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Got an award saying I won lottery then it is gone?

So I noticed a white diamond award on my account that only said lottery and then I left for about 10 minutes or so and came back. once I refreshed the award was gone so what happened and what does this mean? did I win a lotto or something ?
I've had that happen with a Hackuman Egg before and never seen the egg again after it disappeared. Hopefully you get it figured out.
if you didnt win bytes obv not related
Get my signature space for Bytes! PM me.


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(Jun 15, 2020 10:10 PM)rSM- Wrote:  I've had that happen with a Hackuman Egg before and never seen the egg again after it disappeared. Hopefully you get it figured out.

Hackuman eggs disappear overtime if you don't use them. Or at least this is what I've been lead to believe based on what I've read from other people commenting on this matter.
Cool i wonder what the award is!
And like Red Sox said, it is on your profile.
no idea why not on your regular posts though.
Good deeds make a long distance.
Damn that is weird, I remember having the same thing with a green gem a couple years back.
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(Jun 16, 2020 03:32 AM)Red Sox Wrote:  Go to your profile and view your awards there.

The award is there, but doesn't show up on your posts. 😵

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Ah, had the same issue with crew for a while.
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That's strange. I'd be eager as hell to have that up on my profile. Hope staff figures it out.
I'm not seeing it. That's the first that I've heard of this bug. Not sure what would cause it.
So what happened is that Lotteries originally was only for Bytes. Later on Xerotic added lotteries for eggs, which is where he made a small mistake. If a lottery does not have a winner (noone bought tickets to the lottery), the egg will be returned to the creator of the lottery.
The mistake here is that the system tries to return the egg award to the creator when the creator (you) made a lottery for Bytes.

Meaning you made a Bytes lottery and noone entered. After ending the system tried to give you back your egg (there wasn't an egg to begin with) and gave you a nonexistant award (no name) with the first award image from the sprite.
Your lottery: https://hackforums.net/lottery.php?actio...lotid=1008

(Jun 16, 2020 07:17 PM)James! Wrote:  Hello mate, could you please explain the exact process you took? I lowkey want the award as well.

If you want it, make a bytes lottery and make sure noone enters. Also make sure it ends before Xerotic fixes the bug. Good luck :p
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(Jun 17, 2020 01:30 AM)Vitani Wrote:  So what happened is that Lotteries originally was only for Bytes. Later on Xerotic added lotteries for eggs, which is where he made a small mistake. If a lottery does not have a winner (noone bought tickets to the lottery), the egg will be returned to the creator of the lottery.
The mistake here is that the system tries to return the egg award to the creator when the creator (you) made a lottery for Bytes.

Meaning you made a Bytes lottery and noone entered. After ending the system tried to give you back your egg (there wasn't an egg to begin with) and gave you a nonexistant award (no name) with the first award image from the sprite.
Your lottery: https://hackforums.net/lottery.php?actio...lotid=1008


If you want it, make a bytes lottery and make sure noone enters. Also make sure it ends before Xerotic fixes the bug. Good luck :p

Let’s not advise people to try to take advantage of bugs, thanks.
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Okay yeah I menqa if this is from a bug then I would not advise others to take advantage of it. I was just wondering how I got it and then why it is not showing up lol
(Jun 17, 2020 07:54 AM)Xerotic Wrote:  Let’s not advise people to try to take advantage of bugs, thanks.

This was already tested by webdev77 as well, and it turned out to be true. A lottery with no entries will grant you the white Diamond award and give the description "- Lottery".

webdev's Test lottery: https://hackforums.net/lottery.php?actio...lotid=1549

The award still shows up on his profile as well:
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bugga told me I'm a cutie

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would be nice to get to keep it
(Jun 17, 2020 09:09 AM)packofmidgets Wrote:  would be nice to get to keep it

I'll have it fixed and removed later today.
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