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Synergy Lotto: A scam story.

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Cpt Greywolf
Wolves and Knights
#101 - 2011-12-05 13:40:55 UTC
whaynethepain wrote:
Lottery's make a profit.

It is not a scam, because they only offer the chance of winning.

I personally cannot afford to take the chances I would need to win.



Right a chance of winning indeed, but as We can prove the forced win feature exits (screenshot still on our server) date and time stamped back in early november is there really a true chance of winning anything decent?

Nice way to skirt around the main accusation Ail0ra the forced win feature that is :)
destiny2
Decaying Rocky Odious Non Evil Stupid Inane Nobody
Rogue Drone Recovery Syndicate
#102 - 2012-01-04 01:07:24 UTC
I just got a mail from this person and i read it as a bunch of Blah Blah I could careless about. Great you have a lottery site that may be a scam it may be not. try telling someone who actually cares.


Good EVEning destiny2,

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Synergy Lotteries
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Yep i read blah blah blah. Move on please.
KrakizBad
Section 8.
#103 - 2012-01-04 03:22:46 UTC
When you can't even scam an IRC member anymore, it's time to close shop. Lol
Zedrik Cayne
Standards and Practices
#104 - 2012-01-04 04:18:04 UTC
Interesting development. Also interesting that even when cleaned out. It is still running.

Sounds like a great scam to me.

NEED MOAR POPCORN!

I honestly feel like I just read fifty shades of dumb. --CCP Falcon
Asudem
Black Spear.
#105 - 2012-01-04 06:40:36 UTC
Lukcyly I never play lotto so I am totally 100% resistance against any lottory scam. P
Ammzi
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#106 - 2012-01-04 12:30:24 UTC
Synergy is definitely a scam - not just because of this thread, but of another incident of which I cannot go to into further details with.
Shame on you. P
Firebolt145
The Hatchery
RAZOR Alliance
#107 - 2012-01-04 12:51:13 UTC
Threads like this remind me why I play eve.
RubyPorto
RubysRhymes
#108 - 2012-01-04 13:46:33 UTC
Ammzi wrote:

Shame on you. P


Shame on whoever went and dug until they could get their Necro Rocks off.

Synyryyyyyyeyey Lottyos (they really have that many "Y"s) is Obvious Scam.

Now Class, what is Obvious Scam? "Obvious!"

"It's easy to speak for the silent majority. They rarely object to what you put into their mouths." -Abrazzar "the risk of having your day ruined by other people is the cornerstone with which EVE was built" -CCP Solomon
Dunbar Hulan
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#109 - 2012-01-04 15:52:26 UTC
How long before Phaser inc comes back in another form ?

 ** Manchester United - Paul Scholes= Genius**
Xai Li Shun
Doomheim
#110 - 2012-01-04 19:20:38 UTC
Where the **** is the unsubscribe button for all the spam mail?
Bumblefck
Kerensky Initiatives
#111 - 2012-01-04 19:28:55 UTC
Ammzi wrote:
Synergy is definitely a scam - not just because of this thread, but of another incident of which I cannot go to into further details with.
Shame on you. P



So, no further proof that it's a scam, beyond "Well I know something you don't but I'm not going to share it so nyeeeer"

Perfection is a dish best served like wasabi .

Bumble's Space Log
Mik Genesis
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#112 - 2012-01-07 17:35:59 UTC
Xai Li Shun wrote:
Where the **** is the unsubscribe button for all the spam mail?


I got more spam from these guys than porn sites and viagra combined, but the site's 404 now. Hopefully they've finally taken the rest of the money and ran.
Lady Spank
Get Out Nasty Face
#113 - 2012-01-08 03:07:41 UTC
I dont like bad people i hope they get what they deserve

(ಠ_ృ) ~ It Takes a Million Years to Become Diamonds So Lets Just Burn Like Coal Until the Sky's Black ~ (ಠ_ృ)
Keltaris Cesaille
Doomheim
#114 - 2012-01-10 13:34:16 UTC
I approve of this thread
Baby DoII
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#115 - 2012-01-21 23:40:47 UTC
Astroniomix wrote:
o.0 look. Its UNION. Shouldnt you carebears be camping the Amarr station or something?


Show us on the Tengu where the naughty UNI0N touched you.
Gre gore
Steel Battalion
#116 - 2012-01-26 22:27:42 UTC
I stopped reading around page 3.

But essentially it is this.

It is unethical to participate in your own lottery.
It will always cast suspicion on you, especially when you win.


As for gambling, it never pays to play against the house.
Let's say the payout for each event is 75% of what is bet.
This means that the owner can buy 25% of the tickets at no cost to himself.
So if he loses the auction he makes nothing, but loses nothing. But if he wins, then he wins 75%

In the long run it is probably just better to take the 25%, but since he knows the code and the RNG he might have a slight advantage.
RubyPorto
RubysRhymes
#117 - 2012-01-26 23:23:57 UTC
Gre gore wrote:
I stopped reading around page 3.

But essentially it is this.

It is unethical to participate in your own lottery.
It will always cast suspicion on you, especially when you win.


As for gambling, it never pays to play against the house.
Let's say the payout for each event is 75% of what is bet.
This means that the owner can buy 25% of the tickets at no cost to himself.
So if he loses the auction he makes nothing, but loses nothing. But if he wins, then he wins 75%

In the long run it is probably just better to take the 25%, but since he knows the code and the RNG he might have a slight advantage.


Stop with the Necros.

"It's easy to speak for the silent majority. They rarely object to what you put into their mouths." -Abrazzar "the risk of having your day ruined by other people is the cornerstone with which EVE was built" -CCP Solomon
Shukuzen Kiraa
Wildlands Tactical Response Unit
Great Wildlands Conservation Society
#118 - 2012-01-27 05:14:50 UTC
Gre gore wrote:
I stopped reading around page 3.



Here is the TL:DR version

Synergy Lotto = Scam
Blink = Legit
Bernie Nator
Seal Club Six
Plug N Play
#119 - 2012-01-27 06:02:38 UTC
Shukuzen Kiraa wrote:
Gre gore wrote:
I stopped reading around page 3.



Here is the TL:DR version

Synergy Lotto = Scam
Blink = Legit


Oh good. It's been properly summed up. Now can we stop beating this dead horse and stick it full of dynamite like a whale?
RubyPorto
RubysRhymes
#120 - 2012-01-27 06:08:15 UTC
Bernie Nator wrote:
Shukuzen Kiraa wrote:
Gre gore wrote:
I stopped reading around page 3.



Here is the TL:DR version

Synergy Lotto = Scam
Blink = Legit


Oh good. It's been properly summed up. Now can we stop beating this dead horse and stick it full of dynamite like a whale?


Hey, they thought that dynamite would be a gentle nudge to remind the whale it should be in the ocean. Who's to fault them for turning Oregon into the reenactment of Mana from Heaven, with Rotting Whale Meat starring as Mana.

"It's easy to speak for the silent majority. They rarely object to what you put into their mouths." -Abrazzar "the risk of having your day ruined by other people is the cornerstone with which EVE was built" -CCP Solomon