The lotto winner.... number ZERO? Are you serious???

[Jax-chan]

Well if that is the case Mr 'Zero' still won my FC house with a 12.5% chance. We had 7 bids lol.

I don't think this is how it works at all tbh. If you go to 'view the results' it says that nobody bid even though we can still see 7 bids on the placard. Clearly the system thinks that nobody bids so it just doesn't know what to do other than display that 0 won. How the F that happened is anyone's guess.

No, it makes sense because if Ticket 0 is the default (which is how arrays work in programming: elements start at 0, not 1) then it would be be selected if no one entered the lottery and be set to return the message that "There are 0 participants". If Ticket 0 was selected out of all the entries (in your case, 8 because it's Ticket 0 + 7 other tickets) then the program is *technically* working as intended if that ticket is pulled because it was only supposed to be available for lots that had no player entries.

Ticket 0 should never have been included in the lottery.

EDIT: Basically what Minifie said.

[Ahtrael]

So it's been confirmed it's a bug. Now I'm wondering if I should collect the refund or leave it "hanging" so maybe the hotfix will just absorb the money and assign the plot correctly. I'd hate to wait for another 4 days for the next results.

[SteelbladeUK]

Currently, in the lottery sale of housings, when checking the signboard after the result announcement period, the following message is displayed and there are multiple reports that there are no winners.

・ Even though there were applicants, "There were no lottery participants." Is displayed.
・ "The winning number is 0. You have lost." Is displayed, and it is displayed as if there are no winners.

We are proceeding with the investigation and response while confirming the application on the database as soon as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused to our customers.

Thats the quote for the Japanese tweet for the record

[Amileah]

No, it makes sense because if Ticket 0 is the default (which is how arrays work in programming: elements start at 0, not 1) then it would be be selected by if no one entered the lottery and be set to return the message that "There are 0 participants". If Ticket 0 was selected out of all the entries (in your case, 8 because it's Ticket 0 + 7 other tickets) then the program is working as intended because it was only supposed to be available for lots that had no player entries.

Ticket 0 should never have been included in the lottery.

EDIT: Minifie's explanation is probably better.

THIS makes the most sense honestly.

Ticket 0 is just Array 0 that returns a default nobody entered, but the rand function picked 0-4 instead of 1-4 for 4 entries, and picked 0. It simply needs to be rerolled.....however if you took a refund you may be screwed.

[SteelbladeUK]

I've left mine in for the same reason

[LaylaTsarra]

So it's been confirmed it's a bug. Now I'm wondering if I should collect the refund or leave it "hanging" so maybe the hotfix will just absorb the money and assign the plot correctly. I'd hate to wait for another 4 days for the next results.

Don't claim refunds that will probably remove you from any potential incoming fix. I suspect they'll have a hotfix real soon.

[Amileah]

Don't claim refunds that will probably remove you from any potential incoming fix. I suspect they'll have a hotfix real soon.

This is the worst part about this whole thing...people screwed themselves and didn't even realize it.

[Emet-Wigglingway]

I accepted the refund as I was concerned if I refused it would only give me 50% back.

[Jax-chan]

This is the worst part about this whole thing...people screwed themselves and didn't even realize it.

And then there are the people who apparently can't even get their refund because the 0 roll/0 participants message has made the lottery think the other tickets don't exist.

[Greyhawk]

This is the worst part about this whole thing...people screwed themselves and didn't even realize it.

And the majority would and are choosing to keep their money, as I did with the lost bid to 0. They have the capability to take funds from accounts. If they want it, they can come and claim it. Just give me my plot.