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

["Glotmorf" <glotmorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/27/02 at 12:09 AM Wonko wrote:

>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.

True.  Well, in that case, I might as well join you...

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At the end of the nweek, all the Chances that have been bought will be put on the Big Wheel and spun!  The one with a Chance at where the wheel stops will be the BIG WINNER of 2/3 of the take!  Minimum prize: 5 POINTS!!!

[[ In other words, the chances you buy give you a range of numbers -- 1 to 5, 6 to 20, what have you.  I then roll a <# of chances>-sided die and award the points. ]]

So come on in for your chance to WIN BIG with GLOTTO 25!

						Glotmorf

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