It's time to bring back the lottery

[Jssy]

has it been stopped? is there a thread about it? been away for a week sorrry

[Samantha]

The way to essentially get around it (and it's not really getting around it as it should pretty much be allowed) - gambling is banned on Habbo if there are people who don't win from it, if everyone wins from it then it should be fine.

For example - paying to play a game is fine as long as everyone who plays/who paid wins a prize.

Randomized games

* The outcome of the game is random

such as Don't hit the wall, Bingo, Fridge, Nervous. These games are allowed IF:

No bets are placed, which means that people play for free (no entrance fee for example)

OR

* There is an entrance fee, but no winnings/prize distributed. This is fine unless it becomes evident that the game is organised to get around the new rule.

OR

* There is an entrance fee, and everyone wins/receives a prize. This is fine unless it becomes evident that the game is organised to get around the new rule.

[dbgtz]

Just make it a tombola

[Chris]

It's the gambling element that they are against. Nothing we can do is going to get around it unfortunately

[Martin]

looks like we'll have to charge an entrance fee to get into HxHD! That kind of help/advice doesn't come cheap!

Or we could put on special Habbox shows/performances and charge room entry idk

1c to get into the prom pls

[scottish]

2c per lottery ticket, everyone wins 1c and one person with 100.

[FlyingJesus]

Habbox Donations, at the end of the month everyone who donated that month is in a raffle for 50% of the total donations

profit

That's pretty much what it was meant to be anyway rather than done as an actual sale of a service/game

It's the gambling element that they are against. Nothing we can do is going to get around it unfortunately

I understand not wanting to antagonise Sulake if we're trying to stay "official" but did they provide any reasoning for their viewing this as somehow different to forum donator status and stuff like that? Seems very much like they're just picking and choosing when to enforce their rules in order to make things as difficult as possible

[MKR&*42]

2c per lottery ticket, everyone wins 1c and one person with 100.

Tbh this would actually work, they can't disagree with this as if everyone wins a prize it's allowed according to what they say

[Chris]

2c per lottery ticket, everyone wins 1c and one person with 100.

Hmm

That's pretty much what it was meant to be anyway rather than done as an actual sale of a service/game



I understand not wanting to antagonise Sulake if we're trying to stay "official" but did they provide any reasoning for their viewing this as somehow different to forum donator status and stuff like that? Seems very much like they're just picking and choosing when to enforce their rules in order to make things as difficult as possible

Nope they didn't mention that at all. It was pretty much just an email reminding us of the gambling rule and that we would have fansite status revoked unless it was removed immediately.

[FlyingJesus]

Oh rubbish time to change your sig I guess lol