Lottery Pools Can Boost Your Odds of Winning – Here’s How


A lottery pool, also known as a lottery syndicate, is a group of family members, coworkers, or friends who gather their money to buy loads of lottery tickets together, increasing everybody’s chance to win at a lower cost.

You can play the biggest lotteries online in theLotter Texas pools. By participating in a lottery pool, you’ll be playing lottery draws with up to hundreds of lines at a time. This means that you have a chance to win from multiple prize categories, significantly increasing your winnings. All of this without the hassle of setting up the pool yourself!

How Does It Work?

You can join online lottery pools at theLotter Texas to play the most popular lotteries in Texas. Various pools are available for the different lotteries on our site, so choose the one you want to play. Decide how many pool shares you wish to buy and we’ll purchase official lottery tickets on behalf of the entire group. By being part of a lottery pool, you’ll be playing the lottery with a large number of lines, at a much more affordable cost than if you had purchased the lines by yourself.


Is It Legal?

Yes! According to the Texas Lottery, “players may play as a group though only one individual or legal entity may claim a prize.” On its website, the Texas Lottery lists a number of recommendations for group lottery play. These recommendations include putting the group’s agreement in writing; listing the names of all of the participants; and noting the amount each person contributed and the total amount spent to purchase the tickets. This is not relevant when you play lottery pools online at theLotter Texas – we do all the work for you!


Why Play Lottery Pools?

  • Play more lines; pay less.
  • Boost your odds of winning the jackpot.
  • Purchase your shares; we’ll do the rest!

How Do You Get Your Prize Money?

When one or more of your pool’s lines win, theLotter Texas will notify you and make sure that you will receive your prize. Your prize money will be determined by how many shares you own in the pool. If you have, for example, 2 shares of a pool with 50 shares, you are entitled to 4% of the pool’s prizes.



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What Happens if Your Pool Wins

First of all, congratulations! According to Texas Lottery rules, “the Texas Lottery Commission will pay only one claimant per ticket. A ‘claimant’ can be an individual, a trust, a partnership, a corporation, or any other legal entity.” With regards to a big lottery win, including a jackpot, the winning ticket was purchased by theLotter Texas on behalf of all the members of the pool. Acting on the group’s behalf, theLotter Texas will assist in the win collection process. Your prize money will be determined by how many shares you own in the pool. theLotter Texas will make sure that each and every member of the lottery pool receives their share of the prize money. Please note: Prizes are paid out after deduction of taxes where relevant.


Understanding Lottery Pools

Lines – Each line of a pool’s participation in a lottery draw is a unique combination of numbers, just like a standard ticket. In a 100-line pool, for example, there are 100 unique number combinations. Participating in this pool gives you 100 chances of winning the lottery’s jackpot.


Shares – You join a Texas lottery pool on theLotter Texas by deciding how many shares you wish to purchase. Each pool on our site indicates how many shares are left out of the total that were available.


Prizes – When one (or more) of the pool’s lines wins a lottery prize, that prize is divided up equally between all of the shares. The more shares you have, the larger the portion of the lottery prizes that you win.


The Different Types of Pools

Random Selection In this type of pool, the numbers are chosen at random for a fixed number of lines.


Systematic A systematic pool’s lines cover all probable unique combinations out of a given set of 7-14 numbers. These numbers are chosen at random.


Additional Numbers Match Guaranteed The lines on a pool of this type contain every possible combination of the lottery’s additional number(s). This method of number selection guarantees that the pool will match the additional number(s) at least once. All other numbers on the lines are selected randomly.


Guaranteed Number Match Each line in a Guaranteed Number Match pool contains one changing number. This dynamic number spans the entire guess range of the lottery. As a result, the pool will match at least one of the numbers drawn – guaranteed! All other numbers are chosen at random.




Frequently Asked Questions

Can I pick my own numbers for a lottery pool?

No. The numbers on a pool’s lines are pre-selected when the pool is created by theLotter Texas. You can view the participating numbers on each of the lines in advance when deciding which pool to join.

What happens if not all pool shares are purchased?

theLotter Texas will purchase all participating lines in a lottery pool before the draw, regardless of how many shares are actually sold, at no extra cost to you. Your shares in the pool, the total number of lines played, and the division of any prizes won are unaffected by the number of shares actually sold in the pool. When you purchase shares in a lottery pool, your participation in the draw is guaranteed.

How does a pool give me better odds of winning the jackpot?

When you participate in a lottery draw, your ticket has just as much of a chance at winning the jackpot as any other ticket. To improve your chances, you can buy a second ticket but to really boost the odds of winning, you would need to buy 100 tickets, or more. Purchasing that many tickets can be quite expensive. By joining a pool, you are playing the lottery with a large number of tickets, without having to pay as much as if you had purchased all the tickets by yourself. The more lines you play, the better your odds of winning a lottery prize.