For as long as lotteries have been played, syndicates have been looked to as a way of increasing players' winning odds - gathering together a group of friends, family or colleagues, pooling resources in order to purchase more tickets collectively than can be bought individually, and hopefully hitting the jackpot as a result.

It's a strategy that statistically pays out for one in every four lottery jackpots won - and it's a strategy that recently paid off again for one lucky online lottery syndicate from third party lottery ticket purchasing service, GiantLottos.com, in the amount of $50,000!

Halloween Powerball Draw Produces Winning Treat For Syndicate

With the 31 October 2015 USA Powerball draw up to a massive $127 million, lottery fans were eagerly awaiting the result of the Saturday night draw, keen to see whether the Halloween drawing would bring them a trick or a treat. When the numbers were finally chosen, however, one group of players was left more jubilant than most - thanks to their having matched an astounding four numbers plus the Powerball, an amazing feat with unbelievable odds of 1 in 913,129.18.

The lucky number combination and long winning odds resulted in a fantastic $50,000 jackpot prize for the syndicate - a group of 98 players hailing from 16 countries around the world, including Australia, the UK, Poland, Russia, Namibia and South Africa.

While testimonials and reactions from the group are still coming in, early reports indicate that in accordance with usual syndicate guidelines, the winnings are due to be split amongst the group according to each player's individual investment, with the largest payout going to a player from Australia in the amount of $7,000.

Online Lottery Sales - An Increasing Global Trend

What this latest win demonstrates is more than simply the proven model of syndicate play and the real, tangible results it produces, but the ever-increasing popularity and success of online lottery ticket purchasing over land-based play as well. While in the past few decades lottery sales have been restricted to players of the same country as the jackpot draw itself, the relatively recent phenomenon of the world wide web has opened lottery play to a worldwide base of fans, giving players across the globe access to top international lotteries, through the intervention of third party lottery purchasing services.

One such proxy service is GiantLottos.com, a company with ten years' worth of experience in the industry, and facilitator of the Powerball syndicate's recent $50,000 win. Thanks to lottery innovators such as GiantLottos.com, more and more players are now able to indulge their love of lotto play, and cash in on an industry worth over $275 billion annually.

It's for this reason that third party lottery services such as GiantLottos.com are becoming increasingly popular - both for the convenience they provide, and the access to world-class play they offer as well. Now any player anywhere, anytime can play any lottery they choose - and make off with thousands in winnings, in the same way as the GiantLottos.com syndicate most recently did.

It's quick, it's easy, and judging from the results, it's hugely rewarding as well. Small wonder then that online lotto play is fast becoming the method of choice for both new and seasoned players alike, no matter where in the world they may be.