The Daily Featured Creations Lottery on Facebook FAQ
Many of you play the lottery every day but I bet you've always wondered how it works...
1. What is the lottery?
The Featured Creations lottery is a showcase for six of our subscriber items that have been published on that particular day. (If we didn't publish six subscriber items on that day, we will use popular items from the past so that we always have six.)
2. How do I enter?
Visit our Facebook page ( http://www.facebook.com/TheSimsResource ) and locate that day's lottery post. Look through the six images and click 'Like' on the items you would want to win.
3. What's the prize?
For non-subscribers, the prize is a free subscriber download of their choice.
4. Is the lottery only for non-subscribers?
No! Subscribers can play too, however, instead of winning the download of their choice, they can pick an item from the EA Store worth 25 Simpoints.
5. How do you pick the winners?
First, we look at how many people 'liked' the lottery post overall and that will determine how many winners we have for that day. (For example, 40 likes is 4 winners, 50 likes is 5 winners, 60 likes is 6 winners...)
Second, we make a list of the names of all the people who entered by copying the names of everyone who 'liked' the six images. (This usually means we have a list of 120 names, on average.)
Third, we use a random number generator from the people at MathGoodies ( http://www.mathgoodies.com/calculators/random_no_custom.html ). We enter 0 and the number of names on the list and get a random number. Then we scroll down the list and match that random number to a name. (If we need to choose five winners, we do it five times.)
6. Can you win more than once?
Yes! It is entirely random.
7. Why aren't there any Sims 2 items in the lottery?
The lottery is for promoting our new subscriber downloads, and none of our Sims 2 downloads are subscriber - they are all free.
8. Where do you get the screenshots you use to announce the winners?
The screenshots we use are from the Featured Screenshots, in the Studio section of the website ( http://www.thesimsresource.com/screenshots/browse/featured/1 ).
Anything else you'd like to know? Feel free to ask in the comments!