOOLottery! has been blitzed by three separate syndicates buying
up tickets. Our attorneys are reviewing the case, looking for
precedents. Despite our
request for players to do otherwise, the syndicate buying has
now taken us up to 20 million tickets sold. Our most recent
milestone winner is ChetCummingsEntryMacro7531. Chet will receive
an hour-long phone call with the Gardner brother of his choice and
one of the original Sound Blaster cards ever made, purchased on
eBay. Guten Tag! Our latest winner is Wolfgang Knizia from Essen,
Germany. Wolfgang is the 15 millionth person to play our lottery,
which makes for an interesting situation because our database was
only set up to accommodate 20 megabytes of entries, or 15,096,000.
But the problem is under control, as we've reduced the font size of
our entries from 12pt to 6 pt, allowing us twice the room. Wolfgang will receive $312 and a dozen Omaha steaks courtesy of
Omaha Steaks, because. . when you're looking for a
steak, look no further than Omaha Steaks. Omaha Steaks. It's just
like you were in Omaha...eating a steak. Once again, we're just blown away by the response to our first
ever lottery offering, and we're overjoyed to reward as many people
as we can. Bayano Kamali is no exception, and he or she will
receive $1,400 in Fool merchandise. 1:12 PM EST 12:47 PM EST 12:14 PM EST Remember, you could be next. Check in here, and keep playing
FOOLottery! 3:01 AM EST Check back later for the first FOOLottery! winners. In the
meantime, pass it on!
(To a friend.) MORNING BRIEFING RaeAnne, a florist in Troy, Michigan, wins $50,000 in cash. She
tells us she was up late on her lucky iMac. She says half goes
towards college funds, and half to her local church. How
Foolish! Throughout the day, we'll be rewarding FOOLottery! players with
rising cash prizes as they help us through significant player
milestones. And don't forget to check back at
4 PM EST for our grand prize drawing. At this rate of growth,
the prize is quite likely to be the largest in lottery
history. Our next milestone winner will come later this
morning. *AM PRESS WATCH NOTIFICATION*
3:12 PM
2:28 PM
1:27 PM EST
Bayano Kamali from Papua New Guinea is the 11
millionth person to play our lottery. Incidentally, Papua New
Guinea is the 57th country to participate in FOOLottery!, making
this the largest international lottery ever conducted. Did you know
the official export of Papua New Guinea is prawns?
The Motley Fool has announced the hiring of Gary Hill, a
new executive to lead the charge on accounts receivable.
Eoghan McDunn of Kilkenny, Ireland is FOOLottery! player
number 9 million. Wow. Eoghan will receive $8,000 and a lifetime
membership to Rule Breakers. Way to go, Eoghan. It's been
thrilling for us to see players from so many corners of the world.
And co-founder Tom Gardner once had a Harp or two too many at
Tynan's Bridge House Bar in Kilkenny. What a small world.
Let's give a hand to our next lucky winner! It's Sally
Cavanaugh, the 8 MILLIONth person to play FOOLottery! Sally, an
avid skier and equestrian, is from Provo, Utah. She gave a shout
that lasted a full minute over the phone. Sally will receive
$75,000 in cash. Guess she'll be paying for her
tickets!
We're off, globally!
We have our first milestone winner! Congratulations,
RaeAnne Murdock YOU are our very first
FOOLottery! player!
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Scott Schedler will be talking about FOOLottery!
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