The Do's And Dont's
(Well some people can't tell from wrong and right//joking)
smile Do: follow the basics I have listed.
smile Do: try to spell and use grammar as much as you can correctly.
smile Do: (OPTIONAL) make a little profit.
smile Do: be firm with how much each ticket costs. Do not lower the price for ANYONE. Unless its a special deal that you have notified everyone with, such as if you buy 100 tickets you get 5 tickets free. However if someone justs ask for a lower price, say no.
smile Do: try to have fun. If someone starts bumping your thread, talk to them in your thread. Iy'll make it more interesting for the both you and you still get your thread bumped. If the person is bumping for a contest just ask them to post the number after each post or whatever the system is.
sad Don't: report rip of lottos, only report SCAM lottos. There is a difference. See below.
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sad Don't: speak n00b/1337/net chat.
sad Don't: have a profit of more than 50% of the prize. It is AGAINST the rules to have a profit of more than 50%/ Althought you ARE allowed to do 50% maximums, I'd only do that if it was a small slot 50/50 lotto. Otherwise in big million lottos, it'll turn people off if you make half of x million.
sad Don't: change the prize UNLESS you are adding to it. Subtracting = a big nono. People SHOULD have he right to drop out if you lower it!
sad Don't: scam, you will get reported to the mods.
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sad Don't: rip people off
sad Don't: enter yourself in your own lotto. This includes mule or extra accounts of your's too. If caught, lotto will be shut down and you will most likely be banned.
sad Don't: use bright yellow, lime green or neon coloured text. Unless its just for a title or something, don't use it. Even then, I advise mid-tone colours for titles, as they attract attention and don't hurt people's eyes. Examples are: red, royal blue, forest green, etc.
sad Don't: fight with people in your thread. That means if someone rips you off by not paying or something else, handle it through pm. Also if some rude obnoxious person picks a fight in your thread, ignore it or just simply tell him/her to stop. If the person doesn't, report their posts. Fighting can give you a bad reputation and turnoff people.
sad Don't: Forget about your lotto. Big lottos of 50,000 and up, generally take quite A LOT of time to complete. Make sure ahead of time that you have the time to maintain it and not quit it. People will get upset if you just quit, and if you start a new lotto in the future they might remember that you don't stick to your lottos.
exclaim If by chance something comes up real big and you're unable to maintain it, try to at least notify the lotto participants in your first of your lotto.
Also try to refund your ticket buyers, if you cant try to get a friend to do it.
sad Don't: buy the prize with the lotto money. This is considered breaking the official lotto rules and is not allowed. It is fine to use the prize money as the prize though. Just not something such as: you don't have enough to buy the nitemare scarf as the prize but you were intending to use the ticket money to buy it.
However, items as prizes are allowed of course if you already own the item. You should prove you have the item though by wearing it, screen shotting your inventory, of putting the item up for display in the post feature that allows you to display items from your inventory.
Lastly revised: October 14, 2006
