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Larry D.

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ANNOUNCEMENT - INEPTT Raffle/Tombola #3
« on: June 04, 2011, 12:01:28 AM »

- On Behalf of the INEPTT Committee I am pleased to announce -

The third INEPTT Raffle/Tombola is Now Officially OPEN!

More Prizes!!!!!  5!, Count them! Five!, Cinco!, Cinque!, Cinq! Fem! Tops will be won!

This Raffle will be for a spectacular creation donated by our own "Mr. Ambassador", the one, the only Chris Neff!

For this third raffle there will five (5) prizes and only 100 tickets from 00 to 99 at $10 each!

Tickets will be available for purchase starting NOW, June 4th, until the drawing date (two weeks).

Because of reasons out of our control we will need to change the way of receiving payments. Those in the US will need to send a check to Larry D. 
Because of the postal delay the numbers will be assigned on an honor system: once you have mailed your check (but please, not before),
post on this thread how many tickets you are purchasing and we will assign you your numbers.
Send personal message to Larry D.  or ta0, or email ta0: top(att)ta0(dott)com for the postal address.
If you are outside the US, send a pm or email for instructions for electronic payment to ta0.

The ticket numbers will be distributed in chronological order. For example, a payment of $20 will be assigned two consecutive numbers.
You will be notified of your ticket number(s) as soon as possible and the list of tickets sold will be periodically posted on this thread.
Please, indicate your name and your board username, if any, on the payment.

The winning ticket of the Grand Prize (Neff's large top) will be determined as before, based on the Texas Pick-3 game from the Texas Lottery, to be held on June 18th at 12:27 PM CDT.
The FIRST TWO numbers of the drawing will form the digits of the winning number. For example, if the drawing is 3-3-8 the winning ticket would be 33, if it is 0-9-2 the winner is 09,
if it is 7-5-5 the winner is 75. If not all tickets are sold and there is no winner, the following Pick-3 game will be used (that same night) and so forth if necessary (Pick-3 drawings are two times per day).

The rest of the prizes will be determined using two consecutive Daily 4 games from the Texas Lottery, starting with the one drawn on June 18th and 12:27 PM CDT.
The four numbers will be divided in two groups and the first two numbers drawn will determine the 2nd prize and the second two numbers the 3rd prize.
The next Daily 4 will determine the 4th and 5th prizes.

For example if the drawings are:
June 18th drawing: Pick 3 (day) _ 4-5-1, Daily 4 (day) _ 8-8-2-1, Daily 4 (night) - 7-9-9-2
then the winners would be:
1st _ 45
2nd_ 88
3rd _ 21
4th _ 79
5th _ 92

The official website for the games is: www.txlottery.org/export/sites/default/Games.
You can see a live broadcast here: www.txlottery.org/export/sites/default/Games/Web_Cast.html

THE PRIZE LINEUP:
1st Prize - Chris Neff  B  I  G  Top!
2nd Prize - Eric Wolf Lighting Acrylic 8 ball Top!
3rd Prize - Jim's Homemade Wood Top!
4th Prize - Larry's Donated Cuper 360 Top!
5th Prize - poptop's (Brian's) Donated Mexican 1st Gen. Turbo Top!

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Larry D.

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Re: ANNOUNCEMENT - INEPTT Raffle/Tombola #3
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2011, 12:02:25 AM »

1st Prize -  Specifications of Chris's Top:
It is a stunning 7" diameter, 9" tall top, made of…compete specifications are at the end of this video:

http://vimeo.com/24597374


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rmmp9kfZjI0



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Larry D.

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Re: ANNOUNCEMENT - INEPTT Raffle/Tombola #3
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2011, 12:04:21 AM »

2nd Prize - Specifications of Eric's Top:
It’s an 8-Ball top with an acrylic tip and top section. It is shaped like a small STB 2.0, with Maurizio’s tip, and has a “NiteCap” LED light acrylic plug. As Eric says "It plays amazingly smooth; you almost can’t tell it’s spinning when it is on your hand".





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Larry D.

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Re: ANNOUNCEMENT - INEPTT Raffle/Tombola #3
« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2011, 12:06:36 AM »

3rd Prize - Specifications of Jim's Top:
This handmade top is made of Fig tree wood; grooved; has a matching handmade button; it is 3 3/8" / 8.5852cm High; 1 7/8" / 4.5212cm diameter; Weighs 2.580 oz / 73.2 grams, and has a rather unique steel tip…As Jim says…"it comes from a Goth shop".  The tip is highly polished Steel (Silver), it appears to look more like brass in the photos because the tip is picking up the reflection of my wall paint in that room.






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Larry D.

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Re: ANNOUNCEMENT - INEPTT Raffle/Tombola #3
« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2011, 12:07:48 AM »

4th Prize - Specifications of Cuper 360 Top:
A fantastic fixed tip top, excellent for regenerations.  Silver finish, and new.


« Last Edit: June 04, 2011, 01:20:47 AM by ta0 »
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Re: ANNOUNCEMENT - INEPTT Raffle/Tombola #3
« Reply #5 on: June 04, 2011, 12:09:45 AM »

5th Prize - Specifictions of poptop's (Brian's) Donated Mexican 1st Gen. Turbo Top!
Orange, new, and a "REALLY HOT TOP".

« Last Edit: June 04, 2011, 01:21:03 AM by ta0 »
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Re: ANNOUNCEMENT - INEPTT Raffle/Tombola #3
« Reply #6 on: June 04, 2011, 01:34:39 AM »

Wow!
Nimbus looks like a top that people will remember! A top in the tradition of Figaro . . .  a STAR top!

The second prize from Eric is much more than a consolation prize. I would love to have that fabulous top!

Jim's funky top (should be in my collection), the limited production aluminum Cuper 360 with Gerardo's logo (big top play in an undersized top) and the out-of-production Mexican bearing top are great second chances for those missing Neff's and Eric's tops. With just one ticket the chances of winning something are approximately 1 in 20.  With 2 tickets almost 1 in 10 . . . 
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Re: ANNOUNCEMENT - INEPTT Raffle/Tombola #3
« Reply #7 on: June 04, 2011, 09:30:46 AM »

By the way, tickets 00, 01 and 02 are taken!  That gives me a 1 in 7 chances of taking home a prize!  ;D
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Re: ANNOUNCEMENT - INEPTT Raffle/Tombola #3
« Reply #8 on: June 04, 2011, 09:34:29 AM »

I think I'm missing something.... what is Larry D's address?
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Re: ANNOUNCEMENT - INEPTT Raffle/Tombola #3
« Reply #9 on: June 04, 2011, 09:38:16 AM »

I just PM'd my mailing address to you.  Thanks Don.  ;D
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Re: ANNOUNCEMENT - INEPTT Raffle/Tombola #3
« Reply #10 on: June 04, 2011, 11:05:28 AM »

WOW!  Nimbus is one very cool BIG TOP.  And the rest of the prizes are all worth being first prize too.  This raffle should sell out fast and we'll have some very happy winners.  Thanks in advance to everyone who donated to the cause.

Since I had to go to the post office anyway, I've mailed payment for 4 chances to Larry  ;D
« Last Edit: June 04, 2011, 11:41:13 AM by lincolnrick »
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Re: ANNOUNCEMENT - INEPTT Raffle/Tombola #3
« Reply #11 on: June 04, 2011, 12:30:28 PM »

Ugh this is a really bad time to be broke.  :'( :'(
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Re: ANNOUNCEMENT - INEPTT Raffle/Tombola #3
« Reply #12 on: June 04, 2011, 10:25:15 PM »

Nice looking Nimbus!!!  Good work, Neffster.
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Re: ANNOUNCEMENT - INEPTT Raffle/Tombola #3
« Reply #13 on: June 05, 2011, 08:45:32 AM »

$ for 3 chances sent today.

Great set of tops!
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Re: ANNOUNCEMENT - INEPTT Raffle/Tombola #3
« Reply #14 on: June 05, 2011, 10:20:10 AM »

This is the list of tickets already sold:

The updated list is now further down on this thread, here: Final List of Tickets Sold

« Last Edit: June 18, 2011, 11:01:00 AM by ta0 »
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