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Re:Recreation.gov by ginko on Monday November 25, 2019 @07:48AM (#21627649)
Stuff like this seems like a clear example where a lottery would make a lot more sense than a FCFS system.
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Re:Recreation.gov by degenerate on Monday November 25, 2019 @07:57AM (#21627702)
What good is a lottery when it's a few hundred people vs. 20,000 bots?

Online camping spot reservations need to ask for your name at the time of reservation, and ensure the name matches your ID when you arrive at the park. This is how many (non-Ticketmaster) concert e-tickets work.

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Re:Recreation.gov by michaelt on Monday November 25, 2019 @08:59AM (#21628139)
Presumably ginko means a lottery between people who've provided IDs
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Re:Recreation.gov by e12e on Monday November 25, 2019 @06:11PM (#21633900)
Yes, it's worked pretty well for eg fusion festival (well, they don't really enforce the I'd thing, but apart from that..): https://www.fusion-festival.de/en/x/start

(ticket raffle not up yet for 2020, though)

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