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TornSoul
BIG
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Posted - 2008.05.15 20:07:00 -
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Edited by: TornSoul on 15/05/2008 20:06:52
www.BIG-EVE.com (Subscribe to this newsletter by sending a mail to [email protected])
For info about the BIG Lottery Checkout the BIG Lottery pages
The BIG Lottery Round #131 5 Year Anniversary
Prizes (Note that prizes have increased)
1 - 20B ISK 2 - 10B ISK 3 - 5B ISK 4 - 2B ISK 5 - 1 Dominix BPO 6 - The Art of EVE book (should be signed) 7 - EON 1 year subscription 8 - 100 day GTC 9 - 50 day GTC 10 - EVE USB flash drive 1GB 11 - EVE USB flash drive 1GB 12 - 2 * Daredevil
Status so far
Participants : 5456 Tickets sold : 75,257,021
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The record is broken!
I'm of course speaking of the participation record. Never in the 5 years of the BIG Lottery has so many taken part in one round.
Oh and, never have we sold that many tickets either As a result of the gargantum amount of tickets sold I've decided to double the ISK prizes!
So the first prize is now an amazing 20B ISK!!!
I've also added an extra ISK prize - So in total we are giving away 37B ISK!!! (Thats another record btw)
I've also consolidated the two Daredevils into one prize.
Additionally we've had a donation of a Dominix BPO, kindly donated by Ratty Corp PLC. This particular BPO actually has a bit of history to it as well.
Mr Ratty bought his first Dominix share in The BIG Deal way back on 2004-07-30, and eventually ended up buying all 10 shares, to have the BPO paid out. And it's this very BPO Mr Ratty is now donating. In his own words : "Not really after anything, it's just a thank you. It served me well, hopefully it will carry on."
I hope it will
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Giving away 37B ISK will still leave quite a nice sum in the BIG Lottery wallet though (currently this amounts to 38B ISK)
Some questions have been asked about this during the round. I'll repeat once more, that BIG will see zero of those ISK.
BIG *could* pocket it as profit on this round, - easily making up for the ISK we've put into the BIG lottery over the years - instead we choose to pass it on to future rounds of the BIG Lottery.
That should help keeping the next rounds afloat for a bit
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Round 131 of the BIG Lottery runs from Monday, May 5th, 2007 to Sunday, May 18th, 2007
The drawing is on Monday, May 19th, 2007 - 1800 EVE time (GMT) in ingame channel 'BIG Games'.
Good Luck
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Mr Ratty
Ratty Corp PLC Confederation of Independent Corporations
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Posted - 2008.05.15 20:37:00 -
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It's been my lucky charm for nearly 4 years, it's time it spreads that luck to someone else :) (It's me30 pe10 if you were interested)
I just hope the luck holds long enough for me to get the 20bil lol
(please note the domi has not and will not affect in any way my chances of winning anything in the lotto, that BPO has made me many times it's value over the years, and i just wanted to say thank you)
<><><><> [ http://www.freelancingcorp.co.uk
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Serenity Steele
Dynamic Data Distribution Ministry of Information
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Posted - 2008.05.17 12:34:00 -
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Nice job on raising the prices TornSoul!
≡v≡ Strategic Maps now in Eve-Online Store |
Dev7
Caldari NET Profit Trading
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Posted - 2008.05.18 15:42:00 -
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---------------------------- Round 131 of the BIG Lottery runs from Monday, May 5th, 2007 to Sunday, May 18th, 2007
The drawing is on Monday, May 19th, 2007 - 1800 EVE time (GMT) in ingame channel 'BIG Games'. ---------------------------- We still in 2007? O_o
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Gertrud ToD
Terrorists of Dimensions
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Posted - 2008.05.18 17:56:00 -
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how about setting the chat channel to not show a userlist so more then 50 people can join? like... everyone who wants to take part in this?
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lets trade
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Posted - 2008.05.18 18:40:00 -
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Would it not be an idear to change the date.
(Says lotery 2007) why not 2008 ?????
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Propex
Caldari Suddenly Ninjas
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Posted - 2008.05.18 20:44:00 -
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I have a problem with my entry being listed as a donation. I sent a mail to BIG Games like it said on the receipt page, but your out of game page states that mail to Big Games may not be answered. Are they all at least read?
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Mr Ratty
Ratty Corp PLC Confederation of Independent Corporations
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Posted - 2008.05.18 20:57:00 -
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look at the recipt page, it's not a donation it's formatted as <date> - <Amount> - <Donation> on the recipt page (unless you sent more than 50m) it will show <date> - <whatever isk you sent>
problem is the screen formatting, it makes it look like a donation, but if you count the '-' seperating the items you'll see it's not.
<><><><> [ http://www.freelancingcorp.co.uk
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Propex
Caldari Suddenly Ninjas
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Posted - 2008.05.18 21:46:00 -
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Alright, thanks. I was under the impression it would tell you how many tickets you currently held.
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Serafini
Amarr Prime Romanian Corp
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Posted - 2008.05.19 14:37:00 -
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TS fix the channel please, it dosen't allow more than 50 ppl to join. Switch from immidate-mode to Delayed-mode
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Linder
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Posted - 2008.05.19 15:46:00 -
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Edited by: Linder on 19/05/2008 15:52:01 Edited by: Linder on 19/05/2008 15:49:17 "Tickets sold : 75,257,021" "Each ticket only costs 1,000 ISK"
= 75.3B ...
"# BIG reserves the right to keep a 10% admin fee - the rest will be payed out as prize money. BIG has to date not invoked this right, nor currently plan to, and every ISK has been used for prizes. "
"I've also added an extra ISK prize - So in total we are giving away 37B ISK!!!"
"Giving away 37B ISK will still leave quite a nice sum in the BIG Lottery wallet though (currently this amounts to 38B ISK)"
Give away: 37B Earn: 38B
What about that 5'th rule?
With that rule the prize money should increase to 67,5B and you should only have "a nice sum" of 7,5B...
And with this in mind....
This is what the prizes would look like ...
1 - 30B ISK 2 - 20B ISK 3 - 10B ISK 4 - 5B ISK 5 - 2B ISK 6 - 1 Dominix BPO 7 - The Art of EVE book (should be signed) 8 - EON 1 year subscription 9 - 100 day GTC 10 - 50 day GTC 11 - EVE USB flash drive 1GB 12 - EVE USB flash drive 1GB 13 - 2 * Daredevil
I really hope you play by your own rules...
Best regards Kristoffer Linder
linder ^^, |
RaTTuS
BIG
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Posted - 2008.05.19 16:07:00 -
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Originally by: Serafini TS fix the channel please, it dosen't allow more than 50 ppl to join. Switch from immidate-mode to Delayed-mode
It seems to be fixed now -- BIG Lottery, BIG Deal, InEve 5th Anniversary Lottery
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Mos Superum
Gallente Eve University Ivy League
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Posted - 2008.05.19 16:24:00 -
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First-time lottery participant -- and stuck at work during the time of the drawing.
No mention on the BIG lottery site or here if winner has to be present (logged in) at the time of the drawing.
Can you clarify? Winner must be logged in or no?
Regards, Mos
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Mr Ratty
Ratty Corp PLC Confederation of Independent Corporations
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Posted - 2008.05.19 16:25:00 -
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the remaining 38b will pay for the prizes for the weekly lotto, it's been going 5 years and rarely makes a profit (usualy only on these special events), you really think they would last 5 years scamming? lol i think there is a record of all past lottos on the big site, go look at a few and compare tickets sold to isk given away.
<><><><> [ http://www.freelancingcorp.co.uk
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Mos Superum
Gallente Eve University Ivy League
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Posted - 2008.05.19 16:33:00 -
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Originally by: Mr Ratty the remaining 38b will pay for the prizes for the weekly lotto, it's been going 5 years and rarely makes a profit (usualy only on these special events), you really think they would last 5 years scamming? lol i think there is a record of all past lottos on the big site, go look at a few and compare tickets sold to isk given away.
Were you responding to my question? I flat out just can't log in at 1800 GMT (darn this RL job) and need to know if they award prizes to those not logged in. Assuming they do, but never hurts to ask.
Mos
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TornSoul
BIG
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Posted - 2008.05.19 16:34:00 -
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@Linder
You managed to not quote the part of my post that says we will be using the "excess" ISK on prizes in future rounds.
"I really hope you play by your own rules..."
I should think so
Rule 5 (As you quoted) the rest will be payed out as prize money. It doesnt say *when*... Ie. it's perfectly fine for us to use some of the ISK for prizes in future rounds.
Just be happy that we don't pocket the excess ISK, which we would be perfectly in our right to do (as per Rule #6 Fixed ISK prizes will always be respected, regardless of income on ticket sales. - That rule goes both ways you know)
Despite that for the last many many rounds, it's cost us around 400M-600M ISK per round to cover the prizes.
We *could* have kept the original prizes - For a total of 16B ISK, which with the now final tickets sales would have given us a profit of 70B ISK.
Instead we are giving away those 70B, back to the players of the BIG Lottery. And no, we are not taking the 10% either. *Everything* goes back to the players.
I dont know how many corporations in EVE has ever given away 70B ISK...
So I really don't understand what youre upset about...
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EIixibren
EVE Time-Code Sellers Union
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Posted - 2008.05.19 17:03:00 -
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Originally by: TornSoul @Linder
BIG Games Lotto is the only lotto I've played in EVE, and been playing for 2 years. They are the most respected EVE-Lotta in EVE and a long history of honesty and community support. To even hint that BIG Games would be anyway trying to get one over on the community is completely disrespectful and totally out of line. Go back to WoW.
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Corska Zrai
Minmatar Republic University
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Posted - 2008.05.19 17:32:00 -
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Not sure if it got answered, but you do not have to be present to win. It's encouraged, cause it's fun, but not necessary.
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Xyux
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Posted - 2008.05.19 18:04:00 -
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It's 19th... and past 18:00 EVE time... :) right?
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WashuChanUK
Caldari
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Posted - 2008.05.19 18:05:00 -
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Give them a chance Xyux, tisn't easy running a lottery. Hope I get something
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Linder
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Posted - 2008.05.19 18:08:00 -
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Originally by: TornSoul @Linder
You managed to not quote the part of my post that says we will be using the "excess" ISK on prizes in future rounds.
"I really hope you play by your own rules..."
I should think so
Rule 5 (As you quoted) the rest will be payed out as prize money. It doesnt say *when*... Ie. it's perfectly fine for us to use some of the ISK for prizes in future rounds.
Just be happy that we don't pocket the excess ISK, which we would be perfectly in our right to do (as per Rule #6 Fixed ISK prizes will always be respected, regardless of income on ticket sales. - That rule goes both ways you know)
Despite that for the last many many rounds, it's cost us around 400M-600M ISK per round to cover the prizes.
We *could* have kept the original prizes - For a total of 16B ISK, which with the now final tickets sales would have given us a profit of 70B ISK.
Instead we are giving away those 70B, back to the players of the BIG Lottery. And no, we are not taking the 10% either. *Everything* goes back to the players.
I dont know how many corporations in EVE has ever given away 70B ISK...
So I really don't understand what youre upset about...
"BIG *could* pocket it as profit on this round, - easily making up for the ISK we've put into the BIG lottery over the years - instead we choose to pass it on to future rounds of the BIG Lottery."
good :)
But fells like giving away money from those thats in the lottery this time to someone else next time ... Maybe a maximum ticket limit would be good :)
:) linder ^^, |
Ray McCormack
hirr
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Posted - 2008.05.19 19:56:00 -
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Originally by: Linder Maybe a maximum ticket limit would be good
So it's a good thing there is one then.
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Resourceful Ronny
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Posted - 2008.05.19 20:06:00 -
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Any news on who has won? Currently unable to log in to EVE :(
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Mangala Solaris
Caldari Ma'adim Logistics
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Posted - 2008.05.19 20:20:00 -
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Originally by: Resourceful Ronny Any news on who has won? Currently unable to log in to EVE :(
Still ongoing - about half way through the prizes at the moment. -------
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Jinx Barker
GFB Scientific
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Posted - 2008.05.19 20:51:00 -
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All I have to say I better win something... I could always use extra 20 Billion ISK.
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picchiatello
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Posted - 2008.05.19 21:45:00 -
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some news about who won?
just tell plz if there is or if still Work in progress.
thx
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REALITY X
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Posted - 2008.05.19 21:50:00 -
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My congratz to the winners, you lucky $!#@% =)
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General Dahak
Gallente Aliastra
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Posted - 2008.05.19 22:07:00 -
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A BIG thanks to BIG lotto. I won 5 bil isk Also congratulations to the other winners, i know the feeling :)
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Shaitis
Caldari Reikoku Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2008.05.19 22:11:00 -
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Who won ?
"What is funnier ? 20 Matari slaves pinned to one tree or 1 Matari slave pinned to 20 trees ? |
Kazuo Ishiguro
House of Marbles Zzz
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Posted - 2008.05.19 22:35:00 -
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http://big.wayland.dk/lotterywinners.asp My research services Spreadsheets: Top speed calculation - Halo Implant stats |
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