1,070,643,272}? The closest draw was, LOTTERY ROUND 160 - TOTAL TICKETS: 1,050,793,433
The contest also had some indirect influence on the Lottery tickets that are being bought? What do you think?
I haven't been able to ask wetsuit yet but I'd guess the botnets have found another way. That's what caused the spike leading up to round 160. Since we reduced the rewards for low wagering accounts they have given up trying to get to minimum withdrawal and started exploiting the reward points to get lottery tickets. After that round we restricted RP redemptions as well and that seemed to work for a while. Since then it looks like they now wager all the free roll winnings to generate referral income and they'll get free lottery tickets as well with that.