"Winnable" lotteries
"Winnable" lotteries
Cubas2
Swing Joined: 11/19/16
#1"Winnable" lotteries
Posted: 12/27/16 at 2:09am
Hey!
I'll be spending january in NYC and I'd like too see as many Broadway shows as possible, and to do so I'll do rush for almost every show that offers them and enter pretty much all lotteries I can. So, out of curiosity, I was wondering what are the most easily winnable lotteries?
I know Hamilton is the hardest one (I read it somewhere that there are 10k people in it each day or something) but what are some the lotteries that are usually easier to win?
#2Better off with rush
Posted: 12/27/16 at 2:30am
Every lottery/show is different! I don't think there is such thing as a winnable lottery. I've had a lot of luck with Cats (seen it 3 times and won every time... I probably just jinxed myself now but oh well!), Something Rotten (it's closing this week), and Matilda. In my opinion, you're better off with the rush line. As for Hamilton, my college roommate entered once and granted it was her first time doing the lottery and she won... very rare.
Stick to rush or TMD/TKTS!!
10086sunset
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/8/16
#3Better off with rush
Posted: 12/27/16 at 7:59am
On Your Feet was pretty winnable in the late summer/fall...Now sure if that's still the case...
#4Better off with rush
Posted: 12/27/16 at 8:32am
I've heard of people winning the IN TRANSIT lottery multiple days in a row. Just depends if you want to spend your time watching that.
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#5Better off with rush
Posted: 12/27/16 at 9:08am
It closes 1/8/17, but I entered the "Falsettos" lottery for 2 Sat performances and a Sunday performance (all for the same weekend) and won twice. Great front-mezz seats. I wish undo up going twice because I loved it so much!
LxGstv
Broadway Star Joined: 11/22/16
#6Better off with rush
Posted: 12/27/16 at 1:30pm
On Your Feet!, In Transit and Phantom of the Opera are pretty easy I would think... also Wicked in person... tried it one time and I would say 85% of people there got tickets...
Also I think The Humans might be kinda easy but it's closing in January...
#7Better off with rush
Posted: 12/27/16 at 2:50pm
I won the Book of Mormon twitter lotto a couple weeks ago on my first try. They only get a few hundred entires per day and about 10 or so win. Good odds.
@z5
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/30/15
#8Better off with rush
Posted: 12/27/16 at 3:26pm
I have won Aladdin a few times, too.
Also school ool of rock, the humans, phantom of the opera.
SarahNYC2
Featured Actor Joined: 9/18/16
#9Better off with rush
Posted: 12/28/16 at 5:04pm
I just saw The Humans today by winning the lottery. I was psyched since it was a show I was not sure I wanted to pay full price, but figured if I won the lottery I'd see it. 40 dollars-Mezzanine row F center.
GreasedLightning
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/11/14
#10Better off with rush
Posted: 12/28/16 at 9:30pm
...every lottery is as "winnable" as is "losable."
LxGstv
Broadway Star Joined: 11/22/16
#11Better off with rush
Posted: 12/28/16 at 10:11pm
GreasedLightning said: "...every lottery is as "winnable" as is "losable."
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While that is correct, statiscally some are easier than others. The demand for In Transit, On Your Feet and The Encounter isn't nearly as high as for Hamilton, making them much easier to win... which was the original question.
#12Better off with rush
Posted: 12/28/16 at 10:44pm
For those who won the lottery for On Your Feet and Cats, could you tell me where your seats were? I'd love to see both shows. Thanks in advance!
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rangersrule132
Featured Actor Joined: 2/29/16
#13Better off with rush
Posted: 12/28/16 at 11:04pm
mikem said: "For those who won the lottery for On Your Feet and Cats, could you tell me where your seats were? I'd love to see both shows. Thanks in advance!
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IM not sure about on your feet but with cats it can vary. I have sat in the orchestra 3 times with the lottery and twice in the mezz. It strictly depends on availability. My orchestra seats were twice on the extreme house right the last seat on the aisle and once in the center orchestra row R. In the mezz I sat front mezz and last row of the mezz, so it varies.
UncleCharlie
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/26/16
#14Better off with rush
Posted: 12/28/16 at 11:24pm
For On Your Feet when I won in September, I got 4th row, Center Mezz. It was a pretty good seat. Don't know what it has been lately.
LxGstv
Broadway Star Joined: 11/22/16
#15Better off with rush
Posted: 12/29/16 at 12:15am
mikem said: "For those who won the lottery for On Your Feet and Cats, could you tell me where your seats were? I'd love to see both shows. Thanks in advance!
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Won Cats in early November and it was orchestra R 17 and 19, great seats for the price imo...
On Your Feet in late November and it was orchestra L13
akmiller_98
Understudy Joined: 8/1/15
#16Better off with rush
Posted: 12/30/16 at 3:17pm
I just won The Great Comet lottery for tonight--first time trying that one.
I also won On Your Feet the first time I tried.
I won Matilda last year and Fully Committed too (blech).
Haven't won Hamilton, Book of Mormon, or Dear Evan Hansen yet which I try daily, whenever possible.
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