Re:No, the money you spend on lotteries doesn’t go to the park
by kwhitefoot on Thursday May 04, 2023 @02:01AM
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Just make the ticket personal and non-transferable. No need to disadvantage the poor to make it 'fair'.
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Re:No, the money you spend on lotteries doesn’t go to the park
by throwaway049 on Thursday May 04, 2023 @05:10AM
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Glastonbury Festival does non-transferable by having a long period to register interest and upload a photo of yourself, then if you snag a ticket your photo gets printed on it and checked at the entrance.
Their primary problem was resellers - it's still a scramble when the ticket sale begins.
Re:No, the money you spend on lotteries doesn’t go to the park
by oh_sigh on Thursday May 04, 2023 @03:10PM
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Good to fight against resellers but bad for normal users - some people might get sick, or have something else come up, and not being able to give a ticket to a friend is a bad experience.
Re:No, the money you spend on lotteries doesn’t go to the park
by Thiez on Saturday May 06, 2023 @08:30AM
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OTOH since this scheme eliminates scalpers tickets may be significantly cheaper, which is a good experience. I imagine it is a net positive.
Re:No, the money you spend on lotteries doesn’t go to the park
by throwaway049 on Sunday May 07, 2023 @07:46AM
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True. But the scalper problem was so large before that they didn't have a better option.
Re:No, the money you spend on lotteries doesn’t go to the park
by kwhitefoot on Sunday May 07, 2023 @12:39PM
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Glastonbury will refund the ticket minus an administration fee if you genuinely can't go because of circumstances beyond your control.
https://glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/0...