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Hi recently i put up a raffle that people can participate in to win a rockminer 800-900gh T1 Bitcoin miner! Woot! But because i was holding the entry payments ( .02 per ticket) people thought it was a scam. I need someone to hold the payments and at the end pick a winner off the ticket number i will give the contestants off a random number generator and they will win the miner!!! If you are interested in either holding them or participating, message me! Good luck everyone!

I can hold it if you need it, will i get some provision from it? When do you want to draw?

Choose a respected escrower for that. You can choose one from here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=108716.0

You also need to make the draw fair and verifiable. What's to stop you picking your own 'winning' number?

The 3rd party will draw

stuff like this ask devthedev think hes one of the best and active members on here and his word is law (most of the time)

I can help with a random number generator, with encrypted contestant names paired to ticket numbers.

Perhaps you need a website that can display the total, names of users who entered the contest, odds of winning, etc?

Try hitting up OgNasty / TomatoCage / Escrow.MS / Devthedev / monobux...any of them would be fine imo.

People always get my name wrong :( xD  But I can act as escrow for this, I charge no fees.  We would need to find a way to make sure that the "draw" is legitimate.

im currently using monbux as an escrow for a signature campaign i am running. i would recommend him if my opinion counts. good luck with the raffle

I can escrow this for 2.5% fee.

Make sure you get someone with positive trust and you should be fine but like b!z they may charge a percentage lol :P

devthedev and monbux, I personally used them and they both worked great.

There's a way to do drawings with block hashes, Danny tried to explain it to me once but I never caught on. As long as the block number is given before hand everything should be publicly verifiable.

For the longest time I thought your name was Moonbux just from looking too quickly.


While you can verify by stating "a reputable member on BitcoinTalk.org provided the random draw", it may be more viable to provide physical proof.
Maybe request that the person you get to complete this task use some sort of video technology to complete it.

Whether it be Video and showing all of the ID's in a random number selector before hand, or using the "pull one from the hat" method.

Well that would probably be better option althought i swear i had no evil intentions just wanted to help and make some buck  8)

Ill do it for free so I can earn even more trust.  Split the with two trusted users

You have a bit of negative feedback...probably hurts your chances of being an escrow. I have been asked by quite a few people to handle escrows, but it seems like a hassle to me. Are the tips from being an escrow really worth the effort?

If you want I can provide a service for you , but if you don't want me or you don't trus me  I can suggest to use @devthedev (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=136592)  - His security hardware is AMAZING  !

Thanks everyone for your help i believe i have found someone. Stay tuned for the contest if you would like to participate!