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

[Wonko <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Quoth Glotmorf,

> On 10/26/02 at 10:56 PM Wonko wrote:
> 
>> 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!
> 
> Except it's not binding, so after people give you their points you don't have
> to do a damn thing.  Make it an offer, on the other hand...

I don't have to do a damn thing, but I will follow through with this. If I
don't, then all you people who contribute can propose to take the points
from me. And I'd never be able to do anything like this ever again.

In the long run, I have nothing to gain by cheating everyone; in fact, I'd
end up worse off, because nobody would ever trust anything I did.

-- 
Wonko

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