Post by huillaume on Feb 12, 2020 14:55:10 GMT
The Lottery sold 10 numbers last month, so the pot is just 500 for this one.
As new Director, I find those numbers too low for the Lottery to have any sense (or interest). So, effective this same month (January 1631), the Lottery system will change:
I hope those larger prizes will stir the interest on it. Anyone can be lucky…
Baron Huillaume Largarde de Béarne
OOC: the main reason of those changes (approved by our King Louis XIII) is that the old system was broken. Not only the prizes used to be quite low (as few people bought them), but it could be cheated, as someone buying all numbers would spend 2500 L and win a pot of 5000 plus 1250 more per each adjacent number (for a total of 7500 L winning for 2500 L expense).
To avoid the pot to mount too much and allowing this kind of trick, each month there would be a probability equal to (¼ of the unsold numbers)% that an NPC wins it, so restarting the pot. Of course there can be an occasional time when this trick might work, but I hope this will be rare.
As new Director, I find those numbers too low for the Lottery to have any sense (or interest). So, effective this same month (January 1631), the Lottery system will change:
- The price will remain at 25 L per number.
- From now on, the prizes will be fixed to 1000 L the main one and 250 for the adjacent numbers. Additionally, any number whose last digit coincides with the winner one (except the winner one) will have its money back.
- Should there be no winner, 500 L will be added to the main prize and 125 to the secondary ones (adjacent numbers). This will be cumulative.
I hope those larger prizes will stir the interest on it. Anyone can be lucky…
Baron Huillaume Largarde de Béarne
Director of the Lottery.
OOC: the main reason of those changes (approved by our King Louis XIII) is that the old system was broken. Not only the prizes used to be quite low (as few people bought them), but it could be cheated, as someone buying all numbers would spend 2500 L and win a pot of 5000 plus 1250 more per each adjacent number (for a total of 7500 L winning for 2500 L expense).
To avoid the pot to mount too much and allowing this kind of trick, each month there would be a probability equal to (¼ of the unsold numbers)% that an NPC wins it, so restarting the pot. Of course there can be an occasional time when this trick might work, but I hope this will be rare.
