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TornSoul
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Posted - 2003.06.12 14:43:00 -
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Rumors have been flourishing in recent days about the upcoming intergalactic grand lottery game also known as the 'BIG Lottery'.
Mass hysteria grasped pilots all over the galaxy about the previously unheard of amount, the news seemed to spread faster then the subspace chat channels allow, making thousands leave their current occupations and reach the nearest station to buy, what seems to be, the chance to win a brand new life style.
"I cant believe its so easy!", said an amarrian accountant - "and the ticket costs next to nothing!".
The secret to the huge success of the BIG Lottery is the low cost of each ticket, people are often seen buying several tickets to increase their chances of success and to become the next galaxy wide known winner.
Technology has come a long way since the lottery concept was first conceived, and now participating in the BIG Lottery events is as simple as a click of the button, from anywhere in the galaxy.
These news are indeed what makes our galaxy as great as it is. There is nothing more wonderful then waking up in the morning and finding out that you are 10 million ISK richer!
BIG Lottery
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TornSoul
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Posted - 2003.06.12 15:14:00 -
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Time to move this little BIG Lottery intro to the new boards
Please note that all the BIG Lottery pages are designed for ingame use, and thus look very poorly in your out of game browser.
FAQ
Q : When is the drawing?
A : Please check the BIG Lottery link. That page will always have the updated info.
Q : How *often* is the BIG Lottery held?
A : Each round lasts 2 weeks, and the next round starts the second the former round has ended.
A new round always start at 00:00 EVE-time between sunday and monday.
Q : How do I buy tickets?
A : Please read either the BIG Lottery page, which has a 'How to' at the bottom of the page, or check the top of the Rules page for more detailed info.
Please read twice...
Q : I want to buy 3 tickets. Should I wire 1000 ISK 3 times, or can I wire 3000 ISK in one go?
A : Please wire it all at once! I have to enter each and every entry by hand into the BIG Lottery database.
Please dont wire me 1000 ISK 30 times, as some has done.
Q : How can I be sure this is not a scam?
A : You cant - simple as that. Either you trust us or you dont.
If you mistrust us, dont play.
But I encourage you to ask around if BIG can be trusted or not, I think you will find that the answer is "Yes BIG is very thrustworthy".
Q : Uhm it would be nice with some sort of 'Proof of Purchase', can I have that please?
A : Sure thing - Check the Receipts page (only works ingame)
Q : Do I have to be present at the drawing in the ingame channel BIG Games in order to win?
A : Nope. Taking part in the actual drawing is optional. But please show up, it's good fun :)
Q : Thats all very nice but what can I Win!
A : The prize money varies in size, but has always been in the multi-millions.
Check the BIG Lottery Winners page to see excactly how much past winners have won.
Please spread the word - the more people that takes part, the BIGger the prize money will become.
Good Luck!
Edited by: TornSoul on 07/07/2003 19:02:59
BIG Lottery
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Sara Kerrigan
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Posted - 2003.06.13 06:09:00 -
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Question: Can a winner participate in future drawings?
Answer: ??
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TornSoul
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Posted - 2003.06.13 18:38:00 -
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A : Yes [;)]
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If you wanted to, you could purchase for 10 mill ISK tickets each and every time (thus gaining incredible high odds of winning), and you would probably win 8-9 out of every 10 BIG Lotteries.
If you feel like gambling like that - Go ahead [;)]
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Sybylle
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Posted - 2003.06.16 14:12:00 -
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Yup...
Finally somebody is using my idea :p
I posted that on the "old" forum, thinking it was a great idea and allowing everybody (even noobs) to get something valuable ingame :D
Well done guys :PPPP
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Groan UUnngghh
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Posted - 2003.06.16 19:57:00 -
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TornSoul,
May i make a suggestion?
on your website outlining the rules and such, you list the price of each ticket as 1.000 isk.
well to me that says a ticket costs 1 isk due to the use of your decimal instead of a comma or nothing at all.
similarly, you list the prize as potentially 10.000.000 isk.
again, this mans that the winner will win a whopping 10 isk!!!
Just a friendly suggestion. I know that you mean the proper amounts, but just to be safe, and to avoid any virtual-legal action that may be taken on you or by you towards you or others.
Groan UUnngghh.
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Ga'shitan
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Posted - 2003.06.17 06:01:00 -
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It depends on where you come from in the world mate. Many European countries have the function of a comma and decimal point reversed. There's no way to please everyone.
Obviously you're intelligent enough to understand what he's meaning, since fractions of ISKs would be a bit silly.
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TornSoul
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Posted - 2003.06.17 07:35:00 -
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@Groan UUnngghh
As Ga'****an points out, there is no way 'pleasing' everyone.
No matter which way I do it ~50% will think it's the wrong way around.
So I've opted for the way I myself is used to see it, as this at least should increase the chance of me keeping it consistent, and thus avoid (further) confusion.
It's a valid point - that just lacks a solution that will 'please' everyone.
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TornSoul
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Posted - 2003.06.18 07:53:00 -
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Update
FAQ
Q : I want to buy 3 tickets. Should I wire 1000 ISK 3 times, or can I wire 3000 ISK in one go?
A : Please wire it all at once! I have to enter each and every entry by hand into the BIG Lottery database.
Please dont wire me 1000 ISK 30 times, as some has done.
BIG Lottery
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Chizu Uchuu
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Posted - 2003.06.18 12:38:00 -
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Just a suggestion: why not use 1K isk for the ticket and 10M isk for the prize?
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Sieur NewT
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Posted - 2003.06.24 13:02:00 -
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It"s not a 'borg he will have maybe 1000 times more tickets with this price :p
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Freak
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Posted - 2003.06.24 13:38:00 -
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this sounds interesting :)
Q: "I have to enter every entry into the database by hand" < Realy?? surely you could write a php or asp site ??
if your hosting supports this then give me a shout and we could work something out, you should be able to get enough info from the journal or transaction log in your wallet to know who has and hasnt paid.. thens ome form of simple list of players that have bought tickets and some tick boxes to say "Paid" to then update your database??
probably teaching grannies to suck eggs but hey !! sorry if i am... give me a shout if you want a hand with some ASP or PHP database stuff to make life a little easier ... at a cost of course ! :)
FreakOfNature
AKA: Freak.
Quote : "If God posted his second coming here i would ban his ass for being off topic !" :)
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TornSoul
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Posted - 2003.06.26 09:11:00 -
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@Freak
Don't worry, its all ASP driven :), but the DB the ASP pages take the info from has to be filled up with data first.
Currently its not even possible to copy/paste the stuff from your jurnal, so therefore I have to painstakenly type each and every entry in the journal *into* the DB, before the ASP pages can do their job :)
CCP fixed it so we could save chatlogs - Ever since I've been crossing my fingers that they would also make it possible to do the same thing with the journal....
Thanks for offering assistence though
(care for me to send you some screenshots of my journal, that you then could type into the DB - onyl help I really need atm :))) )
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TornSoul
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Posted - 2003.06.27 14:34:00 -
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Update
FAQ
Q : How *often* is the BIG Lottery held?
A : Each round lasts 2 weeks, and a the next round starts the second the former round has ended.
A new round always start at 00:00 EVE-time between sunday and monday.
Q : Do I have to be present at the drawing in the ingame channel BIG Games in order to win?
A : Nope. Taking part in the actual drawing is optional. But please show up, it's good fun :)
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DocDoo
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Posted - 2003.07.25 15:54:00 -
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Som people asked me in-game and I just wanted to let you know that The BIG Lottery is still on and millions and millions of ISK's are handed out to a fortunate winner every 14 days 
May the godess of fortune smile upon you!
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TornSoul
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Posted - 2003.08.04 18:42:00 -
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Edited by: TornSoul on 04/08/2003 19:14:59
The BIG Lottery just got even BIGger!!!!
50.000.000 ISK - BIG Lottery anniversary giveaway!!!
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TornSoul
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Posted - 2003.08.11 07:40:00 -
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As already stated elsewhere, the *minimum* prize of 50M seems to indeed be a 'minimum'.
This rounds (#7) prize is by far going to exceed the promiced minimum of 50M.
So take a stab at getting filthy rich, and by some tickets already 
BIG Lottery
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TornSoul
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Posted - 2003.08.19 20:49:00 -
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Almost forgot
Round #8 of the BIG Lottery is already underway - and looking good
BIG Lottery
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Chai N'Dorr
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Posted - 2003.08.20 14:45:00 -
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Hmm, might as well send some over tonight. Love this idea!
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TornSoul
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Posted - 2003.08.24 15:24:00 -
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Looks as if most people blew all their money on the last anniversary lottery
We are not going to break the record this time around - but stil looks as if we are on track for a pot around 10-15M - So go get it! 
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Thallia
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Posted - 2003.08.25 10:04:00 -
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I'm in for some
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TornSoul
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Posted - 2003.10.02 15:49:00 -
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Time for people to read the FAQ again at the start of this post (can also be found here.
Increase in my mail correspondance lately 
BIG Lottery
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will9anthony
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Posted - 2003.12.15 02:35:00 -
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lol i hope this work i just wire 35mil :) sorry i was getting bord with the game maybe i'll wire 100mil more >:)
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will9anthony
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Posted - 2003.12.15 02:40:00 -
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oh crap is it 100mil or 10mil Lottery
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Hiigara Soban
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Posted - 2003.12.15 05:34:00 -
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great... noobies like me ain't got a chance agains't 35mil, i might as well not even participate 
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TornSoul
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Posted - 2003.12.15 08:30:00 -
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Wrong
If its one person puttng in 35M or several persons doing it, your chance is excactly the same.
And as this is a 100M+ drawing you shouldnt be too surpriced by the odds.
Let me also remind you that we once had someone who had only bought a single ticket win it
So instead of dispairing, rejoice about the fact that there will be so much more cash to win
BIG Lottery
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will9anthony
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Posted - 2003.12.15 12:16:00 -
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hmmm will see about that 200mil ha beat that
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TornSoul
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Posted - 2003.12.15 12:36:00 -
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Edited by: TornSoul on 15/12/2003 12:50:57
O..... M..... G.....
Click it: Nearly a quarter of a billion in price money to be won......
You do realize you stand a (very roughly) 50% chance of loosing it all......
Hats of to you for giving the rest of the EVEians this chance though!
EDIT : ROFL I need to change my DB setup now - it was never intended to cope with such large numbers 
BIG Lottery
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will9anthony
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Posted - 2003.12.15 12:56:00 -
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well i'm finish with eve i had a good run, may be i'll put some more in :), and i posted in the wrong post :), i wasnt planing to keep the money for my self any ways
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Hiigara Soban
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Posted - 2003.12.15 22:39:00 -
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how could i have the same chances? 35mil is 35,000 tickets... say a nooby buys 50 tickets for 50,000... thats 50 tickets vs 35,000... which is the equivilent of 1 to 700... so if just those two people, the 50 ticket buyer, and the 35,000 ticket buyer were to run in a series of a 700 drawings, with just them, nobody else included... of those 700, the person who bought 50 tickets is likely to win only 1 time.
If the chances are pretty much the same, im obviosly missing something here... please fill me in if i am.
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will9anthony
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Posted - 2003.12.15 23:04:00 -
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wait huh i just spent 150mil huh?
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will9anthony
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Posted - 2003.12.15 23:04:00 -
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wait huh i just spent 150mil huh?
I am back |
will9anthony
Gallente
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Posted - 2003.12.15 23:04:00 -
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wait huh i just spent 150mil huh?
I am back |
TornSoul
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Posted - 2003.12.16 04:05:00 -
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 Quote:
If its one person puttng in 35M or several persons doing it, your chance is excactly the same.
@Hiigara Soban
The above is my point, I never said that you had the same chance *as* someone putting in 35M.
The basic principle is, the more ISK in the pot, the more (obviosly) ISK there is to win, but at the same time it will reduce the chance of any single ticket to be the winning ticket.
If you want the chance at winning a large pot, you have to accept that each ticket wil have a smaller chance of winning.
If you want a large chance of winning, you have to hope for a small pot - Do you want a small pot?
BIG Lottery
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TornSoul
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Posted - 2003.12.16 04:05:00 -
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Quote:
If its one person puttng in 35M or several persons doing it, your chance is excactly the same.
@Hiigara Soban
The above is my point, I never said that you had the same chance *as* someone putting in 35M.
The basic principle is, the more ISK in the pot, the more (obviosly) ISK there is to win, but at the same time it will reduce the chance of any single ticket to be the winning ticket.
If you want the chance at winning a large pot, you have to accept that each ticket wil have a smaller chance of winning.
If you want a large chance of winning, you have to hope for a small pot - Do you want a small pot?
BIG Lottery
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TornSoul
BIG
Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2003.12.16 04:05:00 -
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Quote:
If its one person puttng in 35M or several persons doing it, your chance is excactly the same.
@Hiigara Soban
The above is my point, I never said that you had the same chance *as* someone putting in 35M.
The basic principle is, the more ISK in the pot, the more (obviosly) ISK there is to win, but at the same time it will reduce the chance of any single ticket to be the winning ticket.
If you want the chance at winning a large pot, you have to accept that each ticket wil have a smaller chance of winning.
If you want a large chance of winning, you have to hope for a small pot - Do you want a small pot?
BIG Lottery
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Lady Galadriel
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Posted - 2004.01.12 21:15:00 -
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hi,
Ive tried contacting via evemail and in game
I have yet to see my recipt or entry confirmed to 100,000 isk i posted some weeks back -
I now doubt that My name was even in the draw for the december draw..
can you please look in to my Ticket !
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Lady Galadriel
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Posted - 2004.01.12 21:15:00 -
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hi,
Ive tried contacting via evemail and in game
I have yet to see my recipt or entry confirmed to 100,000 isk i posted some weeks back -
I now doubt that My name was even in the draw for the december draw..
can you please look in to my Ticket !
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Lady Galadriel
Thief Hunters of Orion's Alliance
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Posted - 2004.01.12 21:15:00 -
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hi,
Ive tried contacting via evemail and in game
I have yet to see my recipt or entry confirmed to 100,000 isk i posted some weeks back -
I now doubt that My name was even in the draw for the december draw..
can you please look in to my Ticket !
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TornSoul
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Posted - 2004.01.13 09:09:00 -
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The reciepts gets 'flushed' after each drawing.
The purpose beeing that you at any time can see which tickets you hold in the *current* round of the lottery.
For what it's worth - I actaully remember seeing your name in my wallet journal - So you where most certainly entered
I also remember you sending "BIG Games" a mail - unfortunatly you did not have that char in your addressbook, and thus you will recieve no reply.
Mails will not be answered if you dont have "BIG Games" in your adressbook.
Please also be aware that *all* entries are entered *manually* into the Lottery DB (date, name and amount).
I try to do this once a day, but sometimes RL can mean I'll be a day or two behind.
Another reason for a receipt not showing, could be that I've simply mistyped your name (it happens).
Even if a mistyping occurs you are *still* entered into the lottery, as it only means that the DB lookup fails when you search for your receipt. Should your tickets win, the typo will be spotted at the latest when I try to send the prize
BIG Lottery
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TornSoul
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Posted - 2004.01.13 09:09:00 -
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The reciepts gets 'flushed' after each drawing.
The purpose beeing that you at any time can see which tickets you hold in the *current* round of the lottery.
For what it's worth - I actaully remember seeing your name in my wallet journal - So you where most certainly entered
I also remember you sending "BIG Games" a mail - unfortunatly you did not have that char in your addressbook, and thus you will recieve no reply.
Mails will not be answered if you dont have "BIG Games" in your adressbook.
Please also be aware that *all* entries are entered *manually* into the Lottery DB (date, name and amount).
I try to do this once a day, but sometimes RL can mean I'll be a day or two behind.
Another reason for a receipt not showing, could be that I've simply mistyped your name (it happens).
Even if a mistyping occurs you are *still* entered into the lottery, as it only means that the DB lookup fails when you search for your receipt. Should your tickets win, the typo will be spotted at the latest when I try to send the prize
BIG Lottery
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TornSoul
BIG
Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2004.01.13 09:09:00 -
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The reciepts gets 'flushed' after each drawing.
The purpose beeing that you at any time can see which tickets you hold in the *current* round of the lottery.
For what it's worth - I actaully remember seeing your name in my wallet journal - So you where most certainly entered
I also remember you sending "BIG Games" a mail - unfortunatly you did not have that char in your addressbook, and thus you will recieve no reply.
Mails will not be answered if you dont have "BIG Games" in your adressbook.
Please also be aware that *all* entries are entered *manually* into the Lottery DB (date, name and amount).
I try to do this once a day, but sometimes RL can mean I'll be a day or two behind.
Another reason for a receipt not showing, could be that I've simply mistyped your name (it happens).
Even if a mistyping occurs you are *still* entered into the lottery, as it only means that the DB lookup fails when you search for your receipt. Should your tickets win, the typo will be spotted at the latest when I try to send the prize
BIG Lottery
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Lady Galadriel
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Posted - 2004.01.26 10:30:00 -
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ok thanks :)
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Lady Galadriel
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Posted - 2004.01.26 10:30:00 -
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ok thanks :)
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Lady Galadriel
Thief Hunters of Orion's Alliance
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Posted - 2004.01.26 10:30:00 -
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ok thanks :)
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Kapacs
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Posted - 2004.01.26 14:47:00 -
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Yea...ok so tell us what do you get out of this? Dont tell me your just a good guy trying to make everyone happy and please noobs bla bla bla cause i dont believe that crap...
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Kapacs
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Posted - 2004.01.26 14:47:00 -
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Yea...ok so tell us what do you get out of this? Dont tell me your just a good guy trying to make everyone happy and please noobs bla bla bla cause i dont believe that crap...
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Kapacs
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Posted - 2004.01.26 14:47:00 -
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Yea...ok so tell us what do you get out of this? Dont tell me your just a good guy trying to make everyone happy and please noobs bla bla bla cause i dont believe that crap...
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TornSoul
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Posted - 2004.01.27 07:23:00 -
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Quote:
Yea...ok so tell us what do you get out of this?
Contrary to popular belief - there does exist such a thing as 'good guys'
What I get out of it...
A reputation of beeing a good guy you can trust I guess.
BIG Lottery
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TornSoul
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Posted - 2004.01.27 07:23:00 -
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Quote:
Yea...ok so tell us what do you get out of this?
Contrary to popular belief - there does exist such a thing as 'good guys'
What I get out of it...
A reputation of beeing a good guy you can trust I guess.
BIG Lottery
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TornSoul
BIG
Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2004.01.27 07:23:00 -
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Quote:
Yea...ok so tell us what do you get out of this?
Contrary to popular belief - there does exist such a thing as 'good guys'
What I get out of it...
A reputation of beeing a good guy you can trust I guess.
BIG Lottery
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Kapacs
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Posted - 2004.01.27 07:57:00 -
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Ok lets say you are right but how would you be able to prove that the money doesn't go to:
a) One of your alternate characters...
b) Someone in your sphere of influence(friends etc...)
c) To corps which you are running some sort of business with, such as mercs...
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Kapacs
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Posted - 2004.01.27 07:57:00 -
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Ok lets say you are right but how would you be able to prove that the money doesn't go to:
a) One of your alternate characters...
b) Someone in your sphere of influence(friends etc...)
c) To corps which you are running some sort of business with, such as mercs...
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Kapacs
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Posted - 2004.01.27 07:57:00 -
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Ok lets say you are right but how would you be able to prove that the money doesn't go to:
a) One of your alternate characters...
b) Someone in your sphere of influence(friends etc...)
c) To corps which you are running some sort of business with, such as mercs...
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Lady Galadriel
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Posted - 2004.01.27 09:24:00 -
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kap ..
the big lottery is a reputable lottery -
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Lady Galadriel
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Posted - 2004.01.27 09:24:00 -
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kap ..
the big lottery is a reputable lottery -
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Lady Galadriel
Thief Hunters of Orion's Alliance
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Posted - 2004.01.27 09:24:00 -
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kap ..
the big lottery is a reputable lottery -
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Kapacs
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Posted - 2004.01.27 17:10:00 -
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I am not saying it isnt im just asking a simple question which seems to be very difficult to answer.....
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Kapacs
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Posted - 2004.01.27 17:10:00 -
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I am not saying it isnt im just asking a simple question which seems to be very difficult to answer.....
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Kapacs
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Posted - 2004.01.27 17:10:00 -
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I am not saying it isnt im just asking a simple question which seems to be very difficult to answer.....
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TornSoul
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Posted - 2004.01.29 02:32:00 -
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I can't prove a thing Kapacs.
How would you ever prove any of those?
Every single winner ever is listed on the Lottery pages - Send them a mail, check their employment history etc... I dunno...
Whatever rocks your boat.
You either believe it's legit or not.
If not - then dont buy tickets.
My reputation is the only 'proof' I got of this beeing legit - Simple as that really.
A reputation without which The BIG Deal would never have been possible.
People have trusted me with 6.5B ISK (and raising) - That in itself speaks volumes of the trust some people put in me.
BIG Lottery
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TornSoul
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Posted - 2004.01.29 02:32:00 -
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I can't prove a thing Kapacs.
How would you ever prove any of those?
Every single winner ever is listed on the Lottery pages - Send them a mail, check their employment history etc... I dunno...
Whatever rocks your boat.
You either believe it's legit or not.
If not - then dont buy tickets.
My reputation is the only 'proof' I got of this beeing legit - Simple as that really.
A reputation without which The BIG Deal would never have been possible.
People have trusted me with 6.5B ISK (and raising) - That in itself speaks volumes of the trust some people put in me.
BIG Lottery
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TornSoul
BIG
Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2004.01.29 02:32:00 -
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I can't prove a thing Kapacs.
How would you ever prove any of those?
Every single winner ever is listed on the Lottery pages - Send them a mail, check their employment history etc... I dunno...
Whatever rocks your boat.
You either believe it's legit or not.
If not - then dont buy tickets.
My reputation is the only 'proof' I got of this beeing legit - Simple as that really.
A reputation without which The BIG Deal would never have been possible.
People have trusted me with 6.5B ISK (and raising) - That in itself speaks volumes of the trust some people put in me.
BIG Lottery
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Kapacs
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Posted - 2004.01.30 07:19:00 -
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Mkay...well ill see how it goes...
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Kapacs
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Posted - 2004.01.30 07:19:00 -
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Mkay...well ill see how it goes...
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Kapacs
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Posted - 2004.01.30 07:19:00 -
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Mkay...well ill see how it goes...
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Lomex
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Posted - 2004.01.30 09:18:00 -
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Quote:
Yea...ok so tell us what do you get out of this?
Him and his corp earn a reputation of being trust worthy and cool. They also raise their public profile.
This leads to a much easier recruitment drive. Or lower prices from friendly corps etc...
Never underestimate the value of good will.
Sure, it makes BIG a BIGGER target of course. Pirates love to enter high profile wars, simply because the ego loves a good stroking.
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Yea...ok so tell us what do you get out of this?
Him and his corp earn a reputation of being trust worthy and cool. They also raise their public profile.
This leads to a much easier recruitment drive. Or lower prices from friendly corps etc...
Never underestimate the value of good will.
Sure, it makes BIG a BIGGER target of course. Pirates love to enter high profile wars, simply because the ego loves a good stroking.
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Posted - 2004.01.30 09:18:00 -
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Quote:
Yea...ok so tell us what do you get out of this?
Him and his corp earn a reputation of being trust worthy and cool. They also raise their public profile.
This leads to a much easier recruitment drive. Or lower prices from friendly corps etc...
Never underestimate the value of good will.
Sure, it makes BIG a BIGGER target of course. Pirates love to enter high profile wars, simply because the ego loves a good stroking.
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Prattler
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Posted - 2004.09.08 16:36:00 -
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well not to mention they could run the lottery as a bank runs investments, and use the money to earn their corp more money before the drawing occurs, not to mention im sure there is a small cut so there is some payment for organizing the lottery (10% from what i read i believe)
I just hope 1 of my measly 78 tickets i just bought can win it for me =)
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Posted - 2004.09.08 16:36:00 -
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well not to mention they could run the lottery as a bank runs investments, and use the money to earn their corp more money before the drawing occurs, not to mention im sure there is a small cut so there is some payment for organizing the lottery (10% from what i read i believe)
I just hope 1 of my measly 78 tickets i just bought can win it for me =)
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Posted - 2004.09.08 16:36:00 -
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well not to mention they could run the lottery as a bank runs investments, and use the money to earn their corp more money before the drawing occurs, not to mention im sure there is a small cut so there is some payment for organizing the lottery (10% from what i read i believe)
I just hope 1 of my measly 78 tickets i just bought can win it for me =)
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Posted - 2004.09.08 16:36:00 -
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well not to mention they could run the lottery as a bank runs investments, and use the money to earn their corp more money before the drawing occurs, not to mention im sure there is a small cut so there is some payment for organizing the lottery (10% from what i read i believe)
I just hope 1 of my measly 78 tickets i just bought can win it for me =)
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Posted - 2004.09.08 17:24:00 -
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Erm, why have you restored this decrepid old thread, this thread hasn't been active since January...
well, time to lock this one I think...
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Posted - 2004.09.08 17:24:00 -
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Erm, why have you restored this decrepid old thread, this thread hasn't been active since January...
well, time to lock this one I think...
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Matt Ivresse
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Posted - 2004.09.08 17:24:00 -
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Erm, why have you restored this decrepid old thread, this thread hasn't been active since January...
well, time to lock this one I think...
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Posted - 2004.09.08 17:24:00 -
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Erm, why have you restored this decrepid old thread, this thread hasn't been active since January...
well, time to lock this one I think...
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Matt Ivresse
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Posted - 2004.09.08 17:24:00 -
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Erm, why have you restored this decrepid old thread, this thread hasn't been active since January...
well, time to lock this one I think...
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Matt Ivresse
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Posted - 2004.09.08 17:24:00 -
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Erm, why have you restored this decrepid old thread, this thread hasn't been active since January...
well, time to lock this one I think...
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Gallente
Doomheim
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Posted - 2004.09.08 17:24:00 -
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Erm, why have you restored this decrepid old thread, this thread hasn't been active since January...
well, time to lock this one I think...
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Doomheim
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Posted - 2004.09.08 17:24:00 -
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Erm, why have you restored this decrepid old thread, this thread hasn't been active since January...
well, time to lock this one I think...
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Don ZOLA
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Posted - 2004.09.30 05:55:00 -
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Originally by: Infinitas
Edited by: Infinitas on 30/09/2004 02:18:25
What do they get out of it?
10% of all proceeds.
"5) BIG will only pay out as much in prize money as have been deposited into the lottery via ticket sales (minus the 10%)"
Plus they keep any money you accidently send, and class it as a 'donation'.
Yeah nobody has to play if they dont want to, but dont make out your a 'good guy' doing it out of the kindness of your heart, your making millions out of it.
as a matter of fact BIG doesnt keep even those 10%, i think its mainly cuz it really shows they do it for community and TS aint cheap enough to seel his ass for 10% :P
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Originally by: Infinitas
Edited by: Infinitas on 30/09/2004 02:18:25
What do they get out of it?
10% of all proceeds.
"5) BIG will only pay out as much in prize money as have been deposited into the lottery via ticket sales (minus the 10%)"
Plus they keep any money you accidently send, and class it as a 'donation'.
Yeah nobody has to play if they dont want to, but dont make out your a 'good guy' doing it out of the kindness of your heart, your making millions out of it.
as a matter of fact BIG doesnt keep even those 10%, i think its mainly cuz it really shows they do it for community and TS aint cheap enough to seel his ass for 10% :P
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Posted - 2004.09.30 05:55:00 -
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Originally by: Infinitas
Edited by: Infinitas on 30/09/2004 02:18:25
What do they get out of it?
10% of all proceeds.
"5) BIG will only pay out as much in prize money as have been deposited into the lottery via ticket sales (minus the 10%)"
Plus they keep any money you accidently send, and class it as a 'donation'.
Yeah nobody has to play if they dont want to, but dont make out your a 'good guy' doing it out of the kindness of your heart, your making millions out of it.
as a matter of fact BIG doesnt keep even those 10%, i think its mainly cuz it really shows they do it for community and TS aint cheap enough to seel his ass for 10% :P
There are 2 rules in a successful life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know
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Caldari
TunDraGon
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Posted - 2004.09.30 05:55:00 -
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Originally by: Infinitas
Edited by: Infinitas on 30/09/2004 02:18:25
What do they get out of it?
10% of all proceeds.
"5) BIG will only pay out as much in prize money as have been deposited into the lottery via ticket sales (minus the 10%)"
Plus they keep any money you accidently send, and class it as a 'donation'.
Yeah nobody has to play if they dont want to, but dont make out your a 'good guy' doing it out of the kindness of your heart, your making millions out of it.
as a matter of fact BIG doesnt keep even those 10%, i think its mainly cuz it really shows they do it for community and TS aint cheap enough to seel his ass for 10% :P
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Posted - 2004.09.30 09:00:00 -
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Indeed
Seems somebody went on a trolling spree on the BIG lottery threads - no matter how ancient they were.
characters "Prattler" and "Xanadex" (alts) logged sofar. Probably same person.
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Slam
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Posted - 2004.09.30 09:00:00 -
[87]
Indeed
Seems somebody went on a trolling spree on the BIG lottery threads - no matter how ancient they were.
characters "Prattler" and "Xanadex" (alts) logged sofar. Probably same person.
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Slam
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Posted - 2004.09.30 09:00:00 -
[88]
Indeed
Seems somebody went on a trolling spree on the BIG lottery threads - no matter how ancient they were.
characters "Prattler" and "Xanadex" (alts) logged sofar. Probably same person.
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Slam
Gallente
Aliastra
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Posted - 2004.09.30 09:00:00 -
[89]
Indeed
Seems somebody went on a trolling spree on the BIG lottery threads - no matter how ancient they were.
characters "Prattler" and "Xanadex" (alts) logged sofar. Probably same person.
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I think a lot of the most relevant information is missing here!
How does the lottery work ie. whats the chance of winning?????
Do you draw a winner from those who purchased a ticket?
or
do you have a total amount of tickets, say 10 mill and then say 8 mill are sold, i this case there is a nice chance no winner will be found and you score all the money. You could set the total amount of tickets to 10000000000000 and be sure to win yourself. You could even set a different amount of tickets each time.
Please explain
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Edited by: TornSoul on 13/03/2006 20:05:25
Holy Thread-Resurrection Batman....
Dear Belsazzar - Clicking one of the *numerous* BIG Lottery (<-- theres another) links in the first two post of this thread, will bring you to the BIG Lottery (<-- theres another one  ) pages, where you can find your answers to all of that - and more.
On another note - To think that (nearly) 3 years ago - 10M ISK was a BIG Deal (<-- Yet Another Link (YAL) - But to something completly different this time)
I guess we do have inflation in EVE afterall
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Emetic
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How is this lottery financed?
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Not only was this necro'd once, I was necro'd TWICE.
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Let this thread rest.
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