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Help on making an interactive gambling game!
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Loksher PhX
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#1 - 2016-06-28 21:26:09 UTC  |  Edited by: Loksher PhX
Hello everybody!
I had an idea for a quick and fun game, but am still looking for a way to execute it.

The general idea would be that people buy tickets and every third ticket gets double the value of a ticket back.
I was thinking of making the tickets somewhere arround 10-20mil to start out. It seems like a nice middleground, where losers don't lose too much and the winner still gets a nice chunk.
By macking it every third ticket, I am hoping to incentivise sales since people dont't have to wait for ages and if you get lucky, you get double your purchase.

I haven't figured out a way yet to make this work without having to earn peoples trust somehow first, by this i mean making it safe for the customer so they have to focus less on getting scammed and more on buying those (hopefully) third tickets! So I am hoping some people here already have experience with these type of things and could give me some tips!
What would be a good way to start out? Is this even worth trying? Any constructive criticism and advise will be much appreciated!

I thank you all for your time!
Lalika
Tulip Factory
#2 - 2016-06-28 22:21:50 UTC
Publicize all the entrants in real-time so people can see there are real winners, also makes it more fun for them to try to guess which one they will be.

Additionally, offering up your algorithm for peer review will both give you credibility and help protect you vs people who would attempt to game the system.
Loksher PhX
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#3 - 2016-06-28 22:53:41 UTC
Lalika wrote:
Publicize all the entrants in real-time so people can see there are real winners, also makes it more fun for them to try to guess which one they will be.

Additionally, offering up your algorithm for peer review will both give you credibility and help protect you vs people who would attempt to game the system.


I would love to keep it "in client". So I've been brainstorming a bit more and maybe make it more of a game in the sense that you get 3 people in a channel. The one who manages to buy the second ticket wins. They would be allowed to try and decieve the others via chat, though there would also be a timer running.. Let's say 2 minutes!

I apologize this thread is getting a bit clogged with me thinking out loud, but I think that if a discussion gets going, it could turn into simething nice and fun for everybody involved!
Sequester Risalo
German Corps of Engineers 17
Federation of Respect Honor Passion Alliance.
#4 - 2016-06-29 05:13:34 UTC
Having 1/3 chance to double the stake seems like a really lousy option. Why don't you just spam jita local with your idea? There is no need to actually pay out anything. Just spew some random names as winners.
Loksher PhX
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#5 - 2016-06-29 09:14:04 UTC
I'm not interested in scamming, And 1/3 chance to double your money in 2 minutes, while also having the option to interact with the others makes it more than just a random chance, if only ever so slightly.
I guess I'll just go to Jita and see how it goes! Thank you both for the input :)