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legendary
Activity: 1638
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February 22, 2015, 04:47:22 PM
#32
Any takers on your lottery yet marco?
For 0.003 per ticket and top prize of 7btc, it's sounding a lot better.
newbie
Activity: 9
Merit: 0
January 07, 2015, 07:28:23 AM
#31
How we get profit from this??
legendary
Activity: 2072
Merit: 1049
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January 07, 2015, 06:19:17 AM
#30
If few people join and someone wins 3BTC/7BTC I will feel sorry for Marco.

But still possible that many people join and no one gain anything, so not thaaat sorry

It is, afterall, a lottery; anyone could win it big!
legendary
Activity: 1834
Merit: 1009
January 06, 2015, 08:43:41 PM
#29
If few people join and someone wins 3BTC/7BTC I will feel sorry for Marco.

But still possible that many people join and no one gain anything, so not thaaat sorry
legendary
Activity: 840
Merit: 1000
January 06, 2015, 07:54:18 PM
#28
Shouldn't the prizes be a bit bigger as in the real EuroMillions lottery?
The relation of ticket price to the main price is much worse here.

Or OP should decrease the amount of numbers to be chosen. 45 numbers for example will make it impossible to win.

A small suggestion but isn't it nice to do a small giveaway so people can try it out?

Yeah a small giveaway should kick things off pretty well! and the no's should be wrt the traffic.. start off with 10 to 20 diff no's.. n inc if the traffic increases! should work! GL!! Smiley
legendary
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Merit: 6382
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January 06, 2015, 03:35:49 PM
#27
I think that the implementation of this is quite complicated.

Send the coins from your wallet, add encrypted message and, if you are too late may not be accepted.
Extra 10% of the ticket price goes for tx fee - because average Joe will buy only one ticket.

I think that's too complicated and needs either to be made easier, either better explained.

But maybe it's only me....
legendary
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January 05, 2015, 02:17:58 PM
#26
Any interest if I raise prizes to 7BTC for the top tier?
legendary
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January 03, 2015, 06:16:06 AM
#25
Since I am no expert In lottery thing, can you tell me that am I getting it right.

So we have to choose 5numbers from 1-50 and 2 numbers from 1-11?
The more our numbers match the draw, the more we will win? Is it so?

I would like to take part in it. What is the amount that we can win?

Yes and yes!

The prizes that can be won are shown in the starting post.
full member
Activity: 196
Merit: 100
January 03, 2015, 05:30:14 AM
#24
Ticket prizes are still high for me
it s a game and a lot of user want to play
if its cheeper , more play try his/her luck
Will the pot remain the same even if 1-2 people participate in it?

If yes, then till now noone has bought any ticket 🎫 and so I think 0.003btc/ticket is not much.
hero member
Activity: 938
Merit: 1000
January 03, 2015, 05:23:31 AM
#23
Ticket prizes are still high for me
it s a game and a lot of user want to play
if its cheeper , more play try his/her luck
full member
Activity: 196
Merit: 100
January 03, 2015, 05:07:33 AM
#22
Since I am no expert In lottery thing, can you tell me that am I getting it right.

So we have to choose 5numbers from 1-50 and 2 numbers from 1-11?
The more our numbers match the draw, the more we will win? Is it so?

I would like to take part in it. What is the amount that we can win?
legendary
Activity: 2072
Merit: 1049
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January 03, 2015, 05:00:03 AM
#21
Dropped ticket price to only 0.003BTC.
sr. member
Activity: 588
Merit: 354
January 02, 2015, 03:03:26 PM
#20
As RCHumpey said the charitable causes are what make lotteries slightly more ethical and appealing in my opinion. They do a lot of good for the community. The fact is its very unlikely someone's going to win the jackpot as he points out. I Really like the idea of a certain % of tickets going to charity per week.
legendary
Activity: 1834
Merit: 1009
January 02, 2015, 11:27:08 AM
#19
I agree that ticket is too expensive.

Maybe change reward structure so cheaper tickets would still give profit?
legendary
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January 02, 2015, 11:03:05 AM
#18
As I stated in the other thread I don't think this will work unless the profits are used for the Bitcoin community.

How can I ensure a jackpot (currently from my personal funds) if profits aren't used for the lottery?

As per my idea from a few days ago:

Welcome to The BitMillions Lottery!

No Fees | Ever Increasing Massive Jackpots | Effortless Entry



And how do you profit from this?

Using the odds from this website, we can calculate his expected profit per ticket bought

The math works out to .005 - (1/116531800*3 + 1/6473989*.5 + 1/3236995*.4 + 1/517920*.35 + 1/28774*.25 + 1/14487*.2 + 1/11771*.15 + 1/882*.1 + 1/654*.08 + 1/327*.06 + 1/157*.04 + 1/46*.03 + 1/23*.02) = .002776 per ticket profit. Not sure what "no fees" means, I guess you don't have to pay taxes on this like real lotto winnings.


No fees means I don't take a cut of winnings/ticket prices. Some other raffles/lotteries have a draw of say 1btc whenever 1.1 btc worth of tickets are sold. This is not the case here.
hero member
Activity: 908
Merit: 657
January 02, 2015, 05:50:16 AM
#17
Now your ticket price is really high for a lottery; ticket price should be BTC0.001, if want to attract more people. Good luck on your new project @marcotheminer Wink

That will not happen, since he is only expected to make a profit at the moment if he sells tickets for more than .0022 btc.

If he want to make a profit, he can try 'gain from demand' strategy. As I know he is a trustworthy member of this forum, if he set prices to BTC0.001, lots of people like me will join this lottery.

I don't think you seem to understand, given the current payout structure, the expected return from buying 1 ticket is .0022 btc, so he must sell tickets for more than this to make a profit. There is literally no reason to sell tickets for .001, since his most profitable option at that point would be to sell 0 tickets.
sr. member
Activity: 378
Merit: 250
January 02, 2015, 05:46:50 AM
#16
the jackpot is only 600x the price of 1 ticket.  Undecided can you pls lower the ticket amount?
sr. member
Activity: 381
Merit: 250
January 02, 2015, 05:37:21 AM
#15
Now your ticket price is really high for a lottery; ticket price should be BTC0.001, if want to attract more people. Good luck on your new project @marcotheminer Wink

That will not happen, since he is only expected to make a profit at the moment if he sells tickets for more than .0022 btc.

If he want to make a profit, he can try 'gain from demand' strategy. As I know he is a trustworthy member of this forum, if he set prices to BTC0.001, lots of people like me will join this lottery.
hero member
Activity: 908
Merit: 657
January 02, 2015, 05:27:10 AM
#14
Now your ticket price is really high for a lottery; ticket price should be BTC0.001, if want to attract more people. Good luck on your new project @marcotheminer Wink

That will not happen, since he is only expected to make a profit at the moment if he sells tickets for more than .0022 btc.
sr. member
Activity: 381
Merit: 250
January 02, 2015, 05:21:02 AM
#13
Now your ticket price is really high for a lottery; ticket price should be BTC0.001, if want to attract more people. Good luck on your new project @marcotheminer Wink
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