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The lowest bid game is equivalent to simply giving it to the last person who bid isn't it?


Actually, no. In those games, its the lowest unique bid. check out http://www.bidster.com/ . This way, if more than one person choose the lowest bid, then those cancel eachother out, and the next lowest, but non-duplicated bid wins. There's a large number of these sites out there actually, but none-the-less a very profitable business. Might be less of a lottery though, because one could claim its a game of skill.


Good point, I forgot to mention that it is a timed silent auction.




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