[spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] PROP: Lottery

[Wonko <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Quoth bd,

> I Propose the following Rule, with Chutzpah 1 and the keyword Points:
> {{
> __The lottery__
> 
> At the beginning of each nweek, the Admin will select five random unique
> numbers from 1 to 20. These are sorted in ascending order and kept secret by
> the Administrator. Collectively they are known as the Winning Numbers.
> 
> There exists a pool of points known as the Lottery Pool.
> 
> A player may Buy a Lottery Ticket by indicating thay they are doing so on a
> public forum. They must have at least 20 points. They must either select 5
> unique numbers from 1 to 20 or indicate that they will be using Quick Pick.
> If they are using quick pick, 5 random unique random numbers between 1 and 20
> are selected for them.  When this happens 20 points are transferred from them
> to the Lottery Pool, and their 5 numbers will be sorted in ascending order.
> The player then gains an attribute named Ticket with their 5 numbers in it. A
> player may have more than one Ticket attribute.
> 
> At the end of each nweek, if only one player has a Ticket attribute, they
> receive all points in the Lottery Pool, and their Ticket Attributes are
> removed.
> 
> At the end of each nweek, if more than one player has a Ticket attribute, then
> each ticket has its numbers compared against the Winning Numbers. The player
> with the ticket sharing the most numbers with the Winning Numbers gains half
> the points in the Lottery Pool. If there is a tie, then half the points in
> the Lottery Pool are divided between them. One quarter of the points in the
> Lottery Pool is then transferred ot the Gremlin Fund, all Ticket attributes
> are removed, and the Admin announces what the Winning Numbers were.
> }}

I believe there's an easier way to do this.

It looks like this:


Hey everyone, enter into the Ex-Wealthy Bastard Lottery! Here's how it
works:

Any player can give me 6 points. I'll keep track of how many points I've
recieved total, plus how many 6-point increments each player's given me. At
the end of next nweek, I'll randomly pick one of the 6-point increments I've
recieved, and give 2/3 of the total profits to the player who gave me those
6 points!

Think about it, folks! For just 6 points, YOU could take a lot of people's
money! For twelve, you're TWICE as likely to do


And to think, I just set up the entire thing on Spoon-Discuss, without any
changes to the ruleset. And the best part is that it doesn't even add to the
Administrative workload - Dave doesn't need to even be aware of this!

-- 
Wonko

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