Hardest Lottery(s) — Page 2

akmiller_98 said: " posted this yesterday and ended up winning Phantom for tonight. What a marvelous show it was!

That's awesome! I hope to go at some point in the next few months. I've lived in NYC for 17 years and have never been!"

It's still my favorite show of all time.

I've won Sweeney Todd once before. My TodayTix app didn't notify me for some reason though, so I didn't get to see it! The hardest for me to win are Hamilton, Dear Even Hansen, and now Anastasia.

I've won a whole bunch of other lotteries however - Kinky Boots 3 times, School of Rock twice, The Price two times, Cirque du Soleil Paramour, and Present Laughter and Groundhog Day a bunch of times.

I'm really, really hoping to win Hamilton sometime and Dear Even Hansen as well but have been really unlucky so far with those shows.

Digital lottery has been awful for the most popular shows. If they still had in-person lottery it would be much easier to win for DEH, Anastasia, and Hamilton. Instead of competing against about a hundred people, you're now competing against thousands. It's horrible.

djoko84 said: "Digital lottery has been awful for the most popular shows. If they still had in-person lottery it would be much easier to win for DEH, Anastasia, and Hamilton. Instead of competing against about a hundred people, you're now competing against thousands. It's horrible."

It's the window period when one can enter that sucks for digital lotteries. At in-person lotteries that I've been to in the past, people only had a 30 minute window to enter the lottery.

For digital ones, it ranges from 2 hours to 6+ hours! That's why there would be thousands of people who enter. If, perhaps, they limit the time window to 30 minutes or even 15 minutes, the likelihood of winning may be better for the show's biggest fans.

Wick3 said: "djoko84 said: "Digital lottery has been awful for the most popular shows. If they still had in-person lottery it would be much easier to win for DEH, Anastasia, and Hamilton. Instead of competing against about a hundred people, you're now competing against thousands. It's horrible."

It's the window period when one can enter that sucks for digital lotteries. At in-person lotteries that I've been to in the past, people only had a 30 minute window to enter the lottery.

For digital ones, it ranges from 2 hours to 6+ hours! That's why there would be thousands of people who enter. If, perhaps, they limit the time window to 30 minutes or even 15 minutes, the likelihood of winning may be better for the show's biggest fans.





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That's a really good idea actually, it should follow the schedule of the in person lottery... opens 2 1/2 hours before the show and closes 2 hours before the show... Although Hamilton closes at 1pm now and it didn't make much of a difference...

But it definitely wouldn't hurt to have a shorter application period and being a little closer to showtime...

djoko84 said: "I would be for anything that lessens the amount of people you have to compete against. However, 2.5 hours before the show is not a good idea. That's not enough time for winners to make into the city. The earlier the better and a 15-30 min window is fine with me.



" The closer to showtime that it closed the less people would be able to enter. It would prevent people outside of the city from entering

I live in Queens, and even for me, 2 hours prior to show time is definitely not enough notice. Depending on what I am doing at the time of notice, I may have to do different things to get ready to head into Manhattan, and NYC transit, especially on weekends, may not be very efficient. I think the 2 hour notice would probably only benefit people who live in Manhattan or very close to a subway station. I find that at least 4 hours of notice is best. Putting down credit card information would be a good idea, but that may be a problem should someone become very lucky on a particular day and win multiple lotteries if they choose to try their luck with different shows. Limiting the time window for entry though, sounds like a good idea.

djoko84 said: "Putting a credit card down would discourage people from entering more than one lottery so I'm for that. I miss the good ole days when you pick a show and go to that lottery and take your chances on that one show."

I agree. From what I recall most if not all the in-person lotteries back then were at the same time as others so you really have to pick the show you really want to see.

If you didn't win, you and your friends then just go to TKTS and see which shows still have tickets.

Is The Price lottery hard?

akmiller_98 said: "Its crazy how things turn out. I posted this yesterday and ended up winning Phantom for tonight. What a marvelous show it was!

That's awesome! I hope to go at some point in the next few months. I've lived in NYC for 17 years and have never been!



"I'll go with you !!!

I'm in the same boat as those who miss the in person lotteries. I started going to the theater only a few years before in person lotteries died, but I still loved the feeling of excitement when your name is called! When I was in NYC in 2014, I was super lucky and won If/Then. Seeing Idina belt her face off from the 2nd row was amazing, and even more amazing that I entered at the last possible second and was seeing it for $35. Again, echoing what others have said, is that you put your faith in the one show you really want to see, and if you lose you have 1.5 - 2 hours to figure something else out. On that same trip my bus was late coming into the city, so I didn't even get to enter the Hedwig lottery. My backup was to check to see if Cinderella had any rush left (it was a slow time of year, and I had heard it was an easy rush). On my way to that show, I walked past Gentleman's Guide and figured I'd see if they had any rush left, and long story short I ended up with the final SRO spot and saw the OBC about a month before they left for $27.

The only online lotto I've tried is Hamilton (once in NYC, three times in Chicago) and I've lost everytime.

I love that some tours still have in person lotteries and/or reliable rush policies. When BOM was in my city, I saw the show 6 times through the lottery simply because people didn't know about it. You just had to show up to win. Wicked's tour (and I'm sure broadway as well) is still kinda tricky. I won theirs on my 3rd in person try.

So yeah, basically bring back in person lotteries! It actually required people to really want to go see the show, and to make the effort to drag themselves into the city to enter. Anyone could countlessly enter online lotteries and not buy the tickets, screwing those who would buy them in a heartbeat if they had the chance.

I just won for "Six Degrees of Separation" on Friday. It took about six tries, but it was worth it and the seat was excellent (Orchestra Left, O-9).

For $32, it was a real treat!

Does anyone who has won the Six Degrees lottery know when the deadline to purchase tickets is if you win? I'm going to have to enter during my layover in Chicago and wont be landing until 12pm. The site says the winners are announced at 9am but it doesn't say when you have to purchase won tickets by.

Updated On: 5/1/17 at 01:17 PM