Progressive Wagering

One of the biggest Lottery breakthroughs in recent years came when Steve Player applied the concept of progressive wagering to Lottery games. This was a field pioneered entirely by the Master Numbers Man, and it served to expand the horizons of systems players everywhere. This concept allows a player to protect his investment by being assured of a profit and a full return of all the money he or she has wagered during a predetermined insured period. Secondly, through the use of compound progressive systems, a player is no longer limited to winning small prizes. Compound progressive systems can bring the value of a single hit in the Pick-3 game up from the usual $500.00 level to as much as $5,000.00 or more for a single hit while at the same time insuring that you will get back every penny which you invested as long as you hit during the insured period. Does this sound exciting? Judging from the mail we have received from countless players using the new Steve Player systems with progressive wagering insurance to win between $50,000.00 and $100,000.00 a year, we would say it's very exciting!!! What follows is an explanation of this concept in Steve's own words.

Progressive wagering gives you the ultimate edge in your Lottery play by affording you total control over, and insured protection of, every dollar you invest into the games. Allow me to present a very basic progressive wagering schedule as an example. This particular schedule is for playing pairs in the Pick-3 game. Each bet costs $1.00 and the payoff for a hit is $50.00. There are a total of 100 possible front pairs in the Pick-3 game. If you were to cover them all, you would be assured of winning, but you would also lose $50.00 in the process. If you were to play 10 front pairs each day, you could play for exactly five days before you end up in the red. After those five days you would have invested a total of $50.00 for a total return of $50.00. You would make money if you were to hit anytime during the first four days, and a hit on the fifth day would allow you to break even. After that, you would be working with a deficit that would grow larger each day, and even if you hit, you would only get back some of the money which you put into the game. This sounds like a pretty bad deal, but that's how most people approach the Daily Numbers games; by chasing after lost money, hoping to at least get back some of what they have put in. This is the WRONG way to play, and don't let anyone convince you otherwise. This scenario is pure desperation, and it is not the way a seasoned systems player should think.

Now, let's take the same game, and the same concept of playing ten pairs each day, and do it right. For the first five days we will invest $10.00 per day, betting $1.00 on each pair. If we hit during these five days we will either make a profit or at least recoup all of the money we have invested. On the sixth day we will double our bet to $2.00 on each number for a total bet of $20.00. On the seventh day we will again bet $2.00 on each number. On the eighth and ninth days, if we have not yet hit, we will increase our bet to $3.00 on each number, or $30.00 per day. If we still have not hit by the tenth day we will play again at the rate of $4.00 per number or a $40.00 bet for the day. Okay, now let's take a look at what we have accomplished. We have played the same amount of numbers (10 pairs) each day for a total period of 10 days. This is the insured period, and it is twice as long as we could have gone without using this system. We have also assured ourselves a profit or at least a break-even situation if we win anytime during the 10 day insured period. By playing 10 pairs each day, we have played a total of 100 pairs during our ten day period. Guess what? There are only 100 pairs in the game, so we have essentially covered the entire field. If we do not hit during this ten day period, then there is something seriously wrong with the way we are picking our numbers. We cannot blame the progressive schedule on that. It only guaranteed to cover our bets for ten days, 100 pairs, and it did just that. Take a look at the chart above. It illustrates the ten insured days of this sample progressive schedule, indicating our daily bet, our total investment, our probable return and our net profit for each of the ten days during the insured period.

As you can see from this table, you cannot lose money with this wagering schedule as long as you hit at least once during the ten days. You may be thinking that the returns are not very large, especially in light of the fact that you need a $190.00 bankroll to play this system. That's true, but primarily because of the low paying pair bets we are making and because this is a very simple example of progressive wagering. However, don't let these small prizes fool you entirely; let's take a look at the bigger picture.

If you are using a selection system of any value to choose your pairs, then you should see a hit every five days on average. You may hit on the first day or you may hit on the tenth day, but overall, since you are covering 100 total pairs, you should see an average of 73 hits each year (1 hit every 5 days). Your average payoff with this system is exactly $18.00 per hit. Sometimes you will win $40.00, and sometimes you will break-even, but $18.00 is the average return. Now for a little math. If we have 73 hits in a year, with an average profit of $18.00 per hit, we are looking at an annual profit of $1,314.00. Still not a fortune, but things are certainly looking better. Remember, you are only working with a total investment of $190.00. If you were to put the same money in the bank at 5% interest, then you would only make $9.50 for the year. Me? I'll take the chance and go for the $1,314.00 return over $9.50 any day.

Still not satisfied? Okay, let's take our $1,314.00 profit for the year, add it to our $190.00 bankroll, and throw another $396.00 investment into the pot. This gives us $1,900.00 to work with. We can now use the same schedule and increase our daily bet by ten times each day. On DAY 1 we would bet $100.00 and so on. Now our average return is $180.00 every five days or $13,140.00 per year. And remember, we are only playing pairs!!! The next step is to move up to compound progressive wagering insurance. It just gets better and better. Progressive wagering is waiting for you!