Re: UKNM: Lotteries (was Mailing List Servers located overseas)

[ben]

jasonloquax [dot] com

 wrote ..

>

> Kind of amazed at the "single and double figures" for very big

> prizes - a new car competition added on Loquax can often generate

> over 1000 clickthrus in the first day (and we don't charge, fools that

> we are!)

>

Um, possibly you didn't mention it.


[snip]

> > A lottery is the perfect retention tool, theres a large but unlikely big

> > prize, a small prize you may just about win

>

> I actually disagree - I think it can be a bit of an albatross - people

> are aware they won't win and become suspicious of the mechanics

> of the competition. That is actually detrimental?

>

But its the magician's (our) job to ensure everything is in the open. Given

that we are doing that (large independent professional firm doing the draw),

email confirmations etc I don't think people will see us as fly by nights.

And I don't think the sites and firms would want anything other than a

professional organised approach.


Ben



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