Lottery System

[rhondairv]

Can you make it so when the lottery is activated admin can ''hide'' the numbers from any non staff?

Then when we need we can show the numbers to the members.

The thing is this could be a fun lottery to play, but as it is right now there is not much to do.
We want members to be able to post their lotto guesses and then at the end of the week or until someone guesses correctly we can then reveal the winning numbers.

Right now we take a snapshot of the numbers then disable the lotto system. When the numbers are guessed we post the pic showing.

It would be much better if we could just ''reveal'' the numbers.

support.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=codedatabase&action=display&n=1&thread=70609

Part 1: Main Header

   Code:
   <script type="text/javascript">
   <!--
   /*
   Lottery System v1 by Cr0w
   Copyright 2006
   Do not repost and keep this header intact
   MAIN HEADER
   */

   xxOn="no"
   xx=""
   xx1=""
   xx2=""
   xx3=""

   if(xxOn=="yes"){
   LotteryNumbers = '<table width="250px" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" align="center" class="bordercolor" id="LottoTable">';
   LotteryNumbers += '<tr>';
   LotteryNumbers += '<td class="titlebg" width="100%" colspan="2" align="center">';
   LotteryNumbers += '<font size=2><b>Winning Lotto Numbers</B></font>';
   LotteryNumbers += '</td>';
   LotteryNumbers += '</tr>';
   LotteryNumbers += '<tr>';
   LotteryNumbers += '<td width="100%" class="windowbg2" vAlign="top" align="center" id="LotteryTable">';
   LotteryNumbers += '</td>';
   LotteryNumbers += '</tr>';
   LotteryNumbers += '</table>';
   }
   else if(xxOn=="no"){
   LotteryNumbers = '<table width="250px" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" align="center" class="bordercolor" id="LottoTable" style="display: none">';
   LotteryNumbers += '<tr>';
   LotteryNumbers += '<td class="titlebg" width="100%" colspan="2" align="center">';
   LotteryNumbers += '<font size=2><b>Winning Lotto Numbers</B></font>';
   LotteryNumbers += '</td>';
   LotteryNumbers += '</tr>';
   LotteryNumbers += '<tr>';
   LotteryNumbers += '<td width="100%" class="windowbg2" vAlign="top" align="center" id="LotteryTable">';
   LotteryNumbers += '</td>';
   LotteryNumbers += '</tr>';
   LotteryNumbers += '</table>';
   }
   document.write(LotteryNumbers);
   //-->
   </script>

Part 2: Main Footer

   Code:
   <script type="text/javascript">
   <!--
   /*
   Lottery System by Cr0w
   Copyright 2006
   Do not repost and keep this header intact
   MAIN FOOTER
   */

   var HighNum="99" //Edit this to the highest number the lottery can go up to

   if(location.href.match(/system=Lottery/)){
   document.title = document.title.replace('Modify Headers and Footers','Lottery Settings');
   Table = document.getElementsByTagName('Table');
   for(t=4;t<Table.length;t++){
   Table.item(t).style.display = 'none'
   }
   var x=Math.round(Math.random()*HighNum)
   var x1=Math.round(Math.random()*HighNum)
   var x2=Math.round(Math.random()*HighNum)
   var x3=Math.round(Math.random()*HighNum)
   LottoBody = '<div style="display: none">';
   LottoBody += '<input type="text" value="'+x+'" id="Lottonum">';
   LottoBody += '<input type="text" value="'+x1+'" id="Lottonum1">';
   LottoBody += '<input type="text" value="'+x2+'" id="Lottonum2">';
   LottoBody += '<input type="text" value="'+x3+'" id="Lottonum3">';
   LottoBody += '</div>';
   LottoBody += '<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" class="bordercolor" width="92%" align="center">';
   LottoBody += '<tr>';
   LottoBody += '<td class="titlebg"><b>Lottery Settings</b></td></tr>';
   LottoBody += '<tr><td class="windowbg">Click the "Activate Lottery" button to enable the lottery system. Once you click the button, the lottery table will be displayed, along with 4 randomly selected numbers. These numbers will remain the same to everyone on your forum.<br /><br /> Once you click the "De-activate Lottery" button, the table will disappear, and will once again be displayed when you click on "Activate Lottery" again.';
   LottoBody += '</td></tr><tr>';
   LottoBody += '<td class="windowbg">';
   LottoBody += '<center><input type="button" value="Activate Lottery" onclick="LottoSave()"> <input type="button" value="De-activate Lottery" onclick="LottoOff()"></center>';
   LottoBody += '</td></tr></table>';
   document.write(LottoBody);
   function LottoSave(){
   var xxxOn= document.getElementById('LottoOn');
   var xxx= document.getElementById('Lottonum');
   var xxx1= document.getElementById('Lottonum1');
   var xxx2= document.getElementById('Lottonum2');
   var xxx3= document.getElementById('Lottonum3');

   header = document.getElementsByName('header').item(0);
   header.value = header.value.replace(new RegExp('xxOn="'+xxOn+'"',"i"),'xxOn="yes"');
   header.value = header.value.replace(new RegExp('xx="'+xx+'"',"i"),'xx="'+xxx.value+'"');
   header.value = header.value.replace(new RegExp('xx1="'+xx1+'"',"i"),'xx1="'+xxx1.value+'"');
   header.value = header.value.replace(new RegExp('xx2="'+xx2+'"',"i"),'xx2="'+xxx2.value+'"');
   header.value = header.value.replace(new RegExp('xx3="'+xx3+'"',"i"),'xx3="'+xxx3.value+'"');
   document.forms.item(0).submit(true);
   }
   function LottoOff(){
   header = document.getElementsByName('header').item(0);
   header.value = header.value.replace(new RegExp('xxOn="'+xxOn+'"',"i"),'xxOn="no"');
   document.forms.item(0).submit(true);
   }
   }
   document.getElementById("LotteryTable").innerHTML = +xx+', '+xx1+', '+xx2+', '+xx3;

   var div = document.getElementsByTagName('div');
   for(q=0;q<div.length;q++){
   if(div[q].innerHTML.match(/Headers\sand\sFooters/i)){
   div[q].innerHTML+='<br /><a href="index.cgi?action=headersfooters2&id=-&system=Lottery">Lottery System</a>';
   }}
   //-->
   </script>

[Wormopolis]

I will need to install this in order to understand how it works.

stay tuned.

[Wormopolis]

so my experimenting led me to this:

until you "activate" the lottery, the table stays hidden anyway. once activated, it THEN picks the 4 numbers and shows the table.

so.. by current operaton of the code.. its already doing what you want. Just have the members pick their guesses, then at the end of the week, "activate" the lottery. it will then pick the 4 numbers and they will stay those same numbers until you deactivate it again.

or are you looking to keep the previous lottery displays and start a new lottery each week?

[rhondairv]

The person running it lets people guess through out the week. They could win before the week is out.

If they guess their numbers get edited out of post so others can continue guessing.

So we need to know the winning numbers before they start to pick them.

No, we don't need the previous winning numbers stay up.

[Wormopolis]

a normal lottery doesnt pick the winning numbers first though. That is what I am getting at. at the end of the week, you activate the system, IT picks the winning numbers. then you go back into the thread looking to see if anyone picked those numbers.

that way no one can give out what their guesses were because they knew they had won based on the fact you removed their post. all guesses would be in order of posting as well. so if you had 2 winners, and you needed a way to show that person A actually won because they picked the winning numbers first, you had an intact thread display. by NOT picking winning numbers first, people can guess all they want because NO ONE knows what the winning numbers are yet.

see what Im getting at?

[rhondairv]

Yeah i see, we're just not normal lmao

[Wormopolis]

The other issue with just hiding the table, is if you pick the numbers first, then just have it hide the table, anyone can just go into your source to see what numbers were picked and then post their "guess".

[Wormopolis]

Im really starting to think its the "facebook like/dislike" code that keeps slowing the loading time for the forum... I might just disable it this weekend and see if everything improves.

[rhondairv]

If it is let me know. I am using it also and mine is running slow.I have been wondering what it is.


ok, then lets scrap this project. We can do it the way we are and it's safer as far as anyone finding out what the numbers are.

[rhondairv]

I have Q about this... anyway to make it so i can have more than 4 numbers showing (7 tops) and rename the title?

[Bones]

Here is a rewrite of the code that allowed draw time choosing of how many numbers was to be drawn.

[rhondairv]

thank you ;D

[Bones]