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*** 06/06/08 Newsletter *** IN THIS ISSUE  Lotto Buster 2010 - Version 4.3.0.5 Released Tell A Friend What's Next For Lotto Buster? Lotto Scams - How To Lose Your Savings In Three Easy Lessons Special Thanks To |
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Greetings All, Just a fast note to keep you updated on the latest happenings. ----------------------------------------------- Lb2010 - VERSION 4.3.0.5 RELEASED: Our beta testers have given version 4.3.0.5 ''two thumbs up'' so we have sent it to the web server for download. This is a free update and may be downloaded and installed from; http://www.lottobuster.com/update.html Version 4.3.0.5 is a major update in that it contains two of the most user requested feature; 1. The ability to combine multiple databases, in games that have multiple daily drawings, into a single database. Our database server maintains a separate database for each individual game although, in some cases, a game may have more then one drawing daily. Since these are separate drawing, often using different machines, ball sets, and play slips, and since the results are posted separately we maintain a separate database for each. In example: the Texas Pick 3 is drawn twice daily, once at 11:30am (Mid-Day) and once at 10:00pm (Evening) so we maintain two separate databases... the Texas Mid-Day Pick 3 database and the Texas Evening Pick 3 database. However, there are those who believe that the best analysis of a game with multiple daily drawings can be obtained if the results for both daily drawings are combined into a single database. To accommodate those who want all the results of the separate drawings in a single database, the new "Merge Data Base" allows you to ''merge" the results for separate drawing times into a single database. 2. The ability to access case sensitive Help with a single keystroke. When you require information on a particular function, you no longer have to open the Help file and manually locate the appropriate topic the new ''Help Engine'' will let you access the most appropriate Help section by simply pressing your <F1> key. This will open the Help section for that particular screen. VERY IMPORTANT: To insure you do not have installation problems, be sure that you follow the install instructions on the download page. Be ESPECIALLY mindful that the Lotto Buster Cd must be in the Cd drive during the installation and initial launch of the new version. Also be sure to check out the help files on how the new futures work and how they can best be utilized. ----------------------------------------------- TELL A FRIEND: In case you have not noticed, Lotto Buster is one of the best keep secrets on the Internet. This is not intentional and we need your help in getting the word out. Programming this type of software is a "cash eater" that must to be fed. Since, unlike other companies, we do not charge for program updates, database updates, support, etc, new registrations are our only source of income. If we are to keep improving Lotto Buster, and providing all the free goodies, we need registrations, and a lot of them. You can do your part in helping Lotto Buster move forward by letting your friends know that they need to stop bumming numbers off you and purchase their own copy of Lotto Buster. ----------------------------------------------- WHAT'S NEXT FOR LOTTO BUSTER: We will be going over our ''to-do'' list this week to decide what new features to add and which ones to improve. Three items have already been selected; * More detailed and concise profiling of past winning numbers. * A major overhaul of the log file screens. * Additional graphs and charts ----------------------------------------------- LOTTO BUSTERS eBOARDS: Members Helping Members ... that is what the Lotto Buster eBoards are all about. Recently many Lotto Buster users who have developed proven strategies have been sharing their ideas by posting them to the eBoards. These discussion groups are an excellent place to exchange lottery strategies, swap ideas, and get answers for the lottery games that you play or just about anything having to do with the lottery in general. It is also a great place to post your own questions and comments. A link to the eBoards (forums) is found on the ''Players Club'' page or you can go there directly using the url; http://www.lottobuster.com/eboard.html ----------------------------------------------- LOTTO CHAT ROOMS: In our periodic checking of the chat rooms, we see a lot of traffic coming into the chat rooms. The major problem is that everyone is coming and going at different times and missing each other. A recent poll of users showed that Saturday mornings and .Sunday evenings are the preferred times for lotto chat. A link to the Chat Rooms can be found on the ''Players Club'' page or you can go there directly using the url; http://www.lottobuster.com/e_Chat.html ----------------------------------------------- LOTTO SCAMS... HOW TO LOSE YOUR LIFE SAVINGS IN THREE EASY LESSONS. I checked my email this morning and it looked like the standard assortment. A couple dozen emails telling me how I can, get prescription meds without a prescription, a few telling me how I can enhance my manhood, get bigger boobs, have better sex, or refinance my house at 1% interest. Eddies wife finally had the baby (a 7 lb. baby boy). And, what’s this…. I have won 25 million dollars in the Ethiopian lottery!!! Funny, I don’t remember buying any tickets for a lottery in Ethiopia. In fact I did not even know Ethiopia had a lottery. But it must be true because here was an email from the Comptroller of Finances for the Ethiopian National Lottery. All I had to do was reply with my name, address, and how I wanted my winnings delivered. This is just one of the ways a lotto con can start. Lesson One - Email Cons: The most common lottery con starts by your receiving an email that you have won a large amount of money in a, usually foreign, lottery. You are normally instructed that you should reply to the email with your name, address and how you would like your winnings to be delivered. Most often, you are given two choices; the money can be transferred directly into your bank account or it can be delivered by courier. If you reply that you want the money wired to your bank account, you will be requested to send them your banks name, your account number, etc. Congratulations, you have now supplied them with enough information to draft all the money out of your account. If you reply you want the money delivered by a courier, you will get an email back informing you that you need to send the courier delivery service a ‘courier fee’, usually between $300 and a $1000 dollars. When you get an email telling you that you have won a lottery, ask yourself a few simple questions. 1. How can I win a lottery I did not enter? FACT: You cannot win a lottery that you do not enter. Lotteries do not pull participants out of the phone book, off email list, or out of thin air. 2. Why is a rich lottery requesting me to reply to a HotMail.Com or a Yahoo.Com email account? FACT: Free email accounts are a favorite with con artist because it is next to impossible to trace the identity of the owner. Also be aware that, with $50.00 and a few hours work, a con artist can set up an official looking web site for both the lottery and a courier company. 3. If I won all this money, why are they asking me for money? Can’t they just deduct it from my winnings? FACT: Legitimate lotteries do not ask that you pay any money ‘upfront’. All fees and taxes assonated with a lottery win are deducted from the winnings. 4. How smart am I if I send total strangers money or financial information about myself? FACT: It takes surprising little information for a good con artist to clear out your bank account or credit card. Lesson 2 - Direct Mailings: You open an interesting piece of postal mail from the Timbuktu Lottery Commission. In it is a letter saying that you have won millions of dollars in a lottery you never entered. What’s more, the letter contains a bank draft for $3,000.00…. now they have my attention. A fast read of the letter will inform you that the $3,000.00 bank draft is an advance on your winnings but in order to claim the entire jackpot you have to pay taxes/fees of $2,300.00. You are instructed to deposit the $3000.00 draft into your account and then send the lottery commission $2300.00 to cover the taxes. Not a problem, you are still $700.00 up… until the $3000.00 draft they sent you is bounced by your bank (and deducted from your balance) because the draft is a forgery. Again, you need to ask yourself a few questions. 1. How can I win a lottery I did not enter? FACT: You cannot win a lottery that you do not enter. Lotteries do not pull participants out of the phone book, off email list, or out of thin air. 2. Why do they not simply pulling the taxes/fees from my winnings instead of sending money back and forth? FACT: Legitimate lotteries do not ask that you pay any money ‘upfront’. Any fees or taxes assonated with lottery win are deducted from the jackpot. 3. Why must I send them money immediately, instead of waiting for their draft to clear? FACT: Legitimate lotteries allow you a minimum of 90 days to claim your prize. Some Lotteries allow up to a year. Lesson 3 - In Your Face Scams: You have just finished shopping at the mall or grocery store when a stranger (con artist #1), usually a Hispanic woman, approaches you. She/he has a problem and could you please help? Being a Good Samaritan you are will to help if you can. The problem, con artist #1 explains, is that he/she has purchased a winning lottery ticket but cannot cash it because he/she is an illegal alien and has no papers. A third person (con artist #2) approaches to see if he can be of aid. After hearing the story con artist #2 suggest that if you cash the ticket, you and con artist # 1 could split the winnings. Con artist # 1 expresses fear that if he/she gives you the ticket, you might keep it all. Con artist # 2 says he knows an attorney that will draw up a contract but it will cost money and could you (the victim) pay to have the contact drawn up. The first stop is at the bank where you withdraw the money, anywhere from a thousand dollars to what ever they can talk you into. The next stop is to an office building where you are ask to wait in the car while the con artist, and your money, disappear into the building to met the attorney. I can guarantee you that you will never see them again. There are many variations of what is known as the “Latin Lotto Scam” but they all have three common elements. 1. A person who has a winning lottery ticket 2. The inability of the person to cash the ticket for some reason. 3. You turning over your hard earned savings in the belief you are going to share in the Jackpot. Always remember three golden rules. 1. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. 2. Investigate before you invest. 3. There is a sucker born every minute, don’t be one of them. ----------------------------------------------- SPECIAL THANKS TO: Our Lotto Buster Beta Team. We may have programmed it but only with their suggestions and guidance. When you are enjoying Lotto Busters new features and error free environment give these folks a mental ''pat on the back'' for their suggestions and efforts in locating problem areas.
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