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Korin Muradrim
Setenta Corp Combined Planetary Union
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Posted - 2007.09.13 16:11:00 -
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Edited by: Korin Muradrim on 13/09/2007 16:12:53 That's right. Instead of offering ships or items as prizes, I have decided to create my own lottery where you get the chance to win one billion ISK in hard cash, which you can spend however you see fit. If this becomes a success, I will host a new lottery with the same terms every week.
Entry Fee: 30 Million ISK per Ticket
1st prize: One Billion ISK (1.000.000.000,00)
Total number of tickets: 49
Tickets Remaining: 49
Rules:
- The draw is based on the UK National Lottery to prevent manipulation. - There are 49 balls and therefore 49 Tickets. - The winner will be decided by the bonus ball of the main draw:
UK National Lottery Online
All 49 Tickets MUST SELL. If they do not sell by Saturday 15th September 19:00 Eve time, the lottery will be extended to next Wednesday. However, since this is the first draw of this lottery and it is already Thursday, this draw may be postponed to Saturday 22th September if all tickets are not sold by wednesday. If Saturday 22nd September comes and all tickets still have not sold, all players will have their ISK refunded.
Tickets for the next lottery will be made available the day after a draw. If tickets are sold early, earlier draws might be possible as the UK National Lottery holds draws every Wednesday and Saturday.
- To claim a number, check which ones are taken then state your allocated number in this thread and send 30 Million Isk to Korin Muradrim titled 'Lottery'. It is important that you post and deposit ISK on the SAME character, so that numbers may be claimed - Players may buy as many tickets as they like. - If 2 players choose the same number at the same time, the number will go to whoever sent their ticket money first (checked via Journals tab of wallet). - The winner will be notified by Evemail once the draw has been made, just in case they fail to notice the sudden wallet increase. - Good luck!
Numbers:
1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) 11) 12) 13) 14) 15) 16) 17) 18) 19) 20) 21) 22) 23) 24) 25) 26) 27) 28) 29) 30) 31) 32) 33) 34) 35) 36) 37) 38) 39) 40) 41) 42) 43) 44) 45) 46) 47) 48) 49)
Credits to Kaede Frost for the layout, slightly modified by me.
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Arrs Grazznic
FireStar Inc FATAL Alliance
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Posted - 2007.09.13 16:17:00 -
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Let me get this right...
49 tickets x 30m = 1.47b Prize money = 1b Profit: 470m
Nice returns for doing very little.
If your ticket prices were a little more realistic, say 21m, you may get some takers, but I don't think you'll get much interest at your current prices.
Cheers, Arrs
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Korin Muradrim
Setenta Corp Combined Planetary Union
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Posted - 2007.09.13 16:24:00 -
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Other lotteries with the same entry fee have had Carriers as 1st prize. The Thanatos, being the most expensive of the Carriers, can be bought for 900 million.
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Phoenix492
Malicious Intentions Cult of War
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Posted - 2007.09.13 16:36:00 -
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Edited by: Phoenix492 on 13/09/2007 16:38:28 Edited by: Phoenix492 on 13/09/2007 16:37:55 Edited by: Phoenix492 on 13/09/2007 16:36:59 true, but the carriers also come with fuel, and some fittings on some, and i recently saw one with fighters (I think). They also have to make a profit for the time taken to fly it to the 0.4 system, risk etc.
Bidding the same for a billion isk, means nothing. You haven't risked anything to get there. You would just be using our money to make nearly half a bill profit...
I just don't think it will work..maybe if you lowered ticket prices, or promised a carrier of the winners choice (so will give you more profit), i think you will get a better response.
I'm not flaming, its just my .2isk worth
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Korin Muradrim
Setenta Corp Combined Planetary Union
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Posted - 2007.09.13 16:49:00 -
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If people want Carriers rather than ISK, that's fine by me. The thought was that more people might be interested in raw cash due to, for instance, lacking the skills to fly a Carrier. I honestly didn't think people's gambling spirit would be affected by the effort required by the lottery's host. People generally don't demand that the company behind a lottery accumulates the prize money by selling roasted chestnuts at a market in Taiwan :p But granted, I do see some sense in what you say. I will lower the ticket price to 25 million per unit.
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Kessian Armus
Newbies On Xstacy
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Posted - 2007.09.13 17:00:00 -
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For fracks sake, its a lottery. Gambling. Profit margins on gambling for the house are always excellent. Nothing new there. Do you really expect him to lose money throwing a lottery? No! He's doing it to make money. Maybe half a billion profit is too much, but if the idea isn't a good one, he won't sell any tickets. Market forces handle this sort of thing just fine. :P
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Sereniaz
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Posted - 2007.09.13 17:05:00 -
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actually I've been thinking about doing the same sort of thing, nice quick way of making a nice profit and also gives one lucky person the chance of winning 1bil for a very small initial outlay. i see nothing wrong with this myself :) |
Dax Carnall
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Posted - 2007.09.13 17:13:00 -
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I for one am in.. I'll take nr. 29
ISK send
Dax
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Korin Muradrim
Setenta Corp Combined Planetary Union
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Posted - 2007.09.14 06:45:00 -
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Lots of tickets still available.
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Korin Muradrim
Setenta Corp Combined Planetary Union
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Posted - 2007.09.15 11:41:00 -
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No draw unless all tickets sell
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Korin Muradrim
Setenta Corp Combined Planetary Union
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Posted - 2007.09.16 11:38:00 -
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Is the interest really so low? The tickets are relatively cheap, the payout higher than certain auctions with equal or higher entry fees.
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Drixy
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Posted - 2007.09.16 12:07:00 -
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Edited by: Drixy on 16/09/2007 12:07:56 it's not that ppl are not interested, but atm there's like 2-3 other lotteries open with the same format, so that kinda spreads the customers I guess, I think I'll grab a ticket or 2 when I next log in
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Ephetian
Caldari Fabulous Soulcatchers Apoapsis Multiversal Consortium
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Posted - 2007.09.16 13:27:00 -
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I will buy in as soon as I get home from work. "Strength through Unity." "Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head." |
Korin Muradrim
Setenta Corp Combined Planetary Union
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Posted - 2007.09.17 13:26:00 -
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Without the people there is no lottery
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Space Harrier
Minmatar Roman Holiday
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Posted - 2007.09.17 13:52:00 -
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not going very well, is it.
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Korin Muradrim
Setenta Corp Combined Planetary Union
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Posted - 2007.09.19 12:41:00 -
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Ideed not. At this rate there will be no draw.
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