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Tips, guides, and real stories about running a successful lottery pool.
What Actually Happens When an Office Lottery Pool Wins
The first hour, the ticket question, the group claim, the taxes: what winning actually looks like for a lottery pool, and why the record you built beforehand decides everything.
Running a Lottery Pool in a Spreadsheet? Here's Where It Breaks
Spreadsheets beat nothing, but they record promises without enforcing them. Here's a solid layout, and the five places it will break.
Office Lottery Pool Rules: 10 Rules Every Pool Should Put in Writing
Ten rules, drawn from real lottery pool disputes, that every office pool should put in writing before the next drawing.
How to Run an Office Lottery Pool: A Step-by-Step Guide
From setting the ground rules to paying out winnings: a complete, practical guide to organizing an office lottery pool that stays fun and fair.
The Unintended Lottery Scam
There are plenty of lottery scams, and all of them are intentional except this one. Nobody who built the ticket apps set out to take your winnings. But when something goes wrong at jackpot scale, the result looks exactly the same.
Free Lottery Pool Agreement Template (And Why Paper Isn't Enough)
A free lottery pool agreement template your group can use today, plus an honest look at the enforcement gap every paper agreement leaves open.
The Split Threshold: Why Smart Lottery Pools Set It High
There are two games inside every lottery pool: the small game you play individually, and the jackpot you chase together. Setting a high split threshold keeps them separate, and saves your pool from drowning in five-dollar accounting.
Why Every Lottery Pool Needs a Written Agreement (And What Happens Without One)
Playing the lottery with coworkers sounds like harmless fun — until someone wins. Learn from real court cases why every lottery pool needs a written agreement, and download a free template.