Calgary Goldhunt

[ercchry]

Did you have to have a ticket to win the prize? Seems like once reddit starts posting all the clue info your revenue would drop off pretty quick

[nzwasp]

yes you cant claim unless you have a map /and or clues

[shakalaka]

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Did you have to have a ticket to win the prize? Seems like once reddit starts posting all the clue info your revenue would drop off pretty quick

Even so my understanding is that all the revenue is generated pre-hunt. As in they don't release any clues until all the maps/tickets have been sold. So sell, sell, sell before the scheduled date when the hunt is supposed to begin. Then they don't care who leaks what information. I am talking for the business' perspective - not the individual 'hunters' of course. Don't care about that shit. lol.

EDIT: Just read that even after the clue announcement they were still selling maps/tickets. So yea theoretically clue leakage would be an issue but you just make it so that whoever is claiming a win has to have the ticket and map in order to get verified. That should take care of that.

[Rarasaurus]

I don't think this idea is finished. Everyone is already saying they hope they or someone else does another one soon. It is gambling and everyone that played the first would play again. I would think the second go around would actually have more momentum. To your point the more clever the idea the more free PR you get.

This is similar to me as the selling a house contest. For 20 dollars to enter a letter on why you should win. It could in theory pay for the house two times over.

[lilmira]

What's to stop an acquaintance of the organizer to find the treasure before any legit player can?

[ercchry]

You wouldn’t need a whole lot of capital to get this off the ground if you’re preselling tickets and offering a “certificate” for the prize, you’d have a large enough redemption window to use the ticket proceeds to payout the $100k... also if sales are not high enough you can also refund tickets and walk away

[shakalaka]

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You wouldn’t need a whole lot of capital to get this off the ground if you’re preselling tickets and offering a “certificate” for the prize, you’d have a large enough redemption window to use the ticket proceeds to payout the $100k... also if sales are not high enough you can also refund tickets and walk away

That's also a great idea.

These guys though actually buried a chest full of Gold and Silver coins worth $300K sounds like from the articles. There's a picture of the Edmonton family that found the chest with it. Fuck the more I think about it, the more I wanna do it. Haha.

[roopi]

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That's also a great idea.

These guys though actually buried a chest full of Gold and Silver coins worth $300K sounds like from the articles. There's a picture of the Edmonton family that found the chest with it. Fuck the more I think about it, the more I wanna do it. Haha.

No they buried a chest with a certificate in it that is used to claim the prize.

[ExtraSlow]

Aglc is for sure going to step in am regulate these things. Just like those "writing contest can win a house" deals. Government won't leave it alone for long.

[D'z Nutz]

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Aglc is for sure going to step in am regulate these things. Just like those "writing contest can win a house" deals. Government won't leave it alone for long.

They stepped in to investigate the house contest but in the end deemed that wasn't anything they needed to be involved in.

[shakalaka]

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No they buried a chest with a certificate in it that is used to claim the prize.

Ah cool. That's even better then like mentioned above. Don't even need the damn cashflow to begin with.

[Rarasaurus]

Apparently AGLC said since it is a competition it is not gambling and they do not need to be involved. Probably similar for house contests. Their FAQ on the site also says they will stop selling tickets when they get to 1% of city population. That's around 13k tickets in Calgary if they could sell out or $5-600g in revenue.


Time for a beyond win a Jeep "competition'.

[shakalaka]

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Aglc is for sure going to step in am regulate these things. Just like those "writing contest can win a house" deals. Government won't leave it alone for long.

Yea I read AGLC said it's nothing they need to be involved in or required to regulate/approve.

[ExtraSlow]

I'm betting they change thier tune. Regulators gotta regulate

[nismodrifter]

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I'm betting they change thier tune. Regulators gotta regulate

lol well done man. So random.

[roopi]

Won by someone who came from Edmonton to look for it:

https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/edmontoni...sure-1.4452984

[Little Dragon]

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I was one of those that hid one of the cards, and it was a TON of work to get it to try and make it work seamless. I don't remember who won the one I hid, but it worked out pretty well in the end. I was busy monitoring my hunts progression that I never found out how the others did theirs.

That was me! Had a blast driving around the city with the gf at the time. Thought everything was clever and well done.

[spikerS]

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That was me! Had a blast driving around the city with the gf at the time. Thought everything was clever and well done.

Oh yeah, it was you, i totally forgot! Thanks for the kudos.

and just like @BerserkerCatSplat said, I, too, would do it again in a heartbeat.

[D'z Nutz]

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Oh yeah, it was you, i totally forgot! Thanks for the kudos.

and just like @BerserkerCatSplat said, I, too, would do it again in a heartbeat.

I was thinking about that the other day too. That was a lot of fun and if I had known BCS was going to do his clues the way he did, I wouldn't have made mine so straight forward haha

https://forums.beyond.ca/threads/353...-Hunt-DOWNTOWN!

[Disoblige]

Link to Scavenger Hunt for reference:
https://forums.beyond.ca/threads/353...nd-my-2nd-gift

Beyond's 20th in 3 years!