How it works
After this market closes, I will ask @FairlyRandom to generate a random number N among 1 to 50 in the comments. The Nth unique trader of this market wins 200 mana from the lottery prize pool, if such a trader exists. Otherwise, the lottery falls through till next time.
For free play, make a trade with 1 mana and sell it. Your trade will be recorded and you will become a unique trader. This market will resolve to 50%.
People are also trading
@JeromeHPowell See my original discussion on one of the older markets.
To summarize my thoughts:
Yes, it is bonus farming - this could be improved
It's also an enjoyable format for people
A restricted amount of these can be fine, as was done when admins granted Traveel special permission to do a daily coinflip
This creator is using the proceeds to fund more markets
They've also given us mods no fuss or trouble and have been very reliable
The market series changes a little bit, but it isn't cynically doing everything it can to be flashier and flashier and make the bonus farming egregious with steadily more ridiculous odds
@Stralor And since this creator was given a bit of a pass first, that meant the TMM was stepping on their toes a bit. I let that series play out for awhile; it was fun and people were enjoying it. But ultimately it was a more limited time affair and @realDonaldTrump had been made aware of that early on.