Lottery? Does it actually let you win?

Daedalus04 · Post by **Daedalus04** » Mon, 29. Oct 07, 15:16

Hey guys, now and again i've came across the lottery and such...and i was wondering if you can actually win that thing?

HasItNow · Post by **HasItNow** » Mon, 29. Oct 07, 15:39

I think you have about the same chances of winning the real lottery.

MBD · Post by **MBD** » Mon, 29. Oct 07, 16:02

HasItNow wrote:I think you have about the same chances of winning the real lottery.

Yup. I've never won it myself. The following link takes you you to someone who says they have and they have included a screenshot to prove it:

http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php? ... ht=lottery

Later, MBD.

Rilder · Post by **Rilder** » Mon, 29. Oct 07, 16:19

Only 2500Cr a ticket, really no reason not to enter.

fud · Post by **fud** » Mon, 29. Oct 07, 16:22

Indeed. I follow the "why not" line of thinking as well.

Senator Vrax · Post by **Senator Vrax** » Mon, 29. Oct 07, 19:22

Ive won the odd 1 or 2 mill and even a couple of M3's (untuned + unshielded), but i buy every ticket i come across, so i've probably spent as much as ive earned

You have to be in it to win it.

Sipa · Post by **Sipa** » Mon, 29. Oct 07, 19:39

Senator i think you are talking aboute cycrows winnable lottery. Because the vanilla lottery only has credit prices. At least i think so

Senator Vrax · Post by **Senator Vrax** » Mon, 29. Oct 07, 19:43

You might be right there. iirc it is part of the bbs extra's script. But the vanilla lottery still runs alongside it and as the op asked, it is winable.

Post by **Nanook** » Mon, 29. Oct 07, 21:28

I've won a couple of times, in a previous game. Not lately, though. My first win was ~758K cr (5 matching numbers). My second win netted me 2500cr (3 matching numbers). Woohoo!

But yes, it is winnable, and not as 'often' as a real lottery. I think it was a recent patch, maybe 2.0, that made it a bit easier to win.