[X2] The lottery

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kotorone1
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[X2] The lottery

Post by kotorone1 » Wed, 22. Feb 12, 06:50

So...... ive blown 345,000 creds so far on the lottery. how much more is it gonna take before i even have a chacne of winning the jackpot?

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Post by Magnu » Wed, 22. Feb 12, 07:14

Don't hold your breath.
I think there are some (very) old threads on this subject easily found using Google.

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Post by jlehtone » Wed, 22. Feb 12, 18:21

In other words: There is no "win" in the X2 lottery.

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Post by kotorone1 » Wed, 22. Feb 12, 18:49

I wouldnt be so quick to dismiss it. its 1:15,579,278,510,796 odds of winning. I only have to buy 10 tickets per hour, and always have 10x seta on, and 17,784,564 years from now i will have the gaurentee of winning. of course, i will spend 38,948,196,276,990,000 credits, but thats nothing right?

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Post by jlehtone » Wed, 22. Feb 12, 19:16

Sure, but X2 has program code only for selling tickets, not for selecting a winner nor for paying a prize. Therefore, there will be no winner. Ever.


X3R did add the missing lottery code in a patch, but the wins that have been reported by players of that game have been small.

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Post by Prophet1 » Thu, 23. Feb 12, 01:24

I actually did win the lottery once in X3R to the tune of something like 300K credits. I was flying along when I got the message and can't remember what happened, but got killed with no save in between winning and dying. And when I reloaded I didn't win again. :evil: :evil:
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Post by kotorone1 » Thu, 23. Feb 12, 05:33

jlehtone wrote:Sure, but X2 has program code only for selling tickets, not for selecting a winner nor for paying a prize. Therefore, there will be no winner. Ever.


X3R did add the missing lottery code in a patch, but the wins that have been reported by players of that game have been small.
So, its basically a stupidty tax?

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Post by Bajau » Thu, 23. Feb 12, 09:01

kotorone1 wrote:So, its basically a stupidty tax?
Yup... :P :lol:

Congratulations! You qualified! :D

I did too before I found out back in the day... :oops:
Face it...Susie has left the building!!! (I think she was moaning about something regarding a vapourised pet ..... ;) )

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