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The ideas is little weak- playing the lottery in a group does increase the chance you will be a winner, but the risk/reward ratio remains the same. I'm not sure I get it.

The design is a good start, keep pushing it.

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Connor, actually your risk of loosing too much money is also reduced. Because In a group you will not be pooling as much money as you would if you play alone. For example, if you play alone you might buy $10 worth of lottery. But if you play in a group of 10, you can get away with playing with only $2 and still have double with chances of winning. I'll add this to the landing page and hopefully it will make sense?

I think connor is referring to the expected value of the returns, not just the odds of winning.

Yep, There's no free lunch. Rephrasing it to make it sound sexier still won't improve anything. It's the same as the Martingale strategy - there's no free lunch.

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