The lottery system is so much worse than the old clicking system. I am trying to get a Plot every round since this system started and I wasn’t lucky. What makes it worse is the separation of private vs fc wards. And the fact that you can only bid on one plot instead of as many as you could afford putting the deposit down. And the time sink one cycle needs is aweful. SE could have just make it one day bidding next day getting for example. Or bidding on all plots you want you can only get one at the time anyways. Also it doesn’t help at all that the housing evictions are on hold since two years with only one short break if I remember. Ye there are world events that some ppl can’t log on … so what. Others are online and play and pay their sub and would love to have a house whilst the people who haven’t logged on for month just don’t get evicted. Just empty the plots of players that haven’t been in their houses for 30 days change the lottery cycle to 24 hrs bid and 24 hrs claim and there is some plots available always.