Topic: [BITLOTTO] Mar 1 draw over $2000 or 50BTC! Tickets now 0.1 BTC for Apr 5 - page 5. (Read 55082 times)

I'll pass & let one of the many more tech savvy ppl here explain or bitlotto himself maybe, btw bitlotto we're at 1 week from results having been announced tomorrow & 10 days from the draw (*hint, hint - winner's payments - cough, cough*)

Edit: kbf also check the 'How the hashes are done for pools' link in my post above or on the BitLotto site which explains how it all works I believe.

Okay Otoh,

I see all of what you said in the last post but I am not quite understanding how he gets to the "winning" address...
There is a block created after then end of the draw, then he uses mega millions numbers, then for the pool he uses just the FIRST transaction?
How does that make all the other cash count?

Patrick

Was this the address for the Jan Pirate Pool?

http://blockchain.info/address/1pMZJi4eA144ChzXtsS8sCzrJADcXeAWR

which received 6.644 btc in total ---> 6.75 btc with top up.

& with the very first bet there from 13mLYBrRZ3fQzTCvr3araxZPRbBZxbCNG8 of 0.2 btc winning it for the pool.

Edit, just remembered/worked out all 6.75 btc from the pool use that first tx to generate hashes from, as per the How the hashes are done for pools info.

& which win 35.39/6.75 = 5.242962 per btc bet or approx 0.5243 btc per 0.1 btc bet each, or a fraction more if your 0.1056 btc top up contribution isn't counted as a partial winner too.

Edit 2, If it was easy to do then having some of the result's txt file bolded/highlighted would be nice, ie something like this maybe (note, needs a wide screen to view formatting in two columns like the original correctly here):

MIXED HASHES (Determines winner)                                                                 BITCOIN TX HASH

7d521a38be5e85283f0e5040541d1646b448d868cd1be5e10d700d4dd957d623 <--- e5e1bf90de5323ff9910981be6dc599a2517b185aea0494dce13c96742f675ef
2319670721d02b8d2cb9638d2426ebe70d41cb33a2e10e7984835dbfb2b435ce <--- 96a2661b070251ccf55bbd6ea756f36e0f1c85e192ba2a29802f55df85ca6909
a891023be870f3b186e227bb5ba239918d97f65082bd908ece87979c57f809ec <--- 268e0e055f0c5cd9988ff68692cc189929dc13ab5cd5a147a275af73dc484f38
7d2afc590183c1ce3111fb85cee923b3568e578877aa885a389496845736eb42 <--- 64e42b90824ba572dcd7adcbea26597950980e82a075c5e057a5595afc427dc0
c45ac57d91fc1a6a5e730116b324353f45f3b1355e608db35ed301de7acc0954 <--- 6021c82838e92cdc4adc69cb75ebf9a1d141231e782a2e1914663c0a8a63317a
46238db3b423558b3a5b1ad8ed328625b53e3a1c6dd85d3d0c43115ffbb5cfd2 <--- 5ef8838ca09a6b4595c0aa798c0ae82adcd82433ee9d4c7dfdb4b54e3ca4ba5b
a7f2f691c09f07b102f6cd83bf3b25647054066da917dcabb8ce7fcc4af2889e <--- b40552ec9a3b2f931626bc81d634dda55ec5828f5caa18ea829abe43c4f2ffe2
330537c43ce43edfea9b81f78098aabba9db29aaca2075f08ca449604bc868d2 <--- b57a2d8e9adea494cd48825cfb4899582ed607b982ccdf653acf7acc14c97d48
eb65c670c8db9f6d12a23431d7d745903a859f70b27c93d9afee92731557f426 <--- e0f04739b68d67acb6a7d70b9b51854f7e861b2cadb8374b11e3f6d4e2c6dd71
021db36fb00e9733cbe912d46525646f701e2ff6f369e6d6eb77e88382be50f1 <--- 8076ac65a38c62ec8af6a961e74353f4a2c25c69506314cc1a57e83780b30d23
bbcb71dbc667283df42197f723c98be6552f3bd0a19e9faea9cd4b8d949ba38b <--- df7d4cd0bd4edbd91441d6843cdf240276ff074502b1be70ed2b1e883374b5d7
9dc87cd416c76fd0223ed4cb53d0ba308407a241a0c57ce0caa2bca72336eaa8 <--- b35bfdb50cd1aa9d42c4b88e37dad7f23cc9dd8f4d727e1fdf4625246b44ae3d
80f365b288f7d179943b6981d4908734ba4b8d1629aef8371f7f57c0262e1f70 <--- e45c81f038ffb90fd1de92a340a52fa56b05eb1c866153e661ed49bcef61535d
357fbac683594b98f032f09005e776b0032a74d18efd80b6479d6ff4ae43e60a <--- 83e0e4ae7e6fad2dc9ce772b2dbe986fd7a237e7f67128a18e5ba03a8caa1c6f
952671e6aa5df2cce0acf79320e559fa9b9fef54b1121a45c5c9d08228ad57ae <--- 937728c88760ac329470d7d3f15b62d6743e412b3c697cc1dfb402a3b1af9a5f
76adb8e45382665cf39aa431c5cc945447a87ef3631c9496700ecf2985eed3de <--- 14ff175aefd94577d373bc596cda0d0a1751d3c78183715f0f75165bcaf66f54
01b5797e8bfe491f67f5924ebe5b539cf8b337f11305ab502bd18b7e2e834a26 <--- ccd8410beecc407da21e00a2dd413f985449d2a626d360365a4268f72396925e
4c7a579f730de254e03e092f4234d44af81c2000783f1b555e00b923c7b17c11 <--- 1f722d08f8f61632c440ae482ed8b9c6eba31f74bae39a9957fdeb2a075b0831
d5d92dbbe087fe3584ef14ac0529158c522a333054375179878f11a3a89b2347 <--- baaf17f68264e842d72d862df34abab8e028dbfb1d5d612a1753cffc204d4e80
97afb5c3db65d77d5af1b062fb253a88babfba26ea5c77da66b7a705d5d9d9a6 <--- f77835eb7f0d3f33aad1abaaaf7ac4049e897f01c444cf8ad0c0595255ac9a04
1b3118872a98f417b84c3ecd19d4006c651433d6827c8e1c2c96d10f11325fc2 <--- 2a0a6823db1823fa6fa3a319980880ed685cc2d19856e2f0d4b57802dc7ef4fb
23ed9d754be338561c65bd4ad750551fe772a072ed0b55d61943971b6eeeb93d <--- bca7d4bcd0e2958dfaaa16512f031dba88e86f6dc291b769286eed554ee311d1
8aa99180a9f54863240eec2630bbf62b9b038902b019d7b9a7c49bed7c9d860a <--- 3d54879c600f301675b81d8d0b6a47418c12aa97a970e96e103ec644471ad9e8
053c2b21bfc599ce6aa63747cb90328b67be3832c95f249de62d4b558256673a <--- b4f1631ce67feba26c61bc49199b53196569df60fd02b5eaaf7b43cdf409ce5f
2481877be58b4c87eec144ca3384bca77774735cc88089b10efa662716dc9e86 <--- 1848992c21bedef0824c41bfb0a47402757518f6543cb7f40f95cc41be6d8ab3
7d27fa8168c85cd92a2ec0087ebac90eac842d545f33c12ad04c16606b42023c <--- 95801645097c5f34df10b5243405a1b893fef64a23c6181aa94f567f1e80d587
658eaf17ee002bc2ffdb79c83ad8ccbfac6414cb62d1d736c3b651b2eea25c5a <--- 2aa73444be6cbf53b3de71efe8cf60f284727a8eff19b84ed01c7c916ad723d3
6.750000

Congrats Pirate Pool for winning 35.39 BTC!

0.25 BTC/ticket
1. 15JanhBo4uZukafMFuFcEgU5WdL7J395G3
2. 1pMZJi4eA144ChzXtsS8sCzrJADcXeAWR (Pool)
3. 1MiPg28L2RTeC77MM87KW5aAxXoQcJX4ee (Pool)
Jackpot size: 35.39 BTC
Lucky Block: 215040 Mega Millions Numbers: 01-02-23-25-55 Mega Ball 39
Mixer Hash: adcea0b054...
Winner's Hash: e5e1bf90de5323ff9910981be6dc599a2517b185aea0494dce13c96742f675ef(16)
Winner: BitLotto's Pirate Pool

http://bitlotto.com/2013jan4.txt

Yes.

Is it still 99% paid out to winners?

Yep received, many thanks to all!

I believe that blockchain.info wallets are all crypto-ed on your computer so have a very high level of security even if something were to happen to the site provider, but I'm not up on the tech side - just enough from what I've heard from others makes me happy to trust them & it's nice & easy to keep backup copies elsewhere of the private keys for addresses on those wallets. Also I sign in with Lastpass pro with yubi key which I'd also highly recommend.

Good luck to all next month!

Edit: This is the info re security when using blockchain.info wallets to make sure that thier Javascript hasn't been messed with & for adding 2FA etc:

https://blockchain.info/wallet/verifier

blockchain.info would be more convenient but then I'm having to trust a third party. Oh well.

Any ways check the account now! It should be there!

Good luck next month!

okies np, I hardly deal with the client at all & just use blockchain.info wallet mostly so I don't need to load the blockchain or deal with annoying quirks like where the wallet creates new random addresses to send change to or where I can't easily just find the private keys to addresses that are in it.

re lucky, well I had overall bet 18 btc last month out of the 41.58 btc total so I was in with about a 43% chance of winning (slightly more as 2/3 of that was in the pools - but for lower potential shared wins mostly), but yes it did seem rather lucky even so given past wins - maybe it's the auspicious astro dates that I choose Also as I treated bets for Hannah as a separate series it demonstrated well the 99% being returned to the players as I'd bet 45 btc in total for her & finally won 41.58 btc or 92.4% back (so far) though better in dollar terms.

I know, sorry. I really do try to pay right away. My internet sucks and I've almost caught up again in the blockchain. It should be there in a few days I'm sure. I think I'm just going to leave to software always running so it doesn't get behind. It's very frustrating for me.

I can't believe your luck Otoh!

Many thanks SG!

As yet the 7th of Dec's BitLotto hasn't paid out, I believe it would work better if the funds were guaranteed to be sent within 1 week of the draw or at the very least within a week of the winner being announced, preferably much sooner, otherwise it becomes rather random & may deter entrants to the next & future Bitlottos:

https://blockchain.info/address/1HannaheRa46n6g532kRo9GmnmD5aLUt5j

Otoh's bets win again?

Can I just give my BitLotto wagers to you and have you place the bets for me?     


That's a wonderful approach to sharing and providing help.

I've been betting for a friend's kid, Hannah, since last March (45 btc bet so far on her behalf) as well as donating any other spare coins that I can to a wallet that I made for her which hopefully will be worth a decent amount by the time she goes to college/university, it's now up to 80 btc thanks to this win (& 2,500 ltc). She lost her father in a tragic accident a couple of years ago so to all who entered this month's Bitlotto many thanks for that & this is just to let you know that you've banked some good karma with your entries.

I also bet 6 btc on behalf of my niece & 6 btc on my own account this month, so my total entries were 18 btc in all which I hope to repeat again for the early January 2013 BL .

Re: Pooling for a greater chance to win, the BL Pirate Pool effectively does this proportionally for unlimited entry amounts & entrants.

Anyone wanna pool together their coins for Jan lotto? I want to put in 10 btc. Together, we could have a VERY decent chance of winning.

Congrats 1Hanna... for winning 41.58 BTC in December!

0.25 BTC/ticket
1. 19EygNbnF6w8Y3R6niLh5ptNdBLHCbVqFW
2. 1CEJJNBPEDwk4WFGx5x6K9Dkq7uJtffBpY (Pool)
3. 151vnYBGtowaHWAYADPo8qkAohGvCs6SGP (Pool)
Jackpot size: 41.58 BTC
Lucky Block: 211178 Mega Millions Numbers: 07 43 44 51 56 Mega Ball 04
Mixer Hash: a4dd03c995...
Winner's Hash: e916a7121e1407e2626a3cfe494f625b379de2b3bf4457ed771882c9387a2d09(3)
Winner: 1HannaheRa46n6g532kRo9GmnmD5aLUt5j

http://bitlotto.com/2012dec7.txt


Next draw Jan 4!!!

There's a performance issue with the site right now.  The page starts to load and then stalls before eventually loading the remainder.
 - http://www.BitLotto.com

Also, are you sure it is wise to load external javascript?   If that were to intermittently or selectively replace the bitcoin address it could cause misdirected wagers.

Ya, there seems to be a bit of competition lately. Oh well. As bitcoin grows there should be room for lots of players. I'm not going anywhere! The nice thing that no matter how small or large the jackpot it's still a good deal as the the odds just change with the pot size.

17 BTC up for grabs so far! Good luck!

Maybe someone could build play at the pump!

Powerball could become one huge freakin' mobile payment
 - http://www.mobilepaymentstoday.com/article/204451/Powerball-could-become-one-huge-freakin-mobile-payment

Looks like BitLotto is facing competition from other online gambling services that use Bitcoin and interest in this is waning.

This is too bad, because seeing the absolute madness that PowerBall has right now, a Bitcoin lottery service with 99% payout and being provably fair should be something exploding by now.

One idea I had was that a party could use BitLotto to enable a raffle for a specific prize.  i.e., if this party (the raffle operator) wins a BitLotto, then that party uses the winnings to buy the prize that is then granted to the holder of the winning ticket.   For example, the raffle operator lists a prize of an all-inclusive trip (including airfare) for two to some winter resort -- if the BitLotto reaches some threshold (e.g., $2K USD worth of BTC at the time when the lotto draw occurs).  If BitLotto doesn't reach that threshold, then the operator just pays out cash instead I suppose.

This can be done today without BitLotto's knowledge or participation however the raffle players would be paying funds to the operator (who then buys the tickets from BitLotto) and would have to trust this raffle operator -- there is no transparency as far as how many tickets are sold, and there is the risk that the raffle operator fails to deliver the prize and winnings.

To enable this type of proxy winner within BitLotto, what is perhaps useful then is a way that individual players can place wagers to this special pool address but if that pool is the winner, the payout goes to the operator who set it up.  This is nearly identical to how a BitLotto affiliate works, except for how the full payout of winnings goes to the party that set it up, not just the commission.

Does anyone have any thoughts on this or have other suggestions for BitLotto?

Winning payment sent out. Good luck everyone on the next draw!