An image with a rainbow-colored backdrop shows three pictures, including from left to right a cowboy with a red shirt, investors on the Shark Tank TV show and Elon Musk.
Elon Musk, the cast of "Shark Tank," and Ryan "Cowboy" Ehmann never endorsed a product named Project Apollo or an AI-based lottery prediction engine to win multiple lotteries.

In April 2026, online users searched the web for information about Project Apollo or an AI-powered Apollo lottery prediction engine app — as well as Project Apollo reviews regarding whether it’s real and legit — about an alleged “Shark Tank”-endorsed system to win multiple Powerball and Mega Millions lotteries. Those users looked for more details after watching scam marketing videos in TikTok scam ads and on websites purportedly showing Elon Musk, the cast of “Shark Tank” and Ryan “Cowboy” Ehmann promoting the Project Apollo AI-fueled lottery system, supposedly a moneymaking app offering users the opportunity to easily win numerous lotteries. The scam ads featured fake testimonials from people who never authentically reviewed the product.

In short, “Shark Tank” never featured Project Apollo or an AI-based Apollo lottery prediction engine app, nor did the product legitimately exist for users to even try out. Scammers created deepfake AI and fully-AI depictions of various people — Musk, the “Shark Tank” cast and Ehmann included — alleging they provided positive Project Apollo reviews involving a special way to win lotteries. The people behind a website domain knowingly sought to defraud victims, potentially via social media-based group chats.

An investigation of this product appears below in a recent YouTube video from Jordan Liles, titled, “Project Apollo Lottery Prediction Engine ‘Shark Tank’ Legit or Scam Check.” After that, look for a transcript from my Project Apollo YouTube video. I advise victims of this scam to report fraud to the FTC and to read up on the Better Business Bureau’s guidance on avoiding falling for lottery scams.

Transcript from my Project Apollo lottery AI YouTube video

The following is a word-for-word transcript from the above Project Apollo lottery AI app YouTube video. Please note some of the quoted material originated with deepfake AI depictions and does not constitute me speaking positively about this scam:

Transcript From Video (Click To Expand)

This video is all about the Apollo or Project Apollo AI lottery prediction engine that’s going around right now here in April 2026. This is something that has scam written all over it. I’ll show you how I know that. At least this is the marketing is a scam.

You may have seen a website like this that claimed that it is something that was on “Shark Tank.” It says, “Is this legal?” It’s on a website just called Entertainment. “Is this legal? Lottery AI goes viral for helping Americans win big without luck.” And it’s got this guy here on “Shark Tank.” And I believe this is someone who is actually on “Shark Tank,” but maybe it’s a face replacement or something.

What you’re going to see in the video when I hit play, this is deepfake AI technology, meaning someone manipulated the lip movement and maybe replace the guy’s the cowboy guy’s face here. And they’ve also replaced his audio to make it seem like he talked about this product on “Shark Tank,” but “Shark Tank” never endorsed this. When you see the “Shark Tank” people talk back to the guy, they’re not actually saying the things you think they’re saying. So, it’s AI at work.

You might be wondering, well, how come “Shark Tank” doesn’t go after these people, the TV show, the network? I don’t know. There are a lot of scams out there claiming “Shark Tank” endorsed their products when they didn’t endorse them. So, this Apollo AI lottery prediction engine thing is something that is not legitimate at all. And so, let’s watch part of the video here. I’m going to explain to you what’s going on. Just don’t buy into this. It’s going to have a lot of scammy aspects and terrible things that happen if you do buy it. From what I’ve seen with past scams, at least would be my would be what I would believe might happen if you do order this.

Let’s hit play. “This new AI makes even the unluckiest person hit at least four Powerball numbers every single week without relying on luck. So today, Sharks, I’m going to present to you this AI that predicts the winning numbers and which I already consider the biggest lottery loophole of all time.” “Okay, Ryan, you have 30 seconds to explain this AI to us.”

“I know this may sound crazy, but in the age of artificial intelligence, anything can happen. And this is happening. Lottery drawings are nothing more than numerical combinations with a hidden pattern. And when it comes to identifying patterns, nothing beats the power of artificial intelligence. My brother is a former Tesla developer and found a loophole in the lottery system. And together, we trained an AI that predicts the numbers of upcoming drawings.” “Okay…”

So what this is, I looked it up because I’d forgotten. This is a guy named Ryan Ehmann or Ryan “Cowboy” Ehmann. And it says here that he was on “Shark Tank” in season 4 to talk about something having to do with fitness, a fitness business, meaning he has nothing to do with this. Of course, like I said, it’s a deepfake of him. It’s a fraudulent use of his image of his likeness, which is not great. And the “Shark Tank” people never endorsed an Apollo AI lottery prediction system. There is no lottery prediction system where you can easily win the lottery multiple times. If I have to tell you that, I don’t know how to help you. I really hope that you didn’t believe that there was because that is something that’s way too good to be true. Even in a movie, it doesn’t make any sense.

“But here, we want to see results. How many times did your brother win the lottery using this system?” “My brother retired in less than nine months after winning the Powerball 38 times. And I retired in 5 months after winning 29 times. After that, we decided to release a demo version of this AI to family members and a few close friends. And the results, Sharks. Just take a look.”

“32 days ago, I was completely broke and more than $100,000 in debt. But today, I own a 500 acre ranch in Montana, the Ford F-250 King Ranch I’ve always dreamed of and millions of dollars in my bank account. All just from using this lottery loophole as soon as I discovered it.” “For a long time, I believed the only way to win the lottery was through luck or those illegal methods. But everything changed when I watched a video online showing how to use a new AI to predict the winning numbers without relying on luck. He called it the lottery gap. At first, I was skeptical, but after I decided to try it, I matched four numbers on my very first…”

Let’s take a look at this fake image here. So, it says “the lottery” on the top left of the check here says her name is Emily something, Emily Davis or whatever. It has other things on the check that make it seem like it’s too generic. Maybe illegible letters, illegible numbers, whatever. “And the following week, I won my first jackpot.” “After countless testimonials like these, he decided that his life purpose was to give other people the chance to make money, too. And I decided to give even more voice to his purpose, which is why I’m here. Because together, Sharks will be able to improve this AI even further, making it so that anyone who plays Powerball or Mega Millions can have up to a 98% accuracy rate with this system.”

“Ryan, I’m truly very impressed and you’ve convinced me. I’m willing to invest $200 million for 15% of the company.” “Really?” “I’m going to believe in you. We’re gonna…” That looked like the real face there, which is different than the other face that looks like it’s been replaced, maybe? (cheering and shouting) “Let’s go!”

“Okay, everyone. After my episode on ‘Shark Tank,’ more than 293 new millionaires emerged in just 15 days. Ordinary people who had never won anything before started posting videos showing their results. And to show how anyone can use this lottery gap to predict the drawings, I’m going to leave right below the video where my brother Elon Musk, the creator of…”

Your brother Elon Musk? What? “This AI explains step by step how to use it and win your first prize this week. Okay, let’s go.” “America’s state lotteries are facing something they’ve never seen before. A flaw so deep inside their system that they can’t fix it.” “Hundreds of Americans are suddenly hitting winning combinations. $10,000, $25,000.”

Take a look at this fake check here. Or it might be real. Colorado Lottery. Lori R. Where’s the last name? That might be a real one. The first photo, I didn’t have time to pause. I can’t go back. The first photo looked like AI. “Even 100.” This one looks like AI. The The numbers look a little bit weird. It says, “The Lottery.” “… thousand dollars again and again. And experts are calling it the Tesla effect.”

“You’re about to meet the man who exposed it all and lived to tell the story. But before that, let’s rewind. Because what began as a quiet side experiment inside Tesla’s AI lab, has now become the single biggest threat the lottery industry has ever faced.” “The Powerball and Mega Millions, America’s largest jackpot games, are now at the center of nationwide controversy. Jay Montgomery, a senior AI engineer from Tesla’s autonomous systems division, uncovered what scientists are calling a non-patchable flaw in the way winning numbers are generated.”

“Officials admit there’s no legal way to stop it, and it’s completely within the rules.” “That’s what makes this story so unbelievable. No hacking, no manipulation, no cheating. It’s pure math and artificial intelligence finally exposing what no one dared to admit. The lottery isn’t as random as we’ve been told.” “The whistleblower behind this discovery is Jay Montgomery, a Tesla AI engineer and one of the minds behind the Autopilot and Falcon guidance systems.”

“Sources say Montgomery initially presented his findings to the Powerball Commission, but after being ignored and pressured to stay quiet, he decided to make them public.” “Jay didn’t just back down. He shared his creation. The same AI he built after his family’s devastating accident near you with a deer.” Okay. Or whatever that was.

So Jay Montgomery is a made-up name. Maybe it has nothing to do with this. I saw this previously with the name Leonard Voss. So the scammers have changed the name of the supposed expert who’s come out. They’ve added Elon Musk which is very interesting and hilarious. Elon Musk has nothing to do with a lottery engine to help you easily win multiple lotteries.

“… with ordinary Americans and the results they’re impossible to ignore. Teachers, truck drivers, and retirees are now cashing real winnings. $12,000, $48,000, even $87,000.” She’s AI. The last two people were AI as well. You can see down here it says superior instead of super something like North Carolina Education Lottery instant digital instant winner $87,000. She she looks like AI 100%. And you notice the the logo is not consistent. It says “NC education” on the same line right here. Here, there’s no words at all. Here, NC’s on a different line. Like, hilarious. “… from the same lottery games they’ve played their whole lives.”

“In just the last 90 days, over 2,000 confirmed payouts have been traced to players using an AI system. Many of them are repeat winners.” “Meanwhile, lottery corporations are in crisis by claiming losses in multiple states.” “The media tried to discredit him. Corporations tried to silence him. And some officials even called him a national threat.”

So, we don’t need to watch anymore. There’s nobody named Jay Montgomery who developed some sort of lottery system for this. So, this will eventually go to buygoods.com and on that website it’ll be Apollo AI powered lottery prediction engine. And it’ll have a box looking sort of a thing. It says Apollo AI powered lottery prediction engine. Claims it’s on sale for $147. Claims there’s not going to be any autopay. It’s going to be a onetime fee. There’s a triple guarantee and money back guarantee.

But I can’t trust this at all because the marketing is as scammy as it gets, obviously. So, don’t order this. It might come with subscription charges of hundreds of dollars a month. It probably won’t be honored the money back guarantee. Big big surprise right there, right? I also noticed this on the buygoods.com website. If you’re looking on mobile and you’re ordering on mobile on their website, the information you fill out your name, address, credit card number, whatever, and it has a buy now button, which is basically the final button to check out.

Under that, keep scrolling down. There’s a pre-checked thing way under that for some reason, not above that, that says, “By placing an order, you acknowledge you have read and accept our terms and conditions and refund policy.” And it’s pre-checked. Why is that pre-checked when most people won’t see that down there? Pretty bad. And I I noticed that buygoods.com does have good reviews, on like Trustpilot or BBB, but I see a lot of these sorts of things with good reviews, but there’s also a lot of other activity like what I’ve seen here today happening as well. Not saying Buygoods is running that activity. I’m just saying that it happens to be the same sort of thing, the same funnel and that’s not good at all.

And I’ve seen a lot of weird activity surrounding this website in the last few years as well. So my advice, don’t order this, of course. Go see, I can’t… I’m not doing a medicinal product video. Normally I say go see a doctor. Instead of that, just don’t buy this. And if you want to earn money, unfortunately, you have to do it the old-fashioned way or find an interesting way to do it. There is no easy way to win the lottery to make money that I know of.

If there was, that’d be great. You know, if if something like this was real, the lottery prediction engine. And you could buy it. Lots of people would would buy it, of course. And then the amount of money you would receive out of the pot of money would be tiny, and it wouldn’t even be worth it. It’d be hilarious, right?

So, like, comment, subscribe. The Apollo AI product, Apollo AI powered lottery prediction engine. Do not order this. Elon Musk has nothing to do with it. No one on the news ever talked about it. Jay Montgomery is a made-up name. Tesla has nothing to do with this. This is all as scammy as it gets. Thank you for watching.

By Jordan Liles

Jordan Liles is a seasoned journalist working weekdays as Senior Reporter for the fact-checking website Snopes.com, as well as nights and weekends helping consumers by publishing scam-busting articles and videos. Based in California, Liles seeks to protect consumers from thousands of predatory scams through the posting of primary-source reporting on his personal website, JordanLiles.com.

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Becca

Thank you 😊