Problem is I don't know whether I should buy 1 or 1,000 tickets in order to have any chance at all in winning this raffle.
My problem is I don't know whether buying tickets warrants any chance of winning at all no matter how many you buy. Something to show a bit of validity would be nice. 
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Everything is going through Bit-Pay, and once everyone has paid at the end of the timeline, I can request a CSV file obviously, but I can't just "query" the database like that at will -_-;
So how about just importing the updated CSV file once a day into a database then?
How about not completely ruining the otherwise fun event that this was intended to be by making it a nerdy math game?
I'll pass then, thanks -.-
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Everything is going through Bit-Pay, and once everyone has paid at the end of the timeline, I can request a CSV file obviously, but I can't just "query" the database like that at will -_-;
So how about just importing the updated CSV file once a day into a database then?
How about not completely ruining the otherwise fun event that this was intended to be by making it a nerdy math game?
Everything is going through Bit-Pay, and once everyone has paid at the end of the timeline, I can request a CSV file obviously, but I can't just "query" the database like that at will -_-;
So how about just importing the updated CSV file once a day into a database then?
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in offline raffles you can generally watch people buying tickets in person.
True (but I don't know if they announce it, I'm looking into some rulebooks for raffles so I can make sure I don't misunderstand some basic rules here).
Assuming you have all the ticket details stored in a database anyway you could just query that and display stats with a PHP script?
Everything is going through Bit-Pay, and once everyone has paid at the end of the timeline, I can request a CSV file obviously, but I can't just "query" the database like that at will -_-;
Is there a raffel stats page up yet? (Number of tickets purchased, Number of tickets from referrals, Total tickets etc. ?)
This was intended to be an entertaining giveaway and the reason I chose Bit-Pay instead of making a new site for this alone was because I wanted to do the least work possible in giving it away, so no I didn't put a stats page up. Is that normal for raffles? What about when they are offline?
That's fair enough. But it wouldn't be too hard to get a basic stats page up would it? Assuming you have all the ticket details stored in a database anyway you could just query that and display stats with a PHP script? I think it's standard for online raffles, obviously not offline ones, but in offline raffles you can generally watch people buying tickets in person.
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Is there a raffel stats page up yet? (Number of tickets purchased, Number of tickets from referrals, Total tickets etc. ?)
This was intended to be an entertaining giveaway and the reason I chose Bit-Pay instead of making a new site for this alone was because I wanted to do the least work possible in giving it away, so no I didn't put a stats page up. Is that normal for raffles? What about when they are offline?
Is there a raffel stats page up yet? (Number of tickets purchased, Number of tickets from referrals, Total tickets etc. ?)
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Is there a raffel stats page up yet? (Number of tickets purchased, Number of tickets from referrals, Total tickets etc. ?)
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B/c if you use [email protected] he will pay you 1 BTC for each referral you give him if he wins!
The person I used will pay .5 BTC if he wins.
It's a hedge
The person I used will pay .5 BTC if he wins.
It's a hedge
LOL you're hijacking my .50 BTC award! That's cut-throat ...
I gave credit where credit was due! I was on my phone on the bus, but now I've edited it to include your e-mail address.and I explained it's also based on how much you trust the person, b/c if peeps don't know us, then they may not realize how radically awesome and honest we are.
Go Bitcoin go!
Excellent point. Shill away....
This is the second purchase I have ever made with bitcoins. I think I'm mainly into bitcoins for the gadgets.
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B/c if you use [email protected] he will pay you 1 BTC for each referral you give him if he wins!
The person I used will pay .5 BTC if he wins.
It's a hedge
The person I used will pay .5 BTC if he wins.
It's a hedge
LOL you're hijacking my .50 BTC award! That's cut-throat ...
I gave credit where credit was due! I was on my phone on the bus, but now I've edited it to include your e-mail address.and I explained it's also based on how much you trust the person, b/c if peeps don't know us, then they may not realize how radically awesome and honest we are.
Go Bitcoin go!
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B/c if you use [email protected] he will pay you 1 BTC for each referral you give him if he wins!
The person I used will pay .5 BTC if he wins.
It's a hedge
The person I used will pay .5 BTC if he wins.
It's a hedge
LOL you're hijacking my .50 BTC award! That's cut-throat ...
I never win anything, but it is worth a shot.
FYI: I picked the first person to post as email for referral (at least the first I saw).
Referrer's e-mail address: [email protected]
refer me if you like [email protected]
FYI: I picked the first person to post as email for referral (at least the first I saw).
Referrer's e-mail address: [email protected]
refer me if you like [email protected]
So, when you submit say 20 credits for the raffle without referral, you are voting 20 times for yourself (to win).
When you do it with referral, you are voting 21 times for yourself and 5 times for someone else (and reduce your chances to win relative to the other person) .
So why are you doing that?
B/c if you use [email protected] he will pay you 1 BTC for each referral you give him if he wins!
The person I used <[email protected]> will pay .5 BTC if he wins.
It's a hedge based on how honest you think the person is.
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UPDATE: 155 hours left and counting. Three words people: half a bitcoin.
if MNW flakes, we'll get 건달 on him...
I think you mean 무자비. And I can't flake.
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if MNW flakes, we'll get 건달 on him...
I think you mean 무자비. And I can't flake.
I guess I shouldn't point out that doing a mod of the number favours some first % of the shares by getting 1 extra chance at winning
Yep, enter early! It's like a 1-in-58,640,620 advantage for the first entrant vs the last entrant with 10,000 entries! (i.e., not significant; you reduce your odds of winning 10,000 times more than this by simply using someone else's referral when entering this contest; you increase your odds 10,000 times more by waiting, by having more information to determine optimal number of tickets to buy).There is profit potential for either entrants or Matthew, I don't think a profit is guaranteed (unless this is a free evaluation unit that must be given away, etc); most raffles/auctions/lotteries that have been tried around here have few participants. This is one of the more significant; we know the organizer actually has the fabulous prize, the prize is rare, and the organizer has some reputation. It goes down in a week - if MNW flakes, we'll get 건달 on him...
I guess mine should be on the way soon then... Have yet to receive an email about it yet mind you.
Hmm I guess I should also
Would be useful to have a BFL with my 2xIcarus to help resolve any problems with mining all 3 (Icarus + GPU + BFL) in cgminer
Would be useful to have a BFL with my 2xIcarus to help resolve any problems with mining all 3 (Icarus + GPU + BFL) in cgminer
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