Half the Pot

How it works

A weekly DigiByte 50/50 raffle. Tickets go in all week, one entry is drawn on Friday, and the winner takes half the pot.

A 42-second tour, with no sound. Everything it shows is also written below.

A round, step by step

  1. 1

    Buy tickets

    Any time the round is open

    Sign in with DigiID and send DGB to the address shown for your order. Each ticket becomes a numbered entry.

  2. 2

    Entries lock

    Friday 3:00 PM ET

    Sales close. The full entry list and its fingerprint are published, before the draw block exists.

  3. 3

    The draw

    Friday 4:00 PM ET

    The winner is worked out from that fingerprint and a public DigiByte block, so nobody can pick it.

  4. 4

    The payout

    After the draw

    Half the pot goes to the winner and half to the Treasury, in one public transaction.

  5. 5

    Check it yourself

    Whenever you like

    Your browser can recompute the winner from the published data, and the next round is already open.

Tickets and bonus entries

Each ticket costs $1.00, paid in DGB at a price locked for 15 minutes. Bigger purchases earn free bonus entries, and a bonus entry has the same chance as a paid one.

Entries you get for each number of tickets
TicketsBonusEntriesChart of paid and bonus entries
1—1
5+16
10+313
20+727
50+2070

The bar shows paid tickets in gold and bonus entries in orange. For any other amount, you get the bonus of the highest step you reach. Bonus entries are free and do not add to the pot.

Your chance

Every entry has exactly the same chance. Your chance is your entries divided by all entries: with 10 of 100 entries, shown above, it is 10%.

There is one winner each round, so most entries do not win.

Where the pot goes

  • Winner: 50%
  • Treasury: 50%

A pot of 1,000 DGB pays 500 DGB to the winner and 500 DGB to the Treasury. Network fees are not taken from the pot.

Why nobody can pick the winner

  1. Entry listEvery entry, published at lock.
  2. FingerprintA SHA-256 hash that seals that exact list.
  3. Draw blockFirst DigiByte block with a median time at or after 4:00 PM ET.
  4. WinnerFingerprint + block hash decide the entry. Same data, same winner.

The list is sealed an hour before the block that decides the winner exists, so the list cannot be arranged around it. The app has no way to choose or change a winner.

Check the latest draw

Good to know

How do I sign in?
With DigiID, using a DigiByte wallet that supports it. There are no passwords or emails. Your address is your account, and public pages show it shortened, or an alias if you set one.
When do my entries count?
After 6 network confirmations. Your entry numbers then appear at checkout and in My stats.
What if I send the wrong amount?
Within ±1% counts as exact. If you send less, you get the largest whole bundle it covers and the rest is held for review. Less than one ticket credits nothing, and it is all held for review. If you send more, you get the bundle you ordered and the extra is held for review.
What if my payment is late?
A payment that confirms after sales close goes into the next round. The price is locked for 15 minutes. A payment first seen up to an hour after that is still honored at the locked price, and later than that it is held for review.
How is the winner paid?
To the DigiByte address you signed in with. An operator signs each payout, and the result page shows its status and the transaction link once it is sent.
What if the draw block is slow?
The draw waits for it, and the arena says so. The source of randomness never changes.
What if there are very few entries?
With no entries there is no winner. With a single entry, that entry wins by default.
Who can play?
You must be of legal age, and it must be lawful for you to take part where you live. See the terms of play.
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