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A lottery style gambling site with 99% payout of a monthly jackpot to an almost always sole winner. Because of this, the odds of winning the lottery are approx 1 out of the total jackpot size. | A lottery style gambling site with 99% payout of a monthly jackpot to an almost always sole winner. Because of this, the odds of winning the lottery are approx 1 out of the total jackpot size. | ||
The winning selection of lottery numbers for determining the winner or winners are the results of the Western Canada Lottery Corporation draw. The website mentions that | The winning selection of lottery numbers for determining the winner or winners are the results of the Western Canada Lottery Corporation draw. The website mentions that starting June 1 numbers will be derived from the Bitcoin network. | ||
The Bitcoin transaction hash of the 1 BTC purchase is used as the "pick" and to see who sent it, and therefore know where the winnings should go. The algorithm for converting the winning lotto numbers to the characters in the entrant's Bitcoin transaction hash is documented on BitLotto's site. | The Bitcoin transaction hash of the 1 BTC purchase is used as the "pick" and to see who sent it, and therefore know where the winnings should go. The algorithm for converting the winning lotto numbers to the characters in the entrant's Bitcoin transaction hash is documented on BitLotto's site. | ||
The service was launched on April 6th, 2011<ref>[http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=5458.0 Official launch of *BitLotto* at bitlotto.com]</ref>. | The service was launched on April 6th, 2011<ref>[http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=5458.0 Official launch of *BitLotto* at bitlotto.com]</ref>. | ||
==Criticism== | ==Criticism== | ||
The site does mention that sending | The site does mention that sending Bitcoins from an [[eWallet]] will cause the winnings to go to the wrong person. | ||
When a winner is paid, the funds are sent to the Bitcoin address that bought the winning entry. It will not work if the user buys the ticket using an [[eWallet]] service where the user logs into a Bitcoin account over the internet. The site clearly states many times, that as long as the user buys the ticket using Bitcoin software running on their own computer, they will not run into a problem. | |||
Unlike other [[:Category:Gambling|gambling]] sites, BitLotto requires Bitcoin payments in a specific manner because of how tickets are tracked and winnings payed out. BitLotto has chosen to operate in this way to increase the transparency of the lottery. | |||
==External Sites== | ==External Sites== | ||
Revision as of 23:38, 14 April 2011
A lottery style gambling site with 99% payout of a monthly jackpot to an almost always sole winner. Because of this, the odds of winning the lottery are approx 1 out of the total jackpot size.
The winning selection of lottery numbers for determining the winner or winners are the results of the Western Canada Lottery Corporation draw. The website mentions that starting June 1 numbers will be derived from the Bitcoin network.
The Bitcoin transaction hash of the 1 BTC purchase is used as the "pick" and to see who sent it, and therefore know where the winnings should go. The algorithm for converting the winning lotto numbers to the characters in the entrant's Bitcoin transaction hash is documented on BitLotto's site.
The service was launched on April 6th, 2011[1].
Criticism
The site does mention that sending Bitcoins from an eWallet will cause the winnings to go to the wrong person. When a winner is paid, the funds are sent to the Bitcoin address that bought the winning entry. It will not work if the user buys the ticket using an eWallet service where the user logs into a Bitcoin account over the internet. The site clearly states many times, that as long as the user buys the ticket using Bitcoin software running on their own computer, they will not run into a problem.
Unlike other gambling sites, BitLotto requires Bitcoin payments in a specific manner because of how tickets are tracked and winnings payed out. BitLotto has chosen to operate in this way to increase the transparency of the lottery.