scout
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RE: Lottery
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November 8, 2002
4:39:48 PM
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I was thinking of starting up a VE or Navy lottery and having it work by people sending ic's to my account with a comment about how many "tickets" you would like to buy. You would pick 4 numbers, 1-35, and at the end of each week or so I would post new winning numbers on the commnet and you would have to catch me and tell me that you won. I would check back on my records and send the money(accumulated from the sales from tickets minus about 5% or so) to you. I would need some feedback on this before it really started and it would be yet another way to get IC's w/o having to do much, and the more participation the more I would have to give to the winner.
"If ignorance is bliss, then you must be in heaven."-scout
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RE: Lottery
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November 8, 2002
5:09:40 PM
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What if you steal all our money?
Does the profit go to charity?
What if nobody wins?
What if nobody plays?
Am I a hippopotomous?
Did I spell that right?
Also, how much would tickets cost? Some people think 25k is a lot, whilst others think 3 million is a lot. If you make tickets cost 1000gp each, the rich people won't play. Or they'll just buy thousands of tickets. Which won't work.
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RE: Lottery
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November 8, 2002
8:25:25 PM
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Well . a couple things, first of all the VE used to have a lottery. Secondly in order for this to work you would have to have a third party control the money and also a random number generator program. Unless you can write one, i don't think it's gonna happen.
In addition, i believe the VEHC has plans of re-instating teh lottery idea, they are only waiting on a random number generator. I would bring it up to one of them and let them handle it. Most of them have done that before. -----------------------
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RE: Lottery
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November 9, 2002
1:36:22 PM
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we could make it numbers 1-36 and use the star wars dice roll four times.
also why not limit it to like 5 tickets per person at say 15k -----------------------
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scout
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RE: Lottery
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November 10, 2002
1:52:27 PM
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Well, the random number generator isn't a problem for me. I can get one. My dad is a computer guy with skills I can't quite get for a while. He's good with java, c, c++, perl, Aeta(dunno how it is spelled, but he's usin' it right now), and lots of others I don't know about. He could probably write up a program with four numbers and numbers 1-36. Um... the profits are for, umm... good question. They're for competitions because I have such small amounts of IC's and no one would take all of my account for a prize because it is so little. I really think I can do this without the VEEC's help. I was wondering if they could revive the stock market. There aren't as many things here as I observed a while before I rejoined.(the AWOLed scout from a couple of years ago was me without the computer access I now have). Thanks for the input. I guess I'll limit the amount of buyable tickets and make it 5k. Gp's are for RPG's and not for the VE. Remember.
"If ignorance is bliss, then you must be in heaven."-scout
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scout
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RE: Lottery
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November 10, 2002
2:01:45 PM
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Um... the reason I'm not waiting for the VEEC is I know how very motivated and active they have had a history of being.
"If ignorance is bliss, then you must be in heaven."-scout
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RE: Lottery
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November 10, 2002
6:32:51 PM
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He has a point there . . .
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scout
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RE: Lottery
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November 18, 2002
5:17:04 PM
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Is he really not a hippopotomous? Maybe the profits will go to finding out if he is one or not. Just another stupid idea from the scout.
"If ignorance is bliss, then you must be in heaven."-scout
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RE: Lottery
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November 20, 2002
12:34:45 AM
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RE: Lottery
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November 28, 2002
10:35:14 AM
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Oh yah, just tell me how to get to it if it works out!
Also, I was wondering, is it only the army which has a casino? Cause I like a little gamble. 
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RE: Lottery
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December 3, 2002
8:29:54 AM
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The Army doesn't have a casino..
And its quite simple to "write" a random number generator program.. go to www.google.com and type in "random number java applet". Download. Put on website. Voila 
I might actually be willing to help out with this one, if some more thought goes into it.. I'll have a think.
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RE: Lottery
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December 3, 2002
3:46:35 PM
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And what would scout get out of it? besides alot cash and alot of angry mobs. If people don't win they get angry. |
scout
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RE: Lottery
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December 20, 2002
11:25:52 AM
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Well, thanks Bear. I really needed that random # generator. I hope they wouldn't be that sore. You wouldn't lose too much off of it. In Texas your chances are better in getting killed by a falling Coke machine than winning the lottery, but that's with 50 odd numbers and 7 digits...
"If ignorance is bliss, then you must be in heaven."-scout
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scout
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RE: Lottery
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December 20, 2002
11:27:08 AM
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I meant odd as any 0f 1-50...
"If ignorance is bliss, then you must be in heaven."-scout
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