About

Get Hot Drop: one product, fixed seats, one winner

Get Hot Drop runs lots for new products such as phones and consoles. Each lot is one product with a fixed number of seats; one player wins it in a draw anyone can check.Browse lotsHow it works

In short

A seat in a 30-seat lot for a 1,299-coin phone costs 60 coins and has a 1 in 30 chance to win it. Most players don't win, and the 30 seats together cost more than the phone, so if you only want the phone, buying it costs less.

The numbers

More seats make each one cheaper and each chance smaller. Pick a size.

A 1,299-coin phone in a lot of

30 seats, one of them yours

One seat
Chance to win
60 coins
1 in 30
paid once
3.3%, with no boosts

Players by round

Round 130
Round 2~11
Final~5
Winner1

The seats against the price

The phone1,299 coins
All 30 seats1,800 coins

Together the seats cost 501 coins more than the phone.

Counts marked ~ are estimates: how many players a round sends on depends on where the wheel stops. Odds and seat prices has more sizes and the chance round by round.

How a lot plays

A full lot plays 24 hours later, every round in one evening. You can boost until each spin: each next round spins 80 seconds after the result before it.

  1. 60Take a seat
  2. 3 roundsEach spin leaves fewer players
  3. from 3Boost your slice
  4. 1 winnerOne player takes it home
  5. All publicAnyone can check a draw

A boost makes your slice of the wheel bigger for one round. It is optional and guarantees nothing. The winner gets the product new, in the maker's sealed packaging, shipped at our cost. How it works has every formula.

What it costs

The seat price is on the lot page before you join, next to the product's retail price.

You pay

  • One seat, at the price on the lot page
  • Boosts, if you buy them. They can add up to more than the seat
  • Nothing to receive a prize: no final price, no shipping. Any tax on a prize is the winner's

You get back

  • The whole seat if the lot is cancelled, for example when it doesn't fill by its deadline
  • Nothing if you are out, apart from a relic perk or a partner discount where one applies
  • No cash, ever: coins can't be cashed out, sold or transferred

You can try it without buying coins: we give 50 bonus coins when you confirm your email and 5 a day from the daily chest. Bonus coins can pay for boosts, and for seats up to 25% of a lot's seat fees in total.

Who it suits, and who it doesn't

It suits you if

  • You like a small field and want to know its size before you join
  • You want to check a draw, not take it on trust
  • You see the seat as the price of the game, and the product as a prize you will probably not win

It doesn't if

  • You need the product. A shop sells it for less
  • You want to make money. Coins and prizes can't be turned into cash
  • You would spend more than you can afford to lose
  • You are under 16, or live outside the 50 United States and the District of Columbia

Compare sets Get Hot Drop beside penny auctions, sweepstakes and mystery boxes.

The draw check

You can check

  • The result wasn't changedA lot's seeds are fixed when it is created, and a hash of them is on the lot page before the first seat is taken.
  • Every spinEach round's seed is revealed right after its draw, and the lot page replays the spin in your browser.

You can't, yet

  • That the seed was randomWe make the seeds and hold them until the reveal. Nothing from outside is mixed in yet.
  • An outside auditNo outside lab certifies the draws.

Provably fair draws has the method and an example to run yourself.

Who runs it

Every lot on Get Hot Drop is run and paid for by us. The makers of the products don't sponsor or run the lots. Questions go to support@gethotdrop.com.

Official rules, terms of service and privacy policy.

Questions

Is Get Hot Drop a shop?
No. You take a seat in a lot for a product, and one player in the lot wins it. If you only want the product, a shop is cheaper.
What are my chances of winning?
With no boosts, 1 in N for a lot of N players: 1 in 30 in a 30-seat lot. Boosts, yours and other players', move it round by round, and the lot page shows your chance for the round ahead.
What happens if a lot doesn't fill?
A lot that isn't full by its deadline (7 days after it opens, by default) is cancelled, and every seat is refunded in full, in the same kind of coins it was paid with.
What does the winner get, and when?
The product on the lot page, new and in the maker's sealed packaging. The winner gives a delivery address in the United States within 30 days of the win, and we ship at our cost with tracking.
Who can play?
Anyone 16 or older who lives in the 50 United States and the District of Columbia; under 18, with a parent's or guardian's agreement. One account per person, one seat per lot. The official rules have the details.
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Every lot shows its seats, its rounds and the seat price before you join

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