Free: Contests & Raffles.
Quote from: Pegasus on July 01, 2019, 06:33:32 AMI think once a whale or two has made a major buy of tickets the WDFW slows the reports to avoid discouraging other buyers. Its all about the money.Lots of raffles where no whale is present this year it seems.
I think once a whale or two has made a major buy of tickets the WDFW slows the reports to avoid discouraging other buyers. Its all about the money.
Quote from: jackelope on July 01, 2019, 07:30:50 AMQuote from: Pegasus on July 01, 2019, 06:33:32 AMI think once a whale or two has made a major buy of tickets the WDFW slows the reports to avoid discouraging other buyers. Its all about the money.Lots of raffles where no whale is present this year it seems.North Central Washington had a big jump early on and also had a big buyer last year. Is there a huge record book sheep or two running around in that area?
Quote from: Pegasus on July 01, 2019, 04:04:57 PMQuote from: jackelope on July 01, 2019, 07:30:50 AMQuote from: Pegasus on July 01, 2019, 06:33:32 AMI think once a whale or two has made a major buy of tickets the WDFW slows the reports to avoid discouraging other buyers. Its all about the money.Lots of raffles where no whale is present this year it seems.North Central Washington had a big jump early on and also had a big buyer last year. Is there a huge record book sheep or two running around in that area?Maybe the guy just likes to hunt close to home.
Quote from: Bushcraft on July 01, 2019, 04:30:41 PMQuote from: Pegasus on July 01, 2019, 04:04:57 PMQuote from: jackelope on July 01, 2019, 07:30:50 AMQuote from: Pegasus on July 01, 2019, 06:33:32 AMI think once a whale or two has made a major buy of tickets the WDFW slows the reports to avoid discouraging other buyers. Its all about the money.Lots of raffles where no whale is present this year it seems.North Central Washington had a big jump early on and also had a big buyer last year. Is there a huge record book sheep or two running around in that area?Maybe the guy just likes to hunt close to home. You can hunt sheep in the Butte. You can hunt mule deer in the Chelan units with a rifle in December. You can hunt whitetail during the rut with a rifle.Those are three once in a lifetime things with the current draw system. Most would be happy with one of those. All three in one year would be epic.
Quote from: Pegasus on July 01, 2019, 06:33:32 AMI think once a whale or two has made a major buy of tickets the WDFW slows the reports to avoid discouraging other buyers. Its all about the money.I knew if I posted that that they would finally after two plus weeks update the numbers. See how the system works? If you don't think this site is constantly monitored by WDFW you are as dumb as AOC.
Quote from: Pegasus on July 01, 2019, 06:09:11 PMQuote from: Pegasus on July 01, 2019, 06:33:32 AMI think once a whale or two has made a major buy of tickets the WDFW slows the reports to avoid discouraging other buyers. Its all about the money.I knew if I posted that that they would finally after two plus weeks update the numbers. See how the system works? If you don't think this site is constantly monitored by WDFW you are as dumb as AOC.Oh...they absolutely monitor this forum and others. Oftentimes through second-hand tattletales. But, their ability to update the numbers in a timely manner has nothing to do with them wanting to make more money. It's literally a few key strokes and mouse clicks. Maybe five minutes of work that last time I called in. Remember, the rank and file Olympia-based employees have absolutely nothing to gain (or lose) by the raffle bringing in a few thousand dollars more. It's a rounding error in their operating budget. It's just laziness and/or incompetency born of knowing your government job is safe, regardless of how much you actually work. Then too, and more aggravating, some of them no doubt reek of envy and jealousy and savor sticking it to people who have a higher disposable income than they do.
Quote from: Bushcraft on July 01, 2019, 06:23:50 PMQuote from: Pegasus on July 01, 2019, 06:09:11 PMQuote from: Pegasus on July 01, 2019, 06:33:32 AMI think once a whale or two has made a major buy of tickets the WDFW slows the reports to avoid discouraging other buyers. Its all about the money.I knew if I posted that that they would finally after two plus weeks update the numbers. See how the system works? If you don't think this site is constantly monitored by WDFW you are as dumb as AOC.Oh...they absolutely monitor this forum and others. Oftentimes through second-hand tattletales. But, their ability to update the numbers in a timely manner has nothing to do with them wanting to make more money. It's literally a few key strokes and mouse clicks. Maybe five minutes of work that last time I called in. Remember, the rank and file Olympia-based employees have absolutely nothing to gain (or lose) by the raffle bringing in a few thousand dollars more. It's a rounding error in their operating budget. It's just laziness and/or incompetency born of knowing your government job is safe, regardless of how much you actually work. Then too, and more aggravating, some of them no doubt reek of envy and jealousy and savor sticking it to people who have a higher disposable income than they do. Think about it...do you want to buy a raffle ticket where someone else has purchased 90 percent of the tickets and substantially increased the amount of tickets and lowered your drawing odds tremendously? The almighty dollar always rules and is always behind what you see from government run entities that exist on those dollars. I seriously doubt some clerk "forgot" to update the numbers in a timely manner especially when there are only two weeks to go and when they could update the numbers instantaneously like you say if they wanted. It's just not laziness and/or incompetency, its by design.
If they were smart AND good stewards of the publics resources they would not update the numbers until after the draw is complete...or not at all.