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Things explained here:
- Mules or accounts entered in lottos/contests.
- Refunding of participants
- Must have [item] to create [item] lotto.
- Present the method of picking the winner
- Wrapped giftboxes
- Highest Donator contests
- Advertising in threads
- Advertising through PMs
- "Send trade titled 'Banana' otherwise I'll accept it as a donation"
- Quiz/Questionaire Threads
- Disrupting a lotto/game
NEW! Entering contests/games/lottos** with mules or own account
This is not permitted. If proven that a creator has entered a contest/game/lotto with a mule account, it is considered a scam. The creator will be banned along with the mule that was used to enter the contest/game/lotto. And obviously, if the creator joins his/her contest/game/lotto, it is also considered as scam.
Note: There are a few games which require participants to play against a "house", usually the thread owner. Because these types of games cannot be played unless the 'house' is allowed they will be allowed under an exception. Please keep in mind that all threads are subject to moderator review and if your thread is found to not be an exception a note will be sent with a request to change.
** All threads of this nature which involve participants and transactions of gold.
Refunding is required if the contest closes
If you decide to close your contest/lotto before the previously set end date you are required to refund the full amount to participants. This does not mean that the creator needs to refund if a contestant decides to quit. It is up to the creator to decide if s/he will refund when a contestant want to quit the contest. But you must state beforehand if you are refunding or not.
Must have [item] in order to create [item] lottery
If you want to start a lottery where the prize is i.e. Fairy Wings, you must have the Fairy Wings. Giving the excuse that you will buy the item when you've enough gold from buying tickets is prohibited because of scam risks.
Note: Prizes paid in gold only are still OK. I.e. you create a lottery with 50,000 gold in 1st prize, but do not have that much, and intend to use the ticket sale to pay the winner is OK.
NEW! Present the method of picking the winner
All lotteries/games/contests/etc which require a 'random' winner must use one of Gaia's two random generator post options to present the winners. The dice roll option or the random number generator are both allowed as long as the highest number and lowest number of entrants are represented.
Example; If you have 500 participants in a lotto, the random number generater would be easiest as you can easily generate a random number between 1 and 500; however, with a dice roll you cannot unless you use a multiple of 5 - 100 sided dice. But if you did that, then participants 1-4 would not be able to win. Please make sure that your choice of random use equally represents all participants.
Note: Because this is a change that requires many users to alter their existing lottos we will allow users a chance to make this change. All new lottos must immediately use this method. Any pre-existing lottos will be given a chance to change their methods. This change is being made due to the large risk of scamming and cheating that is capable when the 'random user' is chosen by methods outside of Gaia. Because of this, failure to alter your methods of choosing a winner may result in the deletion of your thread and/or a warning.
REPORTERS: If you see a thread which is still using a non-gaia Randomizer posting that there has been a rule change is okay. But please do so in a non-threatening or rude way. If a thread owner refuses to make the change, DO NOT CONTINUE POSTING OR ARGUING, simply report the thread and a moderator will talk to the thread owner. Any users found harassing a thread owner about this change will be dealt with so please keep this in mind.
Wrapped giftboxes
You can have your prizes in wrapped giftboxes, but if you have promised that the contents of the wrapped giftbox is a certain item or value, then it must contain that certain item or be of that value. If not, it is considered as scamming which is a bannable offense.
Highest donator contest
Are not permitted. We have had far too many issues with many of these being scams so they have all been dis-allowed. Creating these types of contests will result in a warning and possible banning of your account. Announcement: Read for more information.
Advertising in threads
Advertising or begging is not permitted in any threads in this forum unless the thread owner has explicitily stated users are free to do so in their thread. If you find users advertising or begging in threads that do not say they can do so please use the "report this post" feature to report it to a moderator.
Advertising through PMs
Please do NOT PM users to ask them if they would like to join your lottery/contest. This will be treated as spam since it is advertisement. It's unwanted PMs and if someone report it to a moderator, you will receive a warning/ban for spamming. Advertising for your lotto is only permitted in the Chatterbox and done so anywhere else will be treated/warned for spam.
"Send trade titled 'Banana' otherwise I'll accept it as a donation"
It is fine to request that if a trade is sent with gold for entry that it is somehow labeled so that you know what it is for (in case you are running multiple auctions/charities/lotteries). However, refusing the person entry and instead taking the trade as a donation because it is not labeled a particular way is not allowed, as it is exploiting users to gain gold. If a trade has mistakingly been taken as a donation and the user claims it was for the entry you must enter them or return the gold. There are no exceptions.
If you see any such threads, please use the Report a Thread function to bring the matter to a moderator's attention.
Quiz/Questionaire Threads
Do not belong in this forum. It seems to becoming a trend that these threads find themselves in the lotto/money games forum. While to some a questionaire/quiz can be a game, this is not really in the spirit of the forum. These types of threads should be located in the Chatterbox forum. Please also keep in mind; any of these types of threads that you find that ask you for password, or for the answers of your security questions is NOT permitted and should be reported to a moderator. Thanks.
Disrupting a lotto/game
Do NOT disrupt threads. Purposefully going into a thread to disrupt the thread is not permitted, this is considered trolling. This includes going into a thread and claiming a certain thread/user is a scammer/scam. Any posts of this nature will be removed and you will be warned.
Participants of lotteries/money games:
Remember: The gold you got scammed out of will not be returned by admins or moderators. It is up to everyone to be careful which lotteries/money games they participate in.
Same applies to users who quit Gaia without any notice. Admins and moderators are not responsible for returning gold a user decided to invest in any kind of lottery/money game.
Worthy of re-reading:
"From the Terms of Service" IX. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
You expressly understand and agree that:
The Service is provided "As Is" and GAIA Online makes no warranties - expressed or implied - of any kind. You use the Service at your own risk. Furthermore, it should be noted, that GAIA Online assumes no responsibility for the accidental or circumstantial loss of inventory items, Gold, Avatars, lost communications, missed events or loss of personalization of a User's account for ANY reason.
"From the official Gaia Rules & Guidelines"
Grounds for banning also include: Scamming. We reward our users with Gold and hard to find rares, but we have no tolerance for people who try to take other users' assets with get-rich-quick schemes or promises of rare items. Running any kind of scam - including but not limited to lottery scams or trade scams.
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