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Please Note: I will only give away the chest if i get more than 10 entries. If I do not, you will have your credits returned.

What are you using to pick winners?

I think you should use this and screenshot it at the end so everyone knows it was fair and random.

Random.org Instructions wrote:Let us assume you have sold or given out sequentially numbered lottery tickets, e.g., numbered 1-250. Then do the following:

Go to the Sequence Generator.
Type in 1 as your smallest value and the number of tickets sold as your largest, then hit the submit button.
On the resulting list, the first number is the number of the winning ticket. If you have a second prize in your lottery, the second number on the list is the number of the second winning ticket, and so on. Discard any unused numbers.

Laserminer wrote:What are you using to pick winners?

I think you should use this and screenshot it at the end so everyone knows it was fair and random.

Random.org Instructions wrote:Let us assume you have sold or given out sequentially numbered lottery tickets, e.g., numbered 1-250. Then do the following:

Go to the Sequence Generator.
Type in 1 as your smallest value and the number of tickets sold as your largest, then hit the submit button.
On the resulting list, the first number is the number of the winning ticket. If you have a second prize in your lottery, the second number on the list is the number of the second winning ticket, and so on. Discard any unused numbers.

I was going to use a random number generator to select a winner, the first entry will be number 1, the second number 2 etc. ...
And yes, I will screenshot it, and record it if need be.

Coalas has bought 2 tickets. This post is for him because he is a noob and lacks a forum account.

56347andy wrote: the first entry will be number 1, the second number 2 etc. ...

you do mean ticket by entry right, just checking

also wondering why you're posting how many tickets who bought..

Laserminer wrote:

56347andy wrote: the first entry will be number 1, the second number 2 etc. ...

...also wondering why you're posting how many tickets who bought..

Because I want to go here to find out who won as a backup for my spreadsheet.

Huh, it occurred to me that this may turn out more like an auction, if people's ticket purchases are publicly available, also the existing item prize.

Laserminer wrote:Huh, it occurred to me that this may turn out more like an auction, if people's ticket purchases are publicly available, also the existing item prize.

I still comes down to chance though.

56347andy wrote:Lottery! Ends at 3PM PST (UTC -8) 2/30/2012

Erm where did that make believe day come from. I'm going to assume you mean 3/1.

Rokkrwolf312 wrote:

56347andy wrote:Lottery! Ends at 3PM PST (UTC -8) 2/30/2012

Erm where did that make believe day come from. I'm going to assume you mean 3/1.

oops ... Fixed