So, what now? Lotteries with 150+ bids until... when?

[Eraden]

A lot of people really didn't want to work for something.
And everyone who ever asked for a lotto system I did my best to explain to them that it'd lower their odds of getting a place.
But you can't fight heated mob mentality with cool headed logic, sadly.

People wanted the Lottery because it made access to housing fair for all. No more issues with IRL commitments interfering with attempts to obtain a house and no having to compete with people using 3rd party software to get a leg up. It also meant not having to deal with rather unhealthy amounts of click spamming. Your notion that mindlessly camping placards, click spamming and using bots is "working for something" is ridiculous at best. Many of us who are proponents for the Lottery KNOW that our chances are much lower and yet we still favor the Lottery because we want the system to be fair for EVERYONE. I wonder if that is even of the faintest interest to you. Nothing in your post smacks of logic.