How is running a raffle like this not illegal?
How is it illegal? 
Topic: [CLOSED] Win a Butterfly Labs Bitforce Single - page 7. (Read 22533 times)
How is running a raffle like this not illegal?
Bought 5 tickets 
I might buy one ticket, so then I can put my raspberry pi to use.
Good luck my friend. I'd enter this draw but I don't mine.
Good luck everyone!
Good luck everyone!
How come? Your raffles are doing well!
The raffles are fun but I am getting ready to start a new project that will require most of my free time.
How come? Your raffles are doing well!
The raffles are fun but I am getting ready to start a new project that will require most of my free time.
This is going to be the last raffle for a long while. If you want a BFL bitforce single, now is the time to get your tickets.
How come? Your raffles are doing well! 
is there a live site where we can see how many tickets have been sold?
411 tickets have now been sold. I'll try to update once a day or more if you need.
Congrats, that's good going in 1 day or so, say with an average 10% discount on ticket sales price then that's about 92 BTC or $454 atm pulled in so far & the forum now showing adverts for it too I see, you should cover the Single's plus ad's costs in no time at this rate
is there a live site where we can see how many tickets have been sold?
411 tickets have now been sold. I'll try to update once a day or more if you need.
is there a live site where we can see how many tickets have been sold?
This is going to be the last raffle for a long while. If you want a BFL bitforce single, now is the time to get your tickets.
Count me in! I got a couple.
345 Tickets have been purchased so far. What are you going to do with your new BFL single?
Yes, and some are mine.
What am I going to do with it? Hmm, I guess I'll try to use it for Bitcoin mining
How about: if you want to be completely random, you could say e.g. the 3rd block to have a timestamp on or after the designated 5pm
i.e. look at the timestamp of each block in order and the 3rd one (in block order) that has a timestamp after 5pm (your time)
VERY unlikely for that to happen before 5pm
i.e. look at the timestamp of each block in order and the 3rd one (in block order) that has a timestamp after 5pm (your time)
VERY unlikely for that to happen before 5pm
345 Tickets have been purchased so far. What are you going to do with your new BFL single?
A minor issue - the block found after the raffle ends may have a timestamp before the end and a block found before the raffle ends may have a timestamp after the end ... (both are possible)If it makes you feel better, we can do it this way:
1. Close the raffle buy buttons.
2. Compile the list of purchasers and tickets into hashes.
3. Post the list to pastebin.com
4. Declare the next block to have a time stamp after the pastebin.com post to be the block used to find the winner.
How does this sound?
345 Tickets have been purchased so far. What are you going to do with your new BFL single?
A minor issue - the block found after the raffle ends may have a timestamp before the end and a block found before the raffle ends may have a timestamp after the end ... (both are possible)
345 Tickets have been purchased so far. What are you going to do with your new BFL single?
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