New BitcoinsUK National Lottery Sweepstake Saturday 3rd November Draw

[keynet10]

http://lottery.bitcoinsuk.co.uk

We are going to trial run a new lottery sweepstake game this Saturday.
Initially this game is going to be exclusively for forum members only.
We aim to make the game totally transparent,
Everyone will know who chose what number,
Everyone will know what the winning number is,
Everyone will know who won the pot.
For the trail run this Saturday the stake is only 0.1BTC.
Anyone can play, anywhere in the world.

THIS WEEK ONLY TO BUILD TRUST AND GET MEMBERS INVOLVED:
IF THE GAMECARD DOES NOT GET FULL BY SATURDAY EVENING
AND THERE IS NO WINNER, EACH STAKE WILL BE REFUNDED IN FULL.
ONLY IF THERE IS NO WINNER!!!

Please look at the webpage above,
read the rules and how to play,
Please provide feedback.
Do you think 1BTC is to high a stake?
Do you envisage any problems?
We aim to make the game fun, easy and totally transparent.
1 in 49 chance of winning the pot.
As well as the website gamecard we will also start a new post,
this post will list the numbers 1 - 49, and which, if any, user has chosen that number.

This weeks game now live here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=121907.0
and on our webpage: http://lottery.bitcoinsuk.co.uk

Rules and How to Play
 
1.Choose an available number.
2.Click the PLAY NOW button.
3.Deposit 1 BTC to our sweepstake wallet.
4.We will allocate and display your name / username alongside your chosen number.
5.Your number will be coloured red to show other users that the number is already allocated.
6.All numbers will be allocated on a 1st come 1st served basis, If a previously allocated number is chosen you will be sent an email asking you to chosse another number.
7.The number that is drawn out 1st on the UK National Lottery Draw is the winning number.
8.The person who had chosen the winning number will receive 90% of the pot taken for each sweepstake gamecard.
9.10% of the pot goes to BitcoinsUK.co.uk for the hosting of the game.
10. EG if all 49 numbers are allocated. The pot will be 49BTC therefore the winning number will receive 44.1BTC and BitcoinsUK.co.uk will receive 4.9BTC.
11.If demand is great, and all 49 numbers are allocated a new sweepstake gamecard will appear with a new set of numbers.
12.If all the numbers are not allocated the rule of 90% / 10% winnings still apply.
13.EG if 20 numbers are allocated the winning number will receive 18BTC and BitcoinsUK.co.uk will receive 2BTC.
14.If the gamecard is not full and the 1st number drawn is not allocated to anyone, we will use the 2nd number drawn, then 3rd and so on. If there is no winner after the 7th number has been drawn. There will be no winner and no refunds.

[Portnoy]

10. EG if all 49 numbers are allocated.

If there is no winner after the 7th number has been drawn.

Umm... what?  LOL

You might want to use proper English to make your rules clearer.

[keynet10]

Apologies,
I am assuming everyone knows all about the UK National Lottery Live Televised Draw.

the UK National Lottery is a lottery were you pick 6 numbers from 1 to 49 on a gamecard,
Every Saturday and Wedneday live on UK TV the draw takes place,
numbered balls are drawn at random. 7 balls are drawn at random.

So in the Bitcoin Sweepstake game:
pick a number from 1 to 49,
click play now on the website or reply on the posts on this forum with your chosen number.

On the game card, your chosen number will be allocated to you, on the game card the number will be coloured red so everyone knows this number is already taken by a member.

If the gamecard is full that means all numbers from 1 to 49 will have been chosen and allocated to members,
Therefore,
When the live televised draw takes place, the first numbered ball that is drawn is the winner,
So if you chose number 12, only you can have that number, the gamecard will be coloured red and no other member can choose that number.
If the numbered ball that is drawn first is 12 then you are the winner, you take the pot.

However if only 20 members have taken part, then only 20 numbers will allocated.
So if the 1st number drawn is 15 and no one has chosen that number - No one wins, so onto the next drawn numbered ball.
If the next numbered ball drawn is 27, if the number has been chosen by a member, they win the pot, if the number has not been chosen by a member, we move onto the 3rd ball drawn and so on until the final ball is drawn.....................ball number 7.

Hope this clears it up,
If not ask more questions,
This really is the easiest, most transparent Bitcoin Lottery available.

[videos4btc]

Seems cool!

[Portnoy]

Apologies,
I am assuming everyone knows all about the UK National Lottery Live Televised Draw.

I was referring to those sentence fragments.

10. EG if all 49 numbers are allocated.

If there is no winner after the 7th number has been drawn.

A proper sentence needs to be able to stand alone. You are leaving people hanging.  Are those "ifs" completing a previous thought or
building up to something after?   

In order to make your rules as clear as possible, to avoid confusion and possible disputes arising from that, you need to use proper grammar.

[keynet10]

My own fault for using numbered bullet lists,
and for utilising the wonderful copy and paste,
copying straight from the website.
It makes sense when you read it through rather than each individual bullet point.
 

[keynet10]

Don`t  seem to be getting much support from my fellow Bitcoin community members.
I would really like to know why.

What is stopping you getting involved?

Please provide some feedback.

[Portnoy]

My own fault for using numbered bullet lists,
and for utilising the wonderful copy and paste,
copying straight from the website.
It makes sense when you read it through rather than each individual bullet point.
 

Ya, if you ignore arbitrarily placed punctuation.  LOL

You are still not getting it. 

E.g. ( or I should be more formal and say "For example" )   

This:
"If there is no winner after the 7th number has been drawn. There will be no winner and no refunds."

Should be this:
"If there is no winner after the 7th number has been drawn there will be no winner and no refunds."
( I'll leave it as an exercise for you to correct the other similar mistakes throughout your copy. )

I don't know if your poor use of punctuation, and similar errors, in your statements is why people aren't getting involved.
( If you are serious about making a go of this it probably wouldn't be a bad idea to hire a proof-reader; preferably one
with a knowledge of contract law. )   

Maybe they don't like the idea of a chance of there being no winners or refunds. It seems like if only a few people play
then there is a good chance it will end up with you keeping all the money instead of rolling it over into the next draw
or giving people their money back.