Win the Lottery in City of Heroes/Villains!

[Smurphy]

I'm stealing someone's idea and running a lottery. Here's my ideas so far. I'm still working out some kinks but I'll be selling tickets now.

1,000,000,000++
The pot so far. CLICK for spreadsheet.
There's two version of the spreadsheet. The public one without names (where the link goes) and the private one with all the names and other information.

I'll sell tickets for 10,000 each. You can buy as many as you want. Any server or side works. Each ticket has a number and I will write the number(s) down in my little excel spreadsheet. I'll use Google Documents so everyone can see how much money is in the pot etc. Unless otherwise specified I'll keep names anonymous on the public version of the spreadsheet.

On the day of the event I'll bust out a video recorder program and hit a random # generator site like this one ( http://www.random.org/ ). I'll record myself online in CoH and on that website and generate one to three or maybe more random #s. It will be 1 to however many tickets I sold. I'm leaning towards 3 winners, 40%, 30%, 20% and I take a cut of 10% for doing the work. I might go to one big winner, might change my cut and might make more winners. I think three winners should get three people an outrageous amount of Inf.

The winner just gets the money. Whatever servers and sides it happens to be on. If people want the Inf moved across servers I can do them but 10% will be lost to the market (I take no cut on that). If there's multiple winners I'll work with them to try and minimize how much Inf moves cross servers and give them the Inf where they want it.

Run-down:
1. You give me Inf in amounts of 10,000x on any server/side for a ticket.
2. I tell you your ticket #s. I start at one (so first person buys 5 and get's #s, 1-5, second buys 10 and gets 6-15 etc.).
3. I write down your ticket #s and global name in my fancy spreadsheet. Spreadsheet Link
4. I collect lots of money and wait 2-4 weeks.
5. I run a recorder program and generator a random # or 3.
6. Winners get lots of money.

Right now I'm leaning towards two weeks. Sunday the 27th (**EDIT** longer time, more money in the pot, hopefully more interest) as the first drawing. Date subject to change. Winning %s subject to change. But basic premise is the same.

I'm willing to help coordinate charities, funds, or pools of people who may want to work together or get the money to go somewhere or to someone else. (Like if your Super Group wants to work together etc.)

Contact me at @Smurphy or send me a PM here on the boards to coordinate a buying ticket time. I'll try to recruit a few helpers from /chanjoin "The Market" to assist in the money collect.

[DumpleBerry]

Hahaha, this amuses me. I'm good for some tickets.

[AgentMountaineer]

Jot me down for 75 Mil and thus 7,500 tickets. Suddenly I don't know how small this spreadsheet will be, but I think this sounds like fun!

[Hemtroll]

Will there be any indication as to how many tickets are being sold each round and thus how big the prize is? I would be down for a few thousand tickets if I knew I could actually win money .

[Smurphy]

I'll be posting how much money is in the pot as I actually receive it.

[Stray Kitten]

So, to make sure I have this straight, the money pool comes from the ticket cost in this?

Also, does it matter if we want to pay in influence or infamy?

EDIT: Nevermind that last question, I was skimming the OP while cooking and missed "/side" in the first note some how.

[Sardan]

Originally Posted by Stray Kitten

So, to get this straight, the money pool comes from the ticket cost in this?

Yes, minus whatever cut Smurphy takes and minus a potential 10% server transfer fee that may be incurred.

Also, does it matter if we want to pay in influence or infamy?

Any server or side works.

Oh, and I'll bite for 50M!

[Stray Kitten]

Yeah, after looking over the OP a little closer, I noticed how much of a noob I must've sounded like >.<

I'll throw in for 100M

[Smurphy]

Originally Posted by Stray Kitten

So, to make sure I have this straight, the money pool comes from the ticket cost in this?

Also, does it matter if we want to pay in influence or infamy?

EDIT: Nevermind that last question, I was skimming the OP while cooking and missed "/side" in the first note some how.

All the Inf from the 10,000 Inf (either side) tickets go into the pot. I'll probably take a 10% cut. The rest goes to the winners on whatever servers/sides I happen to have the money on.

Yes, minus whatever cut Smurphy takes and minus a potential 10% server transfer fee that may be incurred.

Yeppers. Key word is "potential". A winner likely will get money on tons of servers/sides. They don't have to move it around if they don't want to. I can move it around if they want to

[Blpup]

what if no one wins and you just happen to keep all the money to yourself

[Snakebit]

Originally Posted by Blpup

what if no one wins and you just happen to keep all the money to yourself

Why would you question his integrity without even knowing him?

[Chaos Creator]

Originally Posted by Blpup

what if no one wins and you just happen to keep all the money to yourself

What if I gave him some money because I didn't need it?

[Smurphy]

Feel free to contact Positron and apply for a bailout. I'm sure Niviene and Moderator 8 would love to be put to the task of organizing an Inf relief fund. I suspect they could watch what I try to flip, wait 'till I buy a lot, then change the drop rates and screw me over. Or maybe they'd remove Fallout and Vengeance from the game. That would be a terrible punishment. Maybe they'd just delete my toons or ban me. I'm not serious about any of these

There are plenty of people who can vouch for my services. Ask around.

Originally Posted by Snakebit

Why would you question his integrity without even knowing him?

I think the answer is in the question itself. He doesn't know me... therefore he asks. Perhaps you were making a joke? I was expecting the "How can I trust you" question to pop up sooner or later so I could respond with "I've got references!"

[Nethergoat]

Originally Posted by Chaos Creator

What if I gave him some money because I didn't need it?

Griefer!!!1

>:f

[ToySoldierZolgar]

*blinks at people "throwing away" more money than he has on any character*

[DSorrow]

I'd join, but knowing my luck I'd just end up losing my money. I prefer stuff that doesn't rely on luck, but rather something else, such as laziness of my fellow players (marketeering ftw!).

Besides, are EU servers even in this thing?

[Sardan]

Originally Posted by Snakebit

Why would you question his integrity without even knowing him?

I'd flip that around. If we did NOT know him, then it'd be entirely appropriate to question his integrity. But Smurphy is a well known player.

[Smurphy]

Originally Posted by DSorrow

I'd join, but knowing my luck I'd just end up losing my money. I prefer stuff that doesn't rely on luck, but rather something else, such as laziness of my fellow players (marketeering ftw!).

Besides, are EU servers even in this thing?

Ah, forgot about that. This isn't open to European servers.

[Stray Kitten]

Originally Posted by Blpup

what if no one wins and you just happen to keep all the money to yourself

While it doesn't make me question anyone's integrity, this statement brings up a decent point. Is there a contingency plan in place should any of the winners not collect within a reasonable amount of time?

[Smurphy]

Nope.