Da Twista
First off, the lottery is a brilliant idea, don't get me wrong.
However, it is my opinion that it has currently lost any value to most players due to the number of entries being bought by the game's millionaires, which in turn just makes them richer still when they win, and the problem goes on exponentially.
What is the point in me wasting $15,000 on a single entry? Sure, I might get very lucky, but my odds are way way higher than somebody willing, and easily able, to throw down $1m in-game money on entries, in the knowledge they've a high chance of securing a high value prize.
An in-game lottery using in-game money, i.e. not REAL money, cannot be considered the same as a real life lottery. Nobody in their right mind would spend $1m on a real life lottery as there would be massively higher odds on a win due to there being a massively higher number of entrants, and not winning would be financially catastrophic for all but the super-rich, whereas in-game, there is no real risk, if they don't win, they've not been disadvantaged really, except for losing a bit of pretend money which they can get back relatively easily.
I do not recall ever seeing a poll on changing the entry restrictions, and would certainly have voted against it. Nor do I recall anyone asking for multiple entries to be allowed.
I would be fine with one entry per player PER GAME WORLD.
And until it returns to the previous rules, I will not be partaking at all, and I'm pretty confident more and more players will stop entering when they realise just how much in-game money they've spent for zero return, and little prospect of their odds improving.
Out of interest, and this may not be something you record, or be willing to share, but I am curious to know how many different players enter the draw under the new rules compared to how many before?
Not how many entries, how many individual players.