5 things to do Sunday for massive success

Sunday. 

Funday.

Certainly not a day you'd want to spend thinking about the week ahead.

But you must.

If your job stinks, how are you going to quit it without planning something else to take its place?

Maybe you enjoy your job. Well, you're probably in the minority. 

A 2013 poll conducted by Monster.com found that 78% of surveyed adults worldwide experience the 'Sunday night blues' on a regular basis.

Most people don't look forward to the week ahead.

That's why thinking about winning the lottery can be an important task for Sunday. 

It makes you feel positive about the week and gives you something to look forward to.

Here are some ideas you can do to make a difference to your week.

1. Do the week's tasks ahead of time. 
For example, early on Mondays I have to transfer some money from one bank account to another in order to pay an automatic bill. 

But I do it on Sunday night instead. This helps me sleep better knowing that there is one less task to do for the new week.

2. Spend time with family and friends. 
It's the perfect way to forget about the worries of the week ahead, and to round off the weekend. 

Caitlin Andrews, a librarian featured in the book 'What The Most Successful People Do On The Weekend' by Laura Vanderkam, says her extended family gets together for dinner almost every Sunday, alternating houses.

"It takes my mind off any Sunday night blues that might be coming on," she said.

You might also make Sunday a movie or spa night, or you could join a Sunday night bowling league.

3. Make sure your tickets are in a safe place. 
There are numerous stories of players who forget where they left their winning tickets, and this can be a recipe for disaster. 

Have you got a set place for your tickets and put your coupons back in the same spot also after your lotto store visit?

4. Sunday night is the time to think about your wish list. 
Maybe you have some new items you want to add to it... now's the time. 

Sundays should be a day of anticipation, and reviewing your wishlist makes the week zip by.

5. Check your calendar.
Successful people like to look at their calendars on Sunday night and set work goals and deadlines for the upcoming week. 

Lottery players check the day of the week that they will be playing and have their tickets ready to go.

Get your week off to a great start with these ideas, and you'll notice a difference in the way you look at the week ahead.

Have a great day

3 Proven Ways to Banish Bad Luck in The Lottery

Nothing's perfect, and there's a small percentage of winning numbers that no-one can calculate.

So here's 3 ways you can use to improve these chances as well as get rid of some of your bad luck.

It doesn't involve number combinations, but how you can improve your attitude and be more positive towards the game.

Your wins will follow when you follow these rules...

#1. Get rid of your old losing tickets.

Rip them up, throw them away... after you've had them checked by your lottery store, of course.

Your bad luck will reduce because constant reminders of failure brings... more failure. Every time you view these statements of your losses, you'll be reminded of them and maybe you won't be bothered playing any more. 

Instead of feeling enthusiastic and looking forward to the next game, you'll be miserable. So remove those reminders!

#2. Quit all other negative reminders in your life. 

Pull out the kitchen drawers and throw away losing tickets, copies of bills you paid late, photos of people you dislike, wrong colored dishes, plates and cups that are chipped, old photos of how strange you looked back in the 60's, failed projects... the list goes on.

You don't have to be reminded of your past failures, because the past has gone.

#3. Remove clutter. 

Clutter is a visual reminder of how messy you are right now, even if it's just temporary lack of time to fix it up. 

Clean it up. You need to feel content and relaxed which adds to your positivity. Mess won't help.

Now replace your bad luck past with success stories. Get reminders of happy places you've been, photos of people who you admire or have helped you, and look at them often.

Many successful people do this. They have:
Framed photos of their first sales checkTrophies in a cabinetMementos of important events
It's all part of getting happy memories that help them through the tough times.

Whether your trophy is a car, a watch, a framed check, pictures of happy grandchildren... make sure you have something around that reminds you of how great you really are.

Now clear out your negative stuff and go buy some tickets for today's game!

It's a 30 second way to improve your odds for next week's game

It's a 30 second way to improve your odds for next week's game, and it works like this:

STEP #1. First check out the results of your last game. Use the past results.

STEP #2. See if these results have unusual number combinations, like:
Three consecutive numbers together like 3, 4, 5, or 25, 26, 27.Or numbers concentrated together at one end of the range, like 33, 35, 36, 38 or 2, 4, 5, 7, 8.Not those exact numbers - you're looking for a pattern like these examples.

STEP #3. When you find this kind of pattern in your last game, then make sure you play the very NEXT game. Make sure you play the very next game after the unusual patterns appear.

This trick works because randomized chance tells us it's highly unlikely these unusual number patterns will appear again in the very NEXT game.

17 strange lottery superstitions that people practice.

Acting, horse racing and sports players are big users of superstitions to enhance their skills. But lottery plays by a different set of rules. What do you think?
So I wonder how useful these following superstitions are...
1. Passing a lottery ticket over the back of a black cat.
2. Passing a lotto ticket over the belly of a pregnant woman.
3. Keeping an old iron key in your pocket while buying.
4. Entering the lottery store with your left foot.
5. Asking for your lottery ticket be given to you by the lottery seller's right hand.
6. Using Personal Destiny Numbers for tickets: eg, adding all the numbers in your date of birth... 1/6/1948 becomes your PDN of 29.
7. Carrying a good luck charm when buying the tickets... a wooden stick, horseshoes, 4 leaf clover, rabbit's foot, medallion.
8. Using numbers or information from a dream.
9. Picking numbers from a pair of dice.
10. Applying special numbers. 8 is a popular Chinese lucky number.
11. Avoiding certain numbers. But 43% of French people think that 13 is a lucky number.
12. Using numbers from a fortune cookie.
13. Wearing a pin pinned upside down on the inside of your collar when buying your tickets.
14. Avoiding wearing red or yellow clothing when buying tickets.
15. Putting a large silver coin in your shoe when buying your lottery ticket.
16. Needing to buy something else in the lottery store, or your tickets will be unlucky.
17. Rubbing the head of a bald man before buying your tickets.

List of US lotto playing this week

Euromillions £23M
MegaMillions $104M
OZ Lotto $10M
USA Powerball $212M
UK Lottery £6.8M
NY Lotto $13.3M
Canada 649 $22M
California $18M
LottoTexas $6.7M
Australian
Powerball $6M
MegaMillions $104M
Canada
Lotto Max $40M
Euromillions £23M
USA Powerball $212M
UK Lottery £6.8M
NY Lotto $13.3M
Canada 649 $22M
California $18M

MTN pays N1.85m to subscriber over promo fraud

Following an order issued last week by the Consumer Protection Council directing MTN Nigeria Communications Limited to, within 14 days, pay a complainant, Mr. Omeje Fidelis N1.85m being the balance of his winning in the promotion held in 2012, the telecommunication giant has effected the payment to the aggrieved consumer.
The CPC said in a statement issued on Wednesday that MTN, in compliance with the order, raised a United Bank of Africa’s draft in the said sum in favour of the complainant on February 11, 2016.
The statement stated that Fidelis, in a telephone conversation, confirmed to the CPC his receipt of the amount, disclosing that he received the cheque for the balance of his N2m prize on Monday, February 15, 2016.
It said, “CPC is also in receipt of a settlement agreement made to that effect between Omeje, MTN and its event manager for the Ultimate Wonder Promo prize presentation, Towncriers Limited, authorising the event manager to issue a bank draft in the sum of N1.85m in full and final satisfaction of the CPC’s Order and all claims to the complainant.”
Reacting to the development, CPC’s Director General, Mrs. Dupe Atoki, while welcoming the prompt compliance by MTN, said this underscores the supremacy of the consumer in the market-place.
She urged businesses to exhibit best practices that will engender value for money for consumers.
The CPC had last week Wednesday directed MTN Communications Limited to pay within 14 days the sum of N1.85m to one of the winners of its Ultimate Wonder Promo for lack of due diligence.
Fidelis had claimed that he had been underpaid after he was declared winner of N2m in the said sales promotion, which was held in 2012.
According to him, he participated in the promo and was called through MTN line 180 on October 10, 2012 that he had won N2m in the Ultimate Wonder Promo and that on October 12 of the same year he got a text message informing him of the presentation ceremony fixed for October 19 at the Nicon Luxury Hotel, Abuja.
The complainant had claimed that during the said ceremony, he was presented with a dummy cheque of N2m with his name on it, interviewed and paraded before the media and the world as a winner of the said amount.
He recounted further that he was stunned to receive another call from MTN line 180 on November 2, 2012 that his winning was N150,000 and was thereafter given a Verve ATM card for that amount.
MTN, in its response to the Council’s intervention, denied the claim of Omeje, saying that he was from the on-set informed that his winning was N150,000 and that the complainant deceitfully presented himself when winners in the N2m category were called forward on the day of the prize presentation.
The company had stated further that Omeje’s antics was discovered at the verification of winners, which was done after the ceremony and he was thereafter contacted through its 180 line on his misrepresentation pursuant to which he apologised.
As a result of the development, the CPC in a statement said it demanded for the call data of the communications of the 10th of October 2012 when Omeje was informed of his winnings of N150,000, but MTN failed.
The statement signed by the CPC Spokesman, Mr Abiodun Obimuyiwa revealed that the company refused and neglected to comply with the request made both in 2012 and 2016.
It said, “The CPC, in its Orders, frowned at the consistent refusal of MTN to provide the call data records evidencing details of communication with the complainant, declaring that in the absence of this material evidence which is solely in the possession of the respondent the CPC must resolve the issue in favour of the complainant.”
“The process of the MTN Ultimate Wonder Promotion whereby the verification exercise was conducted after winners were identified, declared and winnings presented publicly is grossly flawed, lacking in transparency, inequitable and apparently calculated to deceive consumers.”
“The CPC, on the strength of these observations, therefore directed MTN to pay within 14 days of receipt of Order, the sum of N1,850,000 being the unpaid part of the N2m prize won by the complainant in the 2012 MTN Ultimate Wonder Promotion”.

Dangote Cement Promo

N300M up for grabs
Buy Dangote Cement and win big!
- Every month for 3 months, 1 person will win N10,000,000 in the monthly draw
- Everyday for 90 days, 2 people will win N1,000,000 each in the daily draw
- Everyday for 3 month, 20 people will win a consolation prize of N50,000 each.
How to win
Cut out and collect 5 token from the top right corner of Dangote Cement bags
Place the 5 tokens with a piece of paper bearing your name, address, phone number and signature in an envelope and drop if off at the Dangote Collection Center or at any Access Bank branch near you.
Terms & Conditions of the Promo
These are the general conditions for the Dangote Mega Millions Dash Promotion.
By participating in Dangote Cement's promotions/competitions, the participant agrees to the following Terms and Conditions.
Participants must be 18 years or older.
All Dangote staff and partners on this promo (Access Bank, 3DIM, Starcom Media and X3M Ideas) and their relatives are prohibited from participating in the Promotion.
Dangote Cement may request a winner, before presenting the award or prize, to provide proof of their identity and residence information previously provided by the participant.
The decision of Dangote Cement is final and no correspondence will be entered into regarding results and the awarding of the prize.
Dangote Cement is not responsible for any accidents or loss after collection of prizes.
All handling of cash prizes must be done via electronic bank transfer to recipient's verified account.
The prize is not transferable or exchangeable for other products or services. In case of refusal or non-acceptance of the prize or conditions that are inherent to the competition, the prize will not be awarded. In that case, Dangote Cement is entitled to choose another winner.
Winners are able to claim prizes up to six weeks after publication. After this period, entitlement to the prize automatically expires.
The winner of the prize gives Dangote Cement permission to use, free of charge, any received personal data, any photos or any contributions linked to the competition to be used in promotional activities relating to the competition and in relation to the announcement of the winner through all media, including radio, television and internet.
At the request of Dangote Cement, the winner(s) of the prize will cooperate in promotional activities of Dangote Cement to the extent that can be reasonably expected of them, including publicity regarding the announcements of the winner(s) across all media including radio, television and the Internet. For cooperating with these promotional activities no financial compensation will be paid.
The participant consents to the processing of personal data in connection with participation in the competition. Dangote Cement may add the personal information to its database, which is confidential
Personal information may be used to execute the competition and the award ceremony. In this context, Dangote Cement is entitled to provide personal data to third parties involved in the relevant competition (including suppliers, advertisers, sponsors and/or producers).
Use of the awarded prize is at the expense and risk of the winner. Dangote Cement cannot be held liable for use of the prize by the winner under the General and/or specific conditions for competitions.
Dangote Cement is in no way responsible for any damages arising from participation in the competition or for any technical malfunctions, failures or delays with respect to participation in the competition or the appointment of the winner.
Dangote Cement is in no way responsible for any problems or defects arising from the use of the Website and/or downloading any components whatsoever in relation to the competition.
Dangote Cement has the right to disqualify participants if he believes that the participants are not acting in conformity with the General and/or specific Terms and Conditions or if the participant is otherwise fraudulently accessing the competition or unfairly influencing the course of the competition.
Dangote Cement is entitled to, at its discretion and without notice, change or modify these terms and conditions specific to the competitions for the duration of the contest and without giving a reason to discontinue, modify or adapt the competition for reasons of its own without any obligation to compensate any damages on behalf of the participant. Any changes or adaptations within the competition, will be made public in an appropriate manner (e.g. via its website).
If one or more conditions of the General and/or specific terms and conditions competitions are void or invalid, this will not affect the validity of the remaining conditions of the General and/or specific Terms and Conditions Competitions.
When the General and/or public Terms and Conditions differ from those determined in the Specific Terms and Conditions, the specific Terms and Conditions prevail.
The competitions and other promotional activities of Dangote Cement adheres to the all relevant authorities' (NLRC, CPC, Lagos Lotto) terms and conditions.
Any questions, complaints or comments about the competitions can be made in writing and should be sent to the Corporate Center Marketing, Union Marble House, #1 Alfred Rewane Road, Ikoyi, Lagos. Dangote Cement will endeavor to respond as soon as possible.