Quarter Chance Lottery

[illilli]

Seeing this new Forum category inspired me to come up with a simple little lottery game that I have named the Quarter Chance Lottery. (That's because you have a 25% chance to win). The rules are simple:

1. The game will consist of a fixed number of players in multiples of 4 (4, 8, 12, 16, 20, etc.) This game will have from 12 to 16 players depending on interest.

2. Each player will send in two cigars valued between $4 and $8. I suppose you can exceed $8 if you want to, but that is not required OR rewarded. You may send two of the exact same cigar or two different cigars.

3. Each player sends in $1 to cover shipping costs to the winners.

4. I will not be participating in this lottery because I wouldn't feel right if I won it, even though my lotto facility runs a "clean" game.

5. Once I have received all cigars, we will select the winners. For a 12 person game, there will be 3 winners and 4 winners for a 16 person game. Winners will be selected by using a blind list and draw. I will send a randomly ordered list to a non-participating third party person. Another non-participating third party person will pull the winning numbers from a hat containing all the numbers from 1 to the number of players. The winner drawer will post the the winning numbers and afterwards, the list holder will post the list. I will verify the list is the same order as what I sent and we will all be surprised together as we compare the winning numbers to the names on the list.

6. I will then randomly assign the 2-cigar sets to each Lot until it reaches 8 cigars. If the cigars you sent in come up for your winning Lot, I will re-roll for a different 2-cigar set. The bottom line is that you will not be receiving the cigars you sent in, if you are one of the winners.

7. I will send each winner their 8 Cigar winning lottery package.

8. In the event you sign up, but cannot play for some reason, a replacement will be selected.

9. Once 8 players sign up, I will send my address to all players and subsequent players. We will play with 8 players at a minimum.

Here is the list of players so far:

1. mauied1101
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Arturo Fuente Hemingway Best Seller (5 x 43-55)
Bolivar '05 Toro (6 x 52)

2. Bkcloud114
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Carlos Torano Virtuoso Forte (5.5 x 56)
Arturo Fuente Hemingway Work Of Art (4 7/8 x 56)

3. Newfie
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Onyx Reserve Lonsdale (6.625 x 44)
CAO Cameroon Belicoso (6 x 54)

4. Bassfever
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Rocky Patel Vintage Torpedo - 1990 (6.1 x 52)
Ghurka Legend Aniversario (6 x 60)

5. Cabaiguan Juan
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Cabaiguan Coronas (5.625 x 46)
Cabaiguan Coronas (5.625 x 46)

6. Desert Rat
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Padron 1964 Imperial (6 x 54)
Tatuaje Reserva J21 (5 x 50)

7. drew_goring
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Padron 1964 Pyramid (6.875 x 42/52)
Ghurka Ancient Warrior Robusto (4.5 x 52)

8. Shagaroo
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CAO Italia Ciao (5 x 56)
Padron 3000/5000 Maduro (5.5 x 52/54)

9. slcraiders
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Belmore Torpedo (6 x 52ish)
Diamond Crown Maximus Robusto #5 (5 x 50)

10. Dickson
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5 Vegas Gold Toro (6 x 50)
Don Diego Playboy Robusto (5 x 50)

11. Spocimp
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Romeo y Julieta Anniversario Robusto (5 x 52)
La Flor Dominicana Double Ligero Chiselito (5 x 44)

12. Lopaka
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Romeo y Julieta Anniversario Belicoso (6.125 x 52)
Indian Tabac Petite Belicoso Maduro (5.5 x 53)

13. WOXOF
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Arturo Fuente Hemingway Short Story (4 x 48)
Arturo Fuente Hemingway Signature (6 x 47)

14. heftysmokes
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Padron 1964 Principe Maduro (4.5 x 46)
Ashton Cabinet Selection Belicoso (5.25 x 52)

15. sweet_yamz
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Romeo y Julieta Clemencau en Tubos (6 x 50)
Arturo Fuente Double Chateau Fuente Sungrown (6.7 x 50)

16. Lopaka
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Gran Habano VL Gran Churchill (7 x 50)
Padron 6000 (5.5 x 54)

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