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		itake on Nov 19, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to sell tickets fairly How is that any different from the current system? The current system randomly selects web browsers to add tickets into the cart. The scalpers have more lottery tickets than everyone else (via bots). I guess the main difference is to not allow ticket transfers?

FateOfNations on Nov 20, 2022 [–]

Yes, a lottery system would require non-transferable tickets, but those tickets could be refundable, and returned tickets could be redistributed in a subsequent lottery round.

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