Artists' Lottery Syndicate

With their motto of: “You’ve got to be in it to win it!” the artists’ in the Artists’ Lottery Syndicate have everything to play for.  Launching on 1 July and running for one year this forty-strong creative Syndicate will strategically play The National Lottery using a system designed to maximise the odds for the players. The system requires the Syndicate to purchase forty-four lines on each of the two weekly UK Lotto draws and thirty-six lines on the weekly EuroMillions, at a weekly cost of £4 to members. Winnings will be held back till the project end when they will be equally distributed to the team.

Devised and managed by artist Ellie Harrison the initiative is represented online through it’s website and associated Facebook and Twitter feeds. All of the syndicate spaces have already been snapped up by a plethora of familiar names “looking for a lucky break”, though a reserves list is operational. In this era of funding cuts – that this scheme is a self-proclaimed reaction to – it’s great to see artists making their own opportunities. Good luck to the Syndicate!