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41  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Round 3: 150%+ Payback Odds Raffle, Rep building thread--Now Provably Fair!! on: June 05, 2013, 11:07:11 PM
I have updated the spreadsheet to include each individual ticket and the provably fair lucky number system I have set up.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmRvfLTge4DMdFFSVXVrR2R1RnNaWEJ4U05sS2FhVlE#gid=0
42  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Round 3: 150%+ Payback Odds Raffle, Rep building thread--Tickets sold:4 on: June 05, 2013, 10:55:57 PM
seriously, if you want to do this right, at least implement tescomatty's idea at your other thread:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?PHPSESSID=2087kekjop1ojdaqg2umui9f93&topic=219632.msg2334161#msg2334161

just simply use the first block after the closing time (you may wish to edit your 1st line in red in your 1st post to reflect this)

just my two cents
I'm sorry, but I really am not understanding all of that the post
What about this (sort of based on that)
Each ticket is given a number, which equals (100/(S+1))*P, where S=Number of tickets sold and P=place which the ticket was sold, so first sold is 1, second is 2...The +1 is in there so the lowest and highest numbers will be evenly spaced from 0 and 100
Then, the winner is the person whose number is closest to the number formed by combining the last two digits of the most recent block's hash. If the number was closer to zero or 100 than the lowest ticket number, the next block will be used (or else first and last tickets would be more likely to win)
In the example you linked to, the numbers would be:
20 nikto
40 boba
60 spork
80 azrael
And the last two digits of the block would be 7 and 2, making the number 72, so azrael would win
This seems like it would be fair to me
43  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Round 3: 150%+ Payback Odds Raffle, Rep building thread--Tickets sold:4 on: June 05, 2013, 09:19:10 PM
Just over 25hrs to go...Is there nobody else who wants to buy a ticket?
44  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Bitcoin Give-A-Way! on: June 04, 2013, 06:17:19 AM
Wow, thanks
124YPLs72BiMgHkBqkL3G3Ag3TCWvWmgss
45  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: 500 post count celbration! free bitcents on: June 04, 2013, 04:50:51 AM
Congrats on 500 posts
If your still giving away bitcents, my address is 124YPLs72BiMgHkBqkL3G3Ag3TCWvWmgss
Thanks
46  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Round 3: 150%+ Payback Odds Raffle, Rep building thread--Tickets sold:4 on: June 04, 2013, 04:36:18 AM
If I only sold one more ticket, the payback odds would be 400%
47  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Round 3: 150%+ Payback Odds Raffle, Rep building thread--Tickets sold:4 on: June 04, 2013, 03:33:18 AM
Well, anyone else want to buy a ticket?
I have a google doc of the entries, it would be great if someone would request access and help me out with the hashing for future raffles to make it provably fair,
Thanks
EDIT: Here is my link to the spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmRvfLTge4DMdFFSVXVrR2R1RnNaWEJ4U05sS2FhVlE#gid=0
48  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Round 3: 150%+ Payback Odds Raffle, Rep building thread--Tickets sold:4 on: June 03, 2013, 07:12:04 AM
I'm sorry to say that I didn't exactly go through all 15 pages of my last thread and didn't see your comment until now. Right now, I have a spreadsheet of all entries, but not the hashes system. What if I just had an unbiased hero member look at my spreadsheet and use a random number generator to choose the winner, then post the name in the thread?
49  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Round 3: 150%+ Payback Odds Raffle, Rep building thread--Tickets sold:2 on: June 03, 2013, 07:00:24 AM
I sent BTC0.01 for 2 tickets also!
13t7yBPPStby4qWbUyG4HimoLE97jNvfcG

Great that brings the total to BTC0.08 with 4 tickets sold Smiley
50  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Round 3: 150%+ Payback Odds Raffle, Rep building thread--Tickets sold:2 on: June 03, 2013, 04:48:34 AM
If there's no legitimate way to find out who's the winner, then there's actually no point in doing it and no one will ever trust you

Do you want to propose a system?
51  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Raffle closed---Congrats to n00ber on: June 03, 2013, 04:47:53 AM
This is the newbie section, what do you expect?
52  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Round 3: 150%+ Payback Odds Raffle, Rep building thread--Tickets sold:0 on: June 03, 2013, 02:28:44 AM
Well...I won personABCD's last raffle so I will start things off
Sent BTC0.01 for 2 tickets
1PgiogbVHBhf9Dz4LYuMBzoXd2SRU8YAAj

Thanks, that brings the total to BTC0.065 with 2 tickets sold
53  Other / Beginners & Help / [CLOSED] 150%+ Payout Raffle, Rep building thread on: June 03, 2013, 02:06:23 AM
If I do not post the winner within 5 minutes of the first BTC block's discovery after 5:00pm PST (12:00 UTC) on Thursday, June 6th, I ask that all entrants leave me negative feedback

Okay, so this will have been the third time that am running this...the first time, I was called a scammer before anyone bet and the second time I was complete idiot and I held the drawing a day late, but that is all sorted now. Maybe this time I can prove that I am able to organize something like this properly.

I would like to gain trust before trading with other users for obvious reasons, so I am holding a Bitcoin raffle where I will pay out 50% more than the total amount from bidders, plus a 0.05 btc starting prize. I simply ask that the winner leave a good review on the trust thing below my username.
For example, if 10 people buy a raffle ticket (0.005 btc), I will send 0.075 to the winner. I am, however, going to limit my contribution to 0.2 btc plus the 0.05 to start. If I sell less than 5 tickets, I will send every entrant twice what they sent.

To enter, send at 0.005 btc to 124YPLs72BiMgHkBqkL3G3Ag3TCWvWmgss (an easywallet for this raffle) and post your address so that I can prove that the winnings went out to an actual person in the thread. If you send more, you will be buying multiple raffle tickets.

EDIT: The winner will be determined using a provably fair method outlined below in the thread

EDIT: You can now view current entries and odds at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmRvfLTge4DMdFFSVXVrR2R1RnNaWEJ4U05sS2FhVlE#gid=0
I will try to update this thread with the current prize amount and the number of tickets sold and to answer any questions.
Thanks

---Ticket price: BTC0.005---Current prize: BTC0.155---Tickets sold: 14---
54  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: I run SatoshiRoulette.com (with the help of my code monkey) Ask Me Anything on: June 03, 2013, 01:59:29 AM
Are you thinking of adding a deposit/withdrawl system, for small bets the transaction fees (especially on LTC)  make itr eally hard to win any money currently
55  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: FTC Lost FOREVER??! HELP! *REWARD* on: June 03, 2013, 01:20:10 AM
Yes, try what gweedo said... open a command line at the folder with your feathercoin-qt.exe in it and launch feathercoind.exe in the command line with "feathercoind -rescan" and wait a while
56  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: 150%+ Payback Odds Raffle (0.005 per ticket) Rep building thread--Tickets sold:8 on: June 03, 2013, 12:16:07 AM
You may have noticed the scam accusations by me inregrads to your raffle.  My question is why were the funds of each entry in the wallet withdrawn before the contest end date instead of being left for the winner?

Also curious how you can hype two threads for a few days and completely forget about them in less then 24 hrs?  Does any of these questions I asking about strike you as odd behavior in any way?

That's all I want to know, I've given this topic to much attention already.  All the best with ur rep.

As for the funds, I don't really remember what I did as far as moving them around, I didn't think I moved them before the end date, but maybe I did and forgot, and you're probably better at reading the blockchain... I used an easywallet address for the raffle entries (I know it isn't the most secure way) except after the end I put them into a regular wallet that I use because I had to send the winner more than is in the easywallet (used just for entries).
I honestly don't know how I forgot about them, and I know this is odd behavior. I completely get your scam accusations, I said the drawing would be at one time and then I didn't hold the drawing.
On a second note, I'm sending a pm to n00ber because he hasn't been online in a while and I want to make sure everything went okay with the transaction and maybe get a rep score.
57  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: FREE to enter 0.2 BTC Raffle on: June 02, 2013, 10:34:25 PM
Once again, enacio, please give me your address for your prize
58  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: personABCD on: June 02, 2013, 10:26:51 PM
I was kind of sad when I thought I'd been scammed. And I'd like to give you the benefit of the doubt. So if you start anything else, I'll enter Smiley

Thanks, and if I have anything like these in the future, I'll make sure to organize them better
59  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: FREE to enter 0.2 BTC Raffle on: June 02, 2013, 09:18:52 PM
Congrats to einacio and thanks to personABCD for making this free raffle.
Can you demostrate to us that it was a "provably fair” game? Thanks
I didn't exactly set up a whole system with hashes and everything, so unfortunately I don't think I will be able to do so, I'm really sorry about that. I just counted the posts and used a random number generator of and made the winner the person whose post was that many posts from the top. I decided beforehand that if the generator gave a post number that wasn't an entry, I'd just try get a new number, but this didn't happen. However, once enacio posts his/her address, I will post the transaction ID
60  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: FREE to enter 0.2 BTC Raffle on: June 02, 2013, 09:07:47 PM
I guess I'll enter if you're still going with this.

Good on you for sharing coins Smiley

12KU4RxjbYsVNfG5rXUYEtpykjHHkhGePF
The drawing is over, please read the post above yours, sorry
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