SandBox

Odds:

	$1 million game, 6 numbers of 54, for 2 chances in 18.6 billion (because you get to play twice per day).
	$100 million game: 7 numbers out of 77, for 1 chance in 12.1 trillion.

Frequency:

2 games daily, games close at 11AM Eastern Time. Two entries per day in a $1 million drawing, and one entry per day in a $100 million game.

Pay-Out:

	$1 Million: $25,000 per year, for 40 years.
	$100 Million: $2 million per year, for 40 years.

Buddy System:

Definitely a hot referral program. If your buddy hits the big one in any of the 3 games, you win $500,000. Additional prizes go down 5 levels. So if your buddies tell their buddies (and so on), you still win. Here's the complete chart:

$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$75,000
$50,000

Those are the awards if one of the people in your "buddy network" wins the $1 million or $100 million prizes. Complete details on the site's rules page.

For more details on the exciting possiblities of a networked buddy program, see ExtremeLotto

Drawbacks:

Those Java games seem to really devour the system resources (tested on Windows 98 Second Edition). So if you're gonna do the game thing, make sure you don't have a lot of other applications open at the same time. And be ready to re-boot your machine before you get back to doing "productive" stuff.

Extras:

Plenty of other online games, including action, arcade, sports, and casino games. Unlike other sites where points earned during a game are "turned in" for raffle tickets, here you can turn your points (a.k.a. "Sand Dollars") into gift certificates at various web sites, including Amazon.com.

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