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Fingon
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Posted - 2004.05.25 10:50:00 -
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I must say you haven't excatly handled this in the best possible way. Now using the large pot from round 27 to further boost your lottery is bad.. I payed into this lottery to be a part of the 3.8 billion pot not a 1.75 billion pot.. The LEAST you can do is enter all the tickets from round 27 in round 28 AND 29.
If you want the big prices to keep coming don't steal the from previous pots.. Make people WANT to buy in to the next rounds..
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Fingon
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Posted - 2004.05.25 11:37:00 -
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@TornSoul
Why do I if I would like to have a chance to win part of the original pot have to pay in again for round 29 my original pay in for round 27. If I understand you correctly everyone that bought their tickets in round 27 will also be entered into round 28 where you pay out half of the original pot. It's only only fair that every ticket bought in round 27 should also be counted in round 29 where you pay out the other half of the pot from round 27.
Does this sound logical?
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Fingon
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Posted - 2004.05.25 12:21:00 -
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 Originally by: TornSoul
Yes it sounds 'logical' (aka I understand what you are saying - but I disagree)
It's been repeated many many times already.
To me the cornerstone of your stament, on which I build my argument is : "I would like to have a chance to win part of the original pot"
(Note the difference in whats bold)
My argument is (assuming the max prize is capped at 1 billion):
Even if all 3.8 Billion where paid out in 28, the maximum prize you (aka any one individual) could win would be 1 billion (top prize is capped to this)
You just cant get anymore than that.
And thats part of of the full pot.
So on your 1M you get back 1B.
Now - I now transfer some of the total pot to round 29.
Regardless of this - The best you can do in the lottery is *still* a cool 1B on your 1M investment. The prizemoney you as an individual can win is still the same.
No tickets have had their chance of winning changed - as the amount of tickets remains unchanged.
So what just changed for you?
You still stand to walk away with 1B...
Yes I know I stand one chance of winnin 1B or 500M or 250M My point isn't that you are capping the payout. I don't really mind you capping the payout. What I mind is that you are taking a bit over 50% of the price money to fund round 29, where everyone has to buy new tickets from what I understand.
After you changed the rules what happened is.. Instead of ever single ticket holder paying in 1M what you did after the rule change is that 500k was paid in for tickets and 500k you considered a donation to the lottery for the next round. There is nothing in the rules either before or after you changed the rules stating this.
So again enter every one of the tickets from round 27 into round 28 and 29 people can still buy into theese rounds.. people that bought tickets to round 27 have not one but 2 chances of winning 1B and since you cap the payout in round 28 and 29 the sums in round 30 still have a fair chance of hitting 1.75B thus you have BIG money for round 31.
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Fingon
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Posted - 2004.05.25 12:50:00 -
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The only thing I really want to know is why the original tickets for round 27 will not be used in the drawing of round 29 where you are handing out the second half of the 3.8B pot you will still have people buying tickets in round 28 and 29 and this money will end up in round 30 since you already have the price money (3.5B) for round 28 and 29 that means every single isk coming in from ticket sales in round 28 and 29 will go into the pot in round 30 plus the 300m surplus from the original 3.8B
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Fingon
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Posted - 2004.05.25 13:56:00 -
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Edited by: Fingon on 25/05/2004 14:09:37
TornSoul why are you evading my question:
Why will you not enter all the ticketholders from round 27 into round 28 AND 29.
You have stated that that's a change not imposed on you by anyone but a descision made by you and you alone.
And from what I can gather what most of the posters in this thread has a beef about. Only beeing able to partake in half of the total winnings.
Edit: So please either make round 28 a double winner round with 2x1B, 2x500m 2x250m prices or enter in all the ticketholders from 27 into 28 and 29.
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Fingon
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Posted - 2004.05.25 16:01:00 -
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Good point Dyring. My thoughts circle to the real life company World Games Inc which is nothing but a huge pyramide game..
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