I would like to see instead of a lottery do a 75/25 raffle. In this way, the pot is guaranteed to be distributed every time. My suggestion for the 75/25 is:
Drawing 1
Each ticket costs $1 million.
100 tickets are sold, so the pot is $100 million.
Winner of the raffle receives $75 million. The remaining $25 million is allocated for the next pot.
Drawing 2
Pot starts @ $25 million
Each ticket costs $1 million
100 tickets are sold, so the pot is $125 million.
Winner of the raffle receives $94 million. The remaining $31 million is allocated for the next pot.
Drawing 3
Pot starts @ $31 million
Each ticket costs $1 million
100 tickets are sold, so the pot is $131 million.
Winner of the raffle receives $98 million. The remaining $33 million is allocated for the next pot.
Drawing 4
Pot starts @ $33 million
Each ticket costs $1 million
100 tickets are sold, so the pot is $133 million.
Winner of the raffle receives $100 million. The remaining $33 million is allocated for the next pot.
By using this method, even if we get a low turnout, we'll still have a pot to work with. I would also suggest we make it a weekly thing. So, for example:
Drawing 5
Pot starts @ $33 million
20 tickets are sold, so the pot is $53 million.
Winner of the raffle receives $40 million. The remaining $13 million is allocated for the next pot.
Drawing 6
Pot starts @ $13 million
2 tickets are sold, so the pot is $15 million.
Winner of the raffle receives $10 million. The remaining $5 million is allocated for the next pot.
Drawing 7
Pot starts @ $5 million
300 tickets are sold, so the pot is $305 million.
Winner of the raffle receives $229 million. The remaining $76 million is allocated for the next pot.
Drawing 8
Pot starts @ $76 million
30 tickets are sold, so the pot is $105 million.
Winner of the raffle receives $79 million. The remaining $26 million is allocated for the next pot.
We could also implement a minimum participation, so like, if there are less than 50 tickets then 100% of the pot gets carried over to next week, aka the Pot is the winner.
