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Win a (1) USB Block Erupter

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How to enter:
Send your entry fee(s) to: 1EUDDTHgnd6zSyn6WEnqPaCeryB4Rq4ieE
You can enter as many times as you would like.

On Monday Sept 16th 2013 at 9p ET I will draw the winning raffle number.

1 Entry = 0.01 BTC
10 Entries = 0.10 BTC
(sending >.01BTC will have assigned consecutive raffle numbers)

Please reply to this post or message me with your wallet address so I can match it up to your handle.


You can view the data and raffle numbers on the following document:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ak9AjO-WrpJ6dDNxaGtfbkNZbXhOMHFBN2M2NGVONXc&usp=sharing

Good Luck!


---------EDIT


I've also decided to give all of the proceeds to my local children's cancer and blood disorder center.
My wife and I will go shopping for books, games and puzzles for the kids next weekend.
We're buying the first $250 worth and then we'll add whatever this drawing brings in.

Since the difficulty doesn't make USB erupters very valuable anymore, we might as well do some good and not waste this effort.

I'm going to throw another block erupter into the mix.

1st place - USB block erupter
2nd place - USB block erupter


We're at $277 for the kiddos.

Prize pool - There is no upper limit or lower limit of entries.  The prize pool expands with the number of entries.
1 - 25 Entries -   Drawing 1 winner - 1 Block Erupter
26 - 50 Entries - Drawing 2 winners - 1st = Block Erupter, 2nd = Block Erupter
51 - 100 Entries - Drawing 3 winners - 1st = Block Erupter, 2nd = Block Erupter, 3rd = 50% of the 51-100 Entry Fees
Following that pattern indefinitely.

Method of Draw - We use discovered blocks to pick the raffle 4 digit winner.
Starting at 9p EST, the hashes from 6 consecutive discovered blocks are recorded.

Block 1 - 932a804a05ad7c1baa277fa1924d20c1b2c986d6883a3112d6
Block 2 - 7253a927900b56e0c814b80385b5a677178b950d2b6e786fc7
Block 3 - 85fab3f65504107264dec5fb3f5a3447d44e9196a869d1aea9
Block 4 - 7bba4e5649dd6ba1df720ed0acb199702840fac9d4084cd76e

Using only the numerals in those blocks, from left to right.
We will keep moving to the right until a have a wining numeral. (excluding the 14 zeros(for now))
I will let the first block pick the first winning numeral of our raffle number.
The second block pick the second numeral
The third block pick the third winning numeral
the fourth block pick the fourth winning numeral.
The fifth and sixth block will only be used if NO winning numbers appear in any of the block hashes. (unlikely to be needed)

So, our raffle numbers are 4 digits
1001
1002
1003
1004
1005
1006

In this example, the first three digits are all the same in our raffle numbers, so the fourth block will pick our winner.
Block 4 - 7bba4e5649dd6ba1df720ed0acb199702840fac9d4084cd76e
I simply move left to right until the number in the block hash matches a number in our raffle drawing.
1004 Would Win

does this include uk postage ?

Yep.  As long as no wars break out in the UK.

It'll be coming from the US.
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For everyone else:
If you think I will have trouble sending a package via post to your country - please don't play the raffle.
Wars, natural disasters, alien invasions, rapture, solar flare, volcanic eruptions... not my problem. 

Official Drawing  USB Erupter 1
Raffle Numbers 1001 - 1027

Winning Number: 1012
alternate winning draw: 1

Block 1
Block Number: 258396
Hash: 106a5104a43beb13fba725ab3a70dcf4adb7f54d085b5bee6e
Applicable numerals in this selection: 1
Winning Number: 1

Block 2
Block Number: 258397
Hash: 08b0f9a24cc943f38f48af17e7ac2b104434025c2328d87bbd
Applicable numerals in this selection: 0
Winning Number: 0

Block 3
Block Number: 258398
Hash: 1941fc4c3ac55164c33e87b37c3895714fd2de57aa9be49aab
Applicable numerals in this selection: 0, 1 ,2
Winning Number: 1

Block 4
Block Number: 258399
Hash: 210b4a3e384b1920258474d83a36a6bc368c1cf7d64151cad0
Applicable numerals in this selection: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Winning Number: 2

Block 5
Block Number: 258400
Hash: 0f942c5b1c153216adc963202e783fa5f3a4171680ac8505d9
Applicable numerals in this selection:
Winning Number: na
Used as alternate: na

Block 6
Block Number: 258401
Hash: 118a9951dceffeeeab790cab5fb066bbf319117e9382271318
Applicable numerals in this selection:
Winning Number: na
Used as alternate: na

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Official Drawing USB Erupter 2
Raffle Numbers 1001 - 1027

Winning Number: 1015
alternate winning draw:

Block 1
Block Number: 258402
Hash: 0bb25424403e4048ba0931add05c7fb08d7b6ebd0f02ee9e22
Applicable numerals in this selection: 1
Winning Number: 1

Block 2
Block Number: 258403
Hash: 0265503571107fb5c2ec5cb6fe0a5e9c2a1a51366b8b6ee067
Applicable numerals in this selection: 0
Winning Number: 0

Block 3
Block Number: 258404
Hash: 1584e034f380d9ef3c33857acdcebbfaed98e48e64f4db37cd
Applicable numerals in this selection: 0, 1, 2
Winning Number:

Block 4
Block Number: 258405
Hash: 2594dec72f176010a8bc5ddd5134c6124812a4f641e49e5fa7
Applicable numerals in this selection: 0, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Winning Number: 5

Block 5
Block Number: 258406
Hash: 1393cf046a856e95820f4990f12c9bda3848c2012ab4015324
Applicable numerals in this selection:
Winning Number: na
Used as alternate: na

Block 6
Block Number: 258407
Hash: 0e6ae848cb5e544b58cab79543700f49c88b9c541a1cab9fbf
Applicable numerals in this selection:
Winning Number: na
Used as alternate: na

Assigned Raffle Numbers:

1001 - Weppel
1002 - Weppel
1003 - Weppel
1004 - Weppel
1005 - Weppel
1006 - Weppel
1007 - Weppel
1008 - Weppel
1009 - Weppel
1010 - Weppel
1011 - Boelens
1012 - Boelens
1013 - MRKLYE
1014 - bitcoininformation
1015 - bitcoininformation
1016 - bitcoininformation
1017 - bitcoininformation
1018 - bitcoininformation
1019 - i3lome
1020 - MRKLYE
1021 - MRKLYE
1022 - i3lome
1023 - BitCoiner2012
1024 - BitCoiner2012
1025 - BitCoiner2012
1026 - BitCoiner2012
1027 - BitCoiner2012

10 tickets =0.10 BTC?
125 tickets = 1.25 BTC, right? 

So you are making more than quadruple profits?

Play as many tickets as you like:  1EUDDTHgnd6zSyn6WEnqPaCeryB4Rq4ieE

With these currently selling for 0.13 (w/coupon) and 10 tickets sold the expected value on this draw is already not great. :P

It only takes 1 ticket. 

True, seems we have winner, or any takers right before deadline ? :D

Bought two tickets.
2c76ebc49bbd547a6efc3ec1d0e76e41e0617be0bf55d94a77df36ee7fd51b96

Okay guys. Boelens will win, just like last time. He bought a few tickets at the last moment and won. Retreat!

Got it, good luck!

Actually, keenan won the last time (entered 1 minute before the drawing) and Boelens won the one before that (entered 2 hours 30 minutes before the drawing)
Mathematically, it shouldn't matter when you buy - but, late entries seem to work out better.

The drawing is tomorrow at 9pm.

I've also decided to give all of the proceeds to my local children's cancer and blood disorder center.
My wife and I will go shopping for books, games and puzzles for the kids next weekend.
We're buying the first $250 worth and then we'll add whatever this drawing brings in.

Since the difficulty doesn't make USB erupters very valuable anymore, we might as well do some good and not waste this effort.

I'm going to throw another block erupter into the mix.

1st place - USB block erupter
2nd place - USB block erupter

Boelens will win again :P

Is that a prediction?

Ah hell why not.. My one lone block erupter is lonely.

https://blockchain.info/tx/d7940af9cdf55c4a1b573019599e449be00475e4043c17eb9fc3617f11df00de

Cheers sir!

Got it.  Good luck.

Seems I have quite some supporters in this raffle. Haha. I hope I win =P

I detected snarkiness - so, I doubt that is actual support.
But, good luck anyhow.

I bought 5 tickets. ;D

TX: 7c41b408ffcdeb4268e179b84a62943706b2c6907807839eb148ab784b1896b3 (http://blockchain.info/tx/7c41b408ffcdeb4268e179b84a62943706b2c6907807839eb148ab784b1896b3)

I can sign for both addresses if needed.

Got it.

Thanks and good luck.

You should let me win this time Boelens!

Hehe. I already have 2 block erupters, I want every colour for novelty, really.

Just under 14 hours to go.

Can't wait!

They are both red.  The last one you got from the raffle was red too - eh?

Yes. I still enjoy having them for novelty purposes tho =P.

38 Minutes until the drawing.

Very excited!

How many tickets bought so far sir?

62d0231b81206a3de9702df3bbf4da24495db340de02e24b71984a3e2d722e37-000

Did i make it

19.

Yep you made it.
We'll accept tickets until the first drawing block is discovered.

Heck. 1 more ticket!

https://blockchain.info/tx/7db4652c2a5410a8c18c60a283a41a6f1267290c9ab09dd3be2834616e4525f6

Got it.

I am ticket 13 and 20? :D

Yep - 13 and 20.

We are donating this whole thing to Kids cancer center.

You can't go wrong!

One more ticket!

https://blockchain.info/tx/d12ac49d4c886a73bb9b643fc76cbc51d06c05338840f786987deb5d25430a0d

For the kids and for the luck!

3 minutes.

You rock!

Good cause, maybe I can get some stocking stuffers. :)

 fc4301d3a5171f589fb68198009f2823b64d3e40bdf2c4ad1768aa56682b460d

Nah man. You rock! thanks for putting on a raffle like this and donating it to the kids. Huge respect man.

jdany is awesome, ive participated in his raffles before. Good guy that always pays out. Doing it for the kids makes you an even better man. Good luck fella's

So The raffle is drawing now?!

Good luck everyone! (Boelens let me win please. lol)

Blocks have been named:

258396 - 258407 will determine the two winners

did my last ticket get in, in time

Yep - you are 19 & 22

Whoo ::wipes sweat:: cut it close

I'm filling in the winning numbers..  1st page, 5th post down.

This blockchain wait.. -_-

Machine gun blocks incoming!

Those miners need to start figuring out some blocks.

lol, the tension is building. :o

1012

Block Erupter 1

1012... ?! I believe boelens is a wizard and will win.

Man, is he lucky.

1015

Block Erupter 2

1013

USB Erupter #1 Winner: Boelens
USB Erupter #2 Winner: bitcoininformation

Amount raised for the Childrens Cancer center: .27 BTC

Thanks everyone for playing.

Winners, please send me your shipping info

Congratulations fellows.

OH GOD. I WON. REALLY? HOW?
Normally I don't win these kind of things  :-X

I find it hilarious that both winners are Dutch.

EDIT: Send you a pm with my shipment info.

Yep! I hope we don't screw him over too much with shipping costs. And wow, I can't believe I won again! This is awesome!

Please tell us when you send the package ;D

I always ship on Friday after I get done for the day.
I'll send you a message when it's on the way.

Alright thanks!

Just received my block erupter, sadly the value was marked as 50$ and thus I had to pay 22.98 euros of fee's, basically the same amount as the block erupter :p. Maybe I can still change it/get rid of it because they marked it wrongly, they marked it as a coin. But still, I hope I can resolve this.

I had the same problem. It isn't even worth 50 dollar. 20 dollar max. We can freely import something if the value of the piece is beneath 30 euro (40 dollar). If it had been marked as 10 dollar or something like that, we wouldn't had to pay this fee.

:(

Damnit.  That wasn't at all what I put on the paperwork.  I used $10.

Sorry about that.

Send me your wallet addresses.
I'll shoot you guys some change.  This wasn't intentional - and I don't know what happened.
It sucks for everyone.

I have to, sadly, disagree with you. You really wrote down 50, I guess in a hurry:

https://i.imgur.com/fVzo7vA.png

It's nice of you that you will send us some change and mistakes can happen, right?
You can send it to, uhm, my donation address I guess: "1TDJ6DskKUwHbujfEo1CjJXeHd2y14cXj (http://www.blockchain.info/address/1TDJ6DskKUwHbujfEo1CjJXeHd2y14cXj)"

Maybe he put 10$ on some sort of paperwork at the USPS postal office but it got changed to 50 on the acutal package? I'm not sure if they do that themselves there.

I have no idea either. Just wanted to show him the package. I do not blame him for this, because things like this can happen.

Eitherhow, please don't send me anything yet, Jdany, I'd like to first away to see if I can get rid of the costs.

I will agree with this. That would be in the best interest of us all.