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Lotto 2014
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1st Place: 1,509,600 - #02632 (claimed by benza435)
2nd Place: 283,050 - #00495 (unclaimed)
3rd Place: 94,350 - #00837 (claimed by Reuden)

To claim your prize, either post below, or message a staff member.

How to enter:
To buy a ticket for 500 credits: /lottery buy
To see your tickets: /lottery tickets

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The lottery end/drawing is on January 1st, 2014! Enter now!

Last years jackpot was over 1.3 million credits!
Find more info here: http://minerealm.com/community/viewtopi ... =4&t=10902

Drawing Schedule:
The winning lottery numbers will be announced at 3:00PM PST on January 1st, 2014.

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Have a question or comment? Post it below!
By Eetrab
#179728
What program/method will be used to determine the winner?

Will there be runner-up spots like last time?
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By Intelli
#179731
Eetrab wrote:What program/method will be used to determine the winner?

Will there be runner-up spots like last time?
We'll be using http://www.random.org/

Also, still planning on second & third place prizes like last year.
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By dlgn
#179770
Bu1ld0g wrote:Does the server also take 10% tax on this or is it a straight up 500rc?
The server takes a 50% tax, actually. The jackpot is equal to 250rc*the number of tickets bought, and (assuming the same as last year) divided like so:
80% to 1st place
15% to 2nd place
5% to 3rd place.

The rest of the money is removed to prevent long-term inflation. And just to let everyone know, it's probabilistically unfavorable to enter the lottery. The calculations are too complex to post here, but just know that to make a profit (or in this case, destroy some money and still break even) a lottery has to be nonprofitable to enter. You should be a few tickets anyway, though, because it's fun and it helps the server.

~dlgn
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By Intelli
#179777
Bu1ld0g wrote:Does the server also take 10% tax on this or is it a straight up 500rc?
Standard 10% transaction tax when the prize is sent to the winner.
By eah
#179866
I bought ticket number 467 right after the server announced the "estimated jackpot" is 603,200. How does 467 tickets add up to 603k? Is there extra money in the jackpot to increase ticket buying or is this a bug?
By eah
#179968
It seems the "estimated jackpot" might actually be the estimated end jackpot. It finds the rate at which tickets are bought, uses this to estimate how many tickets will be bought by January 1st, and determines the "jackpot" which will be received by the 1st place winner (50% of the cost of the tickets minus tax). IIRC, this is different from last year.
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