ok another lottery just passed with no winner, you need to make it so the 3 numbers dont have to be in a specific order, I can already tell the amount of lottery users is dropping. At this rate, there will be barely anybody buying tickets and the popularity will drop fast. I think you need to either make it so the numbers dont have to be in order, or make it so there are less than 36 numbers to choose from just some more suggestions

EDIT: i just counted how many tickets were sold in the last 5 minutes and it was only 1

Derek

This post was edited by Derektenones on Mar 20 2006 07:06pm

I just watched the last 30 secs and I saw 8 sold, but I think order shouldnt matters also.

edit: 11 more have been sold.

This post was edited by Meeker on Mar 20 2006 07:11pm

lol meeker i saw that 8 were sold too there, must have been a mass buyer. I am gonna set up a poll on whether order should matter or not in a sec

A great addition..now I have something to do with my fg..

But maybe there should be more lotterys. Like, theres lotterys in real life that have less of amount of jackpot, like "Pick 3" or "Magic 3" and gives thousands, meanwhile the big lottery gives millions.
Making more lotterys would give people more confidence to think they'll win, therefore getting more winners, more people happy, and more fg in the system.
For ex, making 3 lotterys( lottery 1,2, and 3; you would choose which you want to 'gamble' in), each would usually have a jackpot of about 2k fg if people continue 'gambling'. Again, that would now get 3 winners, and more fg in the system.

It could be better, if more fg went to pot...
As I noticed, atm 60% fg from player goes to pot, and 40% goes to the forum bank.

bought one anyway


This post was edited by honeytea on Mar 20 2006 07:52pm

Nice feature.

Not sure if this is already recommended, but there could be an option for u to "purchase a complete set".

Heres wad i meant, by accepting it, u pay a certain amount of fg, then it automatically ensures that the 3 numbers that u picked have been positioned such that whatever position it comes out to, you win.

Eg :

1,2,3
1,3,2
2,1,3
2,3,1
3,2,1
3,1,2

so thats 30fg. U pick ur 3 lucky numbers, and regardly of position u know u gonna win. I normally do that here in RL betting, stands higher chance, spend lesser time to draw up ur lottery ticket, and not risk missing a single set.

I think I might add a way to like add a bunch of numbers at once, like build a queue, then submit the whole thing in one shot... Maybe with some helper buttons like what you mentioned, xfer..

I'll sleep on it. Thanks for the ideas

I kinda like the odds how it is. My intention was for people to hit it about once a day, but definitely not EVERY hour.

At these odds and how often people are entering, you might have a winner once a week. If you did a unordered lottery you would have a winner every 1-2 day at the rate its been going today. But who knows, maybe more will enter in the next few days.

This post was edited by Meeker on Mar 20 2006 08:57pm

I'm not going to change the odds until someone hits it, that is a for sure. That would be BS to all the people that previously bought tickets for me to change the odds in the middle of it.

Besides, we're speculating on how long it will take, no one really knows, since it's random. Until I get a solid picture, I'm going to trust instincts.

Besides, a growing pot that gets up to 10k, 20k, 50k.. That's exciting to try and win! A pot that never gets above 5 or 6k, that will get boring after a while. Don't you think?

Yeah I wouldnt either, I bet this one reaches atleast 25k probably 80k+

edit: btw an unordered on average would reach 35k

This post was edited by Meeker on Mar 20 2006 09:04pm