Lottery

RustiSwordz · Post by **RustiSwordz** » Tue, 10. Feb 04, 02:51

Well anyone win and how long it take?

Gaderath · Post by **Gaderath** » Tue, 10. Feb 04, 03:00

i could point you to the search function... as this has been asked dozens of times, even in the short time i have been here.

no. you cant win. dont bother wasting your cash.

harag9 · Post by **harag9** » Tue, 10. Feb 04, 03:28

i heard you can win... but the chances of winning is A LOT

if the winning prize is say 20 BILLION credits then you've basically got a 20 BILLION to 1 chance of winning.

chance to win is calclated...

8 numbers on ticket
1-99 number range

so if you go 99^8 then thats the chance to win. which is a lot

(^ = to the power of)
(eg 99*99*99*99*99*99*99*99)

HTH

Al.

Redjack · Post by **Redjack** » Tue, 10. Feb 04, 04:18

I'm sure you can't win the lottery, because the prize is a great deal larger than your bank account can hold.

Lutzie · Post by **Lutzie** » Tue, 10. Feb 04, 04:56

Assuming numbers are 1 to 99, and that they can repeat, then your odds of winning the lottery are 9,227,446,944,279,200 to 1.

If X2 sold 100,000 copies and every owner played the lottery once a day it would take 252,806,766 YEARS for ONE person to win ONCE.

I think.

AgentX · Post by **AgentX** » Tue, 10. Feb 04, 05:03

Wouldn't we all have to be playing the same lottery for that to work?

kylereich · Post by **kylereich** » Tue, 10. Feb 04, 05:09

Redjack wrote:I'm sure you can't win the lottery, because the prize is a great deal larger than your bank account can hold.

Since when is there an account cap? I've been reading these forums for several months (early Nov.) and I've never heard anything about this.

Kyle

Redjack · Post by **Redjack** » Tue, 10. Feb 04, 05:20

Yeah, it's capped at just over a billion credits. Way too high to realistically hit.

Another case against the lottery is just how much money ~25,000,000,000cr is. Just count up all the assets that the Argon Federation has and the total value isn't nearly that much. Actually, I don't think the total value of the universe is worth that much...

RadioactiveYeti · Post by **RadioactiveYeti** » Tue, 10. Feb 04, 06:02

Anyone else find it odd that so many people "won" the lottery when the game first came out? There must have been at least 5 or 6

chappy · Post by **chappy** » Tue, 10. Feb 04, 06:15

RadioactiveYeti wrote:Anyone else find it odd that so many people "won" the lottery when the game first came out? There must have been at least 5 or 6

of course!
i won it, didnt you?

ManiacDC · Post by **ManiacDC** » Tue, 10. Feb 04, 08:38

yeah i have noticed that myself; the limit is 999,999,999 credits and the lottery is in the billions... hmm...

actually it is possible to have more credits; but you have to store the money in your factories.

Acidic · Post by **Acidic** » Tue, 10. Feb 04, 08:48

'Lutz' wrote:Assuming numbers are 1 to 99, and that they can repeat, then your odds of winning the lottery are 9,227,446,944,279,200 to 1.

If X2 sold 100,000 copies and every owner played the lottery once a day it would take 252,806,766 YEARS for ONE person to win ONCE.

I think.

Meh, no big deal, I plan on living that long anyway.

I seriously doubt the lottery will ever be won, in fact, I never believe anything the BBS tells me anymore seeing as how its all lies.

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