I really do not understand all the uncalled-for hatred and name-calling that goes on in response to this program. The scam is Lotto. the author of this program simply has realized that people who spend money for playing Lotto might also want to accessorize, and purchase his software. Why do people call him a 'swine' or worse when I see no such vitriol (even praise) for equally questionable software like astrology or stock trading? For example stock trading - most people do not realize this, but there is no stock prediction program or model in existence that has reliably been better than 0.5; i.e. tossing a coin (read Michael Shermer's 'why people believe weird things' for a more detailed analysis). Yet, that software is somehow regarded as professional, and this software's author is called a 'swine'.

Please realize that many people have weird beliefs (i.e. they can win at the lottery, stars predict the future, or analysis models can predict the way the stock exchange behaves) and that other people will cater to that belief. This program is no more a scam than the other software I mentioned. Everyone knows that 'a fool and his money are soon parted'. Few realize that we all are fools in our own ways - we play lottery, look for astrology signs, or play the stock market. And if we want to spend additional money for this 'hobby', other people will work to provide this.

While I don't endorse this or any other software mentioned here, I do feel that people are unfair to this particular author. Please be a bit more considerate. If you want to call something a scam, push for the abolishment of lotto (which *is* a scam), not the accessories for it.

-ch