Jujamcyn Online Lotteries -

Mormon has a twitter lottery, which I guess is technically an online lottery, but it's not the same format as the others.

Won the JB lottery the first night it was offered. Seats were Orchestra Row K, seats 13 & 15.

Edited to add: loser seats were mentioned in the email that was sent out (I won, the other in person in my party did not and received the email with the offer code for non-winners) but the price(s) were not.

Updated On: 9/5/15 at 10:07 PM

I won the Kinky Boots lottery twice, and sat in the left and right boxes. They were actually good seats, although peoples' heads can get in the way of the action that takes place in the downstage corners (for instance the scenes in the club in act 1).

I won the GGLAM online lotto last Wednesday and our seats were orchestra row H, 14 and 16!

Updated On: 9/6/15 at 09:53 AM

There really needs to be a "I don't want these tickets" button in the confirmation that you have won. Often if I am looking for two tickets for myself and someone else, both of us will play the lottery - but obviously we don't need both sets. If we could declare that we don't want them up front, it can go to another person who entered.

I know it says if you don't claim them 1/2 hour before the show, they will be sold... but that's not necessarily good enough. The other people who entered may have selected a different show to see or the price might be higher at the 1/2 hour time.

I would not be surprised if less lottery seats are sold this way...anyway, just my humble opinion.

I believe only GGLAM asks you to confirm the tickets 2 hours before show time. My friend won Kinky Boots yesterday and was not asked to confirm the tickets.

Jersey Boys: I got Front Mezz row E on the right aisle. My friends have gotten side orchestra seats. If you win, you should definitely get to the box office as early as possible.

Something Rotten: Front row....I think I got A 101-102

Kinky Boots: Box seats

Edit: I apologize,,,,it was Jersey Boys who asked to confirm tickets.

Updated On: 9/7/15 at 02:09 PM

I never tried their lotteries, but that is what they claim to do on their website?

Here was my message when I won the Something Rotten lottery..I didn't have to confirm anything.

Your ticket(s) are being held under your name at the St. James Theatre box office, 246 West 44th Street. You must claim and pay for them before 30 minutes prior to curtain time. Any tickets not purchased by then will be forfeited and may be sold to someone else. Please bring your photo ID to claim your tickets.

Someone else I know got the same message at Kinky Boots..also no confirmation.

Its frustrating when someone loses the lottery and then not all the lottery winning seats were actually used. When you had the in person lotteries, you could turn back the tickets you didn't want right away so they could pull more names.

The Fun Home Lottery is run by Today's Tix which forces you to confirm your win - within an hour I believe - or you lose the tickets.

The Jujamcyn lotteries are run separately...and of course, I could invite two other people if I knew two other people who were interested and of course, I could try and email them and hope they see my message. I just think it would be helpful to have a simple check box or button to let them know if you want the tickets or not.

How often does it happen that you win extra tickets? I have no idea.. but it's happened once already for me on line. And I can't tell you how many times I entered a lottery in person to have tickets turned back by someone on the spot when they didn't need them anymore because someone else in their party won already.

I mean it's not a huge deal - it was just a suggestion so more people can win the lottery and the theaters can sell as many tickets as possible.

Updated On: 9/7/15 at 09:04 AM

Agreed. The whole concept of 'if you don't claim these tickets by this time, they may be sold to someone else' means that they won't go to another lottery entry, they will just go back to being available tickets that someone can pay more for. Which stinks. If it was a more immediate rejection, then they could offer the tickets to another lotto entrant within the expected notification period (like, before the entrants find something else to see). Not that they necessarily would offer them but still.

When I won the online lottery to Something Rotten, my seat was in the first row of the front mezz....a little to the side but excellent view.

Sometimes front row of the orchestra is considered partial view depending on the theater...I remember winning the Annie lottery and in the front row, you couldn't really see the dog Sandy or the feet of any of the dancers.

It seems to me if people care enough to schlep all the way down to the theater and line up early in the morning they would deserve front row over people sitting on their duffs clicking a couple computer buttons. But, maybe that's just me. LOL!

Please, it's not about caring more. If they wanted to show how much they care about the show, they'd buy a full price ticket.They decide to "schlep" down there cause they think they'll have a better chance to get one of a handful of heavily subsidized seats than risking the uncertainty of the on-line lottery and that's their decision. If that's not their reasoning then either they just like the social aspect of lining up or they are masochists with a martyr complex. I swear, THE most overused word on this board is "deserved".

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Updated On: 9/7/15 at 10:25 PM