The TSR VIP Lottery on Facebook
Many of you play our Facebook VIP lottery every day but I bet you've always wondered how it works...
1. What is the lottery?
The VIP Lottery on Facebook is a showcase for four of our Featured Artist's creations that have been published within the last few days.
2. How do I enter?
Visit our Facebook page ( http://www.facebook.com/TheSimsResource ) and locate the most recent lottery post (It should be pinned to the top of the page). Look through the four images and click 'Like' on the items you love.
3. What's the prize?
Two days of VIP access (Learn more about VIP here - https://www.thesimsresource.com/shop ).
4. What if I am already a VIP?
That's great! The two days will be added to your current VIP balance.
5. How do you pick the winners?
We randomly select two names from a list of people who 'Liked' the post.
To be more precise, we make a list of every name that appears on each image (so if each image has 50 likes, we'll have 200 names). Then, using 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. Finally, we scroll down the list and match that random number to a name.
Since we're picking two winners each day, we do this twice.
6. Can I win more than once?
Yes! It is entirely random.
7. How do I know if I've won?
We announce the winners on Facebook and Twitter in a new post before we start the next day's lottery.
8. Where do you get the screenshots you use to announce the winners?
The screenshots we use are from the Featured Screenshots, in the Community section of the website ( http://www.thesimsresource.com/screenshots/browse/category/user/ ).