About e-lottery

Len Fitzgerald	Tom Brodie

About Us

Hi there,

I'm Tom Brodie, speaking for myself and my business partner and VWD co-founder, Len Fitzgerald.

A lot of our members ask us questions when they meet us in person — yes, we’re not just anonymous figures hiding behind the electronic veil of your computer screen — about where we’ve come from, how and why we got started with VWD and, most important, where we’re going with it…

Guess you’d like to know, too. 

Personal Backgrounds

Well… briefly, Len and I had known each other for 8 years prior to setting up Virtual World Direct. And among many things, one thing we have in common is a success-driven personality.

My own background is 12 years in Sales and Marketing. But in 1995 I was first exposed to the Internet… And that was it!... I was hooked! 

Without question, the business of the future had arrived… The business I wanted to be involved with. In 1999 my career took me to Sydney, Australia, where I've got more involved in Database Development and Internet Marketing. 

Len, on the other hand, had been running a successful business in the video industry for 20 years. In fact, he opened one of the first-ever video rental stores in the UK, in 1984. I've always known Len’s business operational know-how and customer service skills were first class.

Our Big Idea

It occurred to us that there isn’t a single person on this planet who doesn’t want to scoop a fortune on the lottery — just like us. But of course, actually winning depends on Lady Luck giving you a great big beaming smile on a lovely, life-changing day.

Yet we pondered…

Rather than having one or two lucky folks walk off with more multi-millions than they know what to do with every week, what if there was a way to play lotteries that improves the lives of numerous people all willing to share in the big payouts?... that would give everyone a better chance.


We decided to try and find it.

So… after much debate and research, we actually came up with a way of putting the odds of winning much, much more in players’ favour — by means of lottery syndicates.

Nothing new about lottery syndicates of course, but thanks to computers and the Internet there is, we discovered, a way of organising them within a sophisticated, multiple-prize-winning system. A way which also meant that anyone in the world could benefit. 

Mind you, there was no guess-work. No theory. Just proven, mathematical fact. (We actually worked on it with a university Professor of Mathematics to make sure the figures stacked up). Believe me, if it hadn’t delivered a significant advantage over playing normally on your own, our Syndicate System wouldn’t have been allowed off the drawing board — there would’ve been no point in it.

 Proof Of The Pudding In The… Winning

But we just knew that this idea, coupled with our IT and business operating experience and an online ‘viral’ marketing-style business model, was going to be a winner…

As it happened, lots and lots of winners!

To cut a long story short… Since launching in April 2002, we’ve had 3,040 syndicate wins and paid out over half a million pounds to members in 127 different countries.

But this is really just the beginning….

The more members we have joining us, the more Syndicates we have playing… And the better the chances of winning jackpots. We confidently predict that hitting a ‘big one’ is just a matter of time — the biggest being a EuroMillions jackpot, which could make 36 Syndicate members at least half a million pounds richer all at once!... Can you just imagine that?

 

The expansion worldwide of Virtual World Direct since its launch in April, 2002 has resulted in the company moving to larger office premises in North Wales.  

‘The business has been growing at such a rate that the move was inevitable,’ explained VWD co-founder Len Fitzgerald. ‘The need for extra working space to maintain the high standard of service to members and keep pace with technological advances and demands has been on the cards for some time.

‘Now we have the space to increase the number of membership support team personnel and the room to expand in the forseeable future.’

Apart from offices, the accommodation also includes a boardroom and conference room, which members can also use for recruitment and promotional purposes, group meetings and other VWD business sessions. Arrangements beforehand are requested.

 

 

'The facilities reflect the ongoing growth of the business, which is expanding faster than ever, and are there for the benefit of all members,’ added Len. ‘Looking ahead, 2005 promises to be a really good year.’

 

 

Back Up And Support

I know from my business experience what a difference the right support can make to your confidence and your success. And Len, thanks to his past enterprises, has become a champion of Customer Service. So we made sure we developed a highly efficient, very friendly Member Support Team to help make your e-Lottery experience one you’ll be happy to recommend to family and friends.
Team work is one of the most important factors in building any successful company. Here we all are, then, supporting each other and working as a team… 

VWD Member Support team shooting the rapids at Afon Tryweryn, Bala, N. Wales, UK. (Len’s the one paddling for his life, front right — fearless!)

 

 

 

 

 

So your thrill-seeking Member Support Team is there at the end of your phone or email whenever the need arises… But if at any time you want to have a word with myself or Len, personally, we welcome your messages and calls.
 

VWD Member Support

Commodore House

51 Conwy Road

Colwyn Bay

North Wales

United Kingdom LL29 7AW

 

Tel: +44 (0) 1492 534483

Fax: +44 (0) 1492 536072

Email: admin@vwdmail.com