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Ray McCormack
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Posted - 2008.05.06 15:41:00 -
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 Originally by: TornSoul
Prizes 4 to 9 are kindly sponsored by CCP
About time. I guess the hoo-haa has quieted down since the last anniversary.
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Ray McCormack
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Posted - 2008.05.08 06:42:00 -
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You do not have to be online at the time of the draw!
For those asking this question, this is how it has always been, over every single one of the last 130 rounds.
You do not have to be online at the time of the draw!
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Ray McCormack
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Posted - 2008.05.09 10:09:00 -
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Originally by: Loukritia Green
a few questions please...
1. Do you have to be online to win? and
2. Can you buy tickets with your main and your alt?
1. No, you do not have to be online.
2. Yes, you can buy with alts.
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Ray McCormack
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Posted - 2008.05.09 10:11:00 -
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Originally by: Shrinks O'Really
2008.05.08 05:14 1,000 ISK
2008.05.08 16:58 10,000 ISK
2008.05.08 20:37 49,986,000 ISK
in lottery list transaction is presents
in lotterReceipts still "no records"
i sent evemail to BIG Games, nothing changes
It is because of the apostrophe (') in your name. TornSoul is aware this is a problem, but will not change the code before the end of the round to avoid fiddling with things when such a high volume of transactions is going on.
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Ray McCormack
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Posted - 2008.05.09 10:14:00 -
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Originally by: Uncle Mo
Any chance of adding more prizes? The tickets seem to be flowing in nicely
There is generally an influx of prices nearer to draw time. I think last Anniversary it got up to Z. Could be wrong. Needless to say it is a long draw, but exciting to be there. TornSoul, just remember to get the channel limit removed in advance this time.
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Ray McCormack
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Posted - 2008.05.09 11:57:00 -
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Originally by: Kazuo Ishiguro
I wonder what Tornsoul is going to do with the excess ~40bn isk so far accrued in ticket sales?
So far, the average spend per ticket-buyer is about 13.5m isk. With another 3 days to go, including a weekend, I wouldn't be surprised if total ticket sales topped 100bn isk. Titan anyone?
Anniversary rounds earn an excess that goes towards making up the difference in other rounds where BIG pays out more in guaranteed prizes than is covered by ticket purchases. And prizes are generally higher in the rounds following an Anniversary.
In the first Anniversary round, CCP supplied an Impoc and audited BIG Games' wallet as a result of the interest. I'm sure that'd be no different this round with them donating prizes again.
And, lol, only 100b? I don't get out of bed for anything less. 
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Ray McCormack
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Posted - 2008.05.09 14:57:00 -
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Originally by: EBANK Ricdic
Edited by: EBANK Ricdic on 09/05/2008 11:50:28
edit : I didn't realise it had been exceeded like this (check Kazua post below). I will retract my offer until/unless alternate prize options are forthcoming to cover the tickets purchased (plus the BIG retainer ofc). I am not interested in giving someone more profit off the lottery, rather providing the public with an extra prize option.
You wouldn't be providing profit to someone, you would just be providing another prize option and gaining some advertising for your bank. Any excess ISK from purchases will go towards future rounds. TornSoul may even increase prizes in this round. /me shrugs.
Originally by: Kazuo Ishiguro
Edited by: Kazuo Ishiguro on 09/05/2008 14:41:44
I didn't think that the lottery usually made a significant loss, and I also wasn't aware that the surplus from one round was ever carried over to another one, although naturally it makes sense to do so. Does that mean that over its entire lifetime, the lottery has made zero profit?
It's made a loss, as far as I know. TornSoul can confirm numbers. It's non-profit, all ticket purchases are eventually paid out as prize winnings. These Anniversary rounds go towards ensuring it's longevity.
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Ray McCormack
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Posted - 2008.05.10 09:41:00 -
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http://big.wayland.dk/LotteryReceipt.asp
Wait an hour or two, it runs off the API, which caches itself for an hour.
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Ray McCormack
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Posted - 2008.05.10 15:10:00 -
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Originally by: Soeniss Delazur
I got my 20 mil refunded by a GM ???
What happened?
You sent it to the wrong character. I petitioned that character. The GMs removed that character and returned the ISK. Send it to the correct character. BIG Games.
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Ray McCormack
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Posted - 2008.05.10 16:52:00 -
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Originally by: Mishra Q'grak
I got the same problem then. :( I thought they were manually adding the tickets? Copy/paste from the receipt page -> quote: "That we have made a typing error transfering the ingame journal entries into the Lottery DB (no copy/pasting atm)"
That has changed now. TornSoul used to enter every entry manually. Now it runs off the API and saves him oodles of time.
Originally by: ShiroKishi
I sent in 50 million and yet the reciept page shows it as a donation.
What gives?
Count the dashes. If there is one dash it is a ticket purchase. There are no columns.
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Ray McCormack
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Posted - 2008.05.11 10:33:00 -
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Originally by: Shrinks O'Really
thnx for answer
so what with my money and tickets, am i loser?
No, you will have tickets for the lottery, you just won't be able to see them on the receipts page.
TornSoul, try something like the following. Test it on a backup first, etc, etc.
Quote:
UPDATE table SET column = REPLACE(column,"''","'")
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Ray McCormack
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Posted - 2008.05.11 17:25:00 -
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Originally by: uoY delliK
Was my ticket purchased viewed as a donation?
No, count the dashes.
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Ray McCormack
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Posted - 2008.05.20 07:11:00 -
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Originally by: Vermix
Where is the winners list?
http://big.wayland.dk/lotterywinners.asp
But there must be a bug, my name isn't listed.
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