Thank you for this post and all of the replies. I am the first to agree that playing a Lottery is not for everyone. There is also the cost element. I put up a Twitter post yesterday looking to encourage more fans, who were able, to sign up for £1 a week. I'm delighted to confirm that since that tweet we have had £236 of DDs signed up. Tremendous support from our fans.
I note a couple of posts on this thread questioning one or two things. Our draw is a very simple one, each week someone, outside of RYDC staff, draws the winning balls from our Lottery Drum in the RYDC Office. Martyn Waghorn has done our draw, so has Bomber, so has our Postman. Would you like to come to the office and do the next draw? I'm happy to have a chat re the Lotto process from start to finish and you could do next week's draw? Everyone is welcome to do this for us. If you would like to do our weekly Lotto Draw then please email us at
rydc@rangers.co.uk.
I also note one or two saying they have had issues signing up. Without knowing the personal details of each case, in our experience banks reject DDs for a variety of reasons. Please email us at
rydc@rangers.co.uk or call us on 0141 427 4914 and we will quickly sort for you. In terms of signing up to Rangers Lotto, this simple link will allow you to join within 45 seconds. Just click the link and complete your details
www.rydc.co.uk
I would be failing in my role if I stopped trying to recruit new revenue streams for the Academy. I also keep a watchful eye on other clubs & I'm not comfortable confirming that we are behind in terms of fan numbers playing their clubs' Lotto / Pools competitions. I see no reason why that should be. I'm happy to confirm that we gave away £375,000 in Prizemoney to fans last year. That amount will rise as more fans join.
Thank you to all those buying RYDC products and to those thinking of joining Lotto? Give us a try, you might win some money and you will be helping to fund our future. My email address is
colinstewart@rangers.co.uk if anyone would like to know more about Lotto or any of the other RYDC products.
Many Thanks
Colin