Official 2023 Ticket Lottery Results Thread

PJammin

IlliniGuy76 said:

whoyouare72 said:

IlliniGuy76 said:

Person 1 chooses Chicago N1 & N2 as their number 1 and 2 priority with only reserved seats & doesn't win
Person 2 chooses Chicago N1 & N2 as their number 3 & 4 priority with only reserved seats & wins

^ this scenario is littered all over this thread - it makes zero sense

Person 2 was selected as a lottery winner so they get tickets, and Person 1 was not selected in the lottery and gets no tickets.

Then why have a priority selection?  Makes zero sense to select them based on the person and not the priority of the show that was selected. You have night one Chicago - you put everyone who selected that as priority 1 into a lottery and you pull names.  IF tickets still remain you go to a lottery for priority 2 choices.

Precisely IlliniGuy76. AND this is how it was said to work.....obviously not the case. 

steven87

PJNB said:

drakeheuer14 said:

Ince.es said:

mattcoz said:

Discopij said:

Are people suggesting the GA/Reserved is in any way the same as Reserved?  I thought those were two totally different options where GA/Reserved = Floor (either seated or standing) and Reserved is seated bowl.  So if someone put GA/Reserved as their only option and didn't win, many people with lower priorities would win Reserved instead of them because they were not part of that lottery.

That's not what it said. It said that if you weren't selected for GA you would be put in the pool for Reserved. But, apparently, that didn't happen?

The Reserved choice was supposed to be for those that only wanted Reserved, did not want GA.

Totally agree. That's why I only chose GA&Reserved. Because choosing also Reserved did not make sense to me since it was explained that choosing the first option was already included.

But why take that risk? It said clear as day to select both options for best chances. They told you and you still thought, nah, they must be crazy. 

They are proving to be crazy, but ignoring that prompt is wild to me.

What if clicking all boxes somehow glitched you out of the chance on getting GA since you chose RES only as an option. We would be having the exact same discussion on the opposite side. 

This is what I was initially concerned about when submitting my entries. Ultimately I decided to select both options based on 10c’s response to an email I sent. 

bbiggs

IlliniGuy76 said:

whoyouare72 said:

IlliniGuy76 said:

Person 1 chooses Chicago N1 & N2 as their number 1 and 2 priority with only reserved seats & doesn't win
Person 2 chooses Chicago N1 & N2 as their number 3 & 4 priority with only reserved seats & wins

^ this scenario is littered all over this thread - it makes zero sense

Person 2 was selected as a lottery winner so they get tickets, and Person 1 was not selected in the lottery and gets no tickets.

Then why have a priority selection?  Makes zero sense to select them based on the person and not the priority of the show that was selected. You have night one Chicago - you put everyone who selected that as priority 1 into a lottery and you pull names.  IF tickets still remain you go to a lottery for priority 2 choices.

Ding ding ding...winner.

Vedd Hedd

I would not put much stock in what a random Ticketmaster Customer service person has to say about the issue.  No offense to them at all, but I dont they are probably not keen on what is happening.  I'd trust the 10C to give you a better answer.  

JimmyV

I could be proven wrong, but I don't believe anyone who selected Indy lawn or Chicago side/rear is out of the running yet. It doesn't appear those draws have even happened. Regardless of fulfilled/unfulfilled, at some point winners of those tickets will be notified. 

Eddieredder

Jbabbington said:

So if I'm reading this correctly, no one beyond priority 1 should have gotten seats until all 1s were fulfilled, or the allotment was exhausted. 

Yeah, seems like someone made a boo-boo.

Do you know where this is posted? Source?

cblock4life

So when do you all think that TM will be called back to congress since they promised it wouldn’t happen again?  I think the lottery was run properly but obviously the seniority seating was not.  

lahren

I don't know. These things aren't in our control. I'm just going to log off and come back later while this shitstorm sorts itself out. Lots of speculation, time, energy, and frustration. Yep, they f'd up. Yes, ultimately it's all about making money for the ticket powers that be. What else is new? The music business has been nothing but chaos since the beginning of time. But it doesn't really do any good to stress about it. It just takes the energy, fun and excitement we have about seeing the band in the first place. Maybe we need to start talking about subs again!

TP128347

IlliniGuy76 said:

TP128347 said:

OMG!!!  FM!#@!  I just checked my payment info.  Wrong CC.  Similar # and same exp date as the card I use.  Glad I signed up for TM sale, but then again, I'm sure that will be a disaster on Friday.

How did you check your payment information?
It should've popped up that it was an invalid CC number.

I check payment in TM "My Account -> Payment Options" (lower left corner of page).  Don't know why it wasn't invalid before.  Puzzling.

IlliniGuy76

bbiggs said:

IlliniGuy76 said:

whoyouare72 said:

IlliniGuy76 said:

Person 1 chooses Chicago N1 & N2 as their number 1 and 2 priority with only reserved seats & doesn't win
Person 2 chooses Chicago N1 & N2 as their number 3 & 4 priority with only reserved seats & wins

^ this scenario is littered all over this thread - it makes zero sense

Person 2 was selected as a lottery winner so they get tickets, and Person 1 was not selected in the lottery and gets no tickets.

Then why have a priority selection?  Makes zero sense to select them based on the person and not the priority of the show that was selected. You have night one Chicago - you put everyone who selected that as priority 1 into a lottery and you pull names.  IF tickets still remain you go to a lottery for priority 2 choices.

Ding ding ding...winner.

I mean - the other way you'd have many people getting many tickets simply because the person was chosen not the priority of the show

cblock4life

JimmyV said:

I could be proven wrong, but I don't believe anyone who selected Indy lawn or Chicago side/rear is out of the running yet. It doesn't appear those draws have even happened. Regardless of fulfilled/unfulfilled, at some point winners of those tickets will be notified. 

I hope you’re correct!   

mturner

Anyone received lottery results for Chicago?  I still haven’t gotten anything either way. Checked spam, ticket master account and PJ account. Nothing.

PJNB

drakeheuer14 said:

PJNB said:

drakeheuer14 said:

PJNB said:

drakeheuer14 said:

Ince.es said:

mattcoz said:

Discopij said:

Are people suggesting the GA/Reserved is in any way the same as Reserved?  I thought those were two totally different options where GA/Reserved = Floor (either seated or standing) and Reserved is seated bowl.  So if someone put GA/Reserved as their only option and didn't win, many people with lower priorities would win Reserved instead of them because they were not part of that lottery.

That's not what it said. It said that if you weren't selected for GA you would be put in the pool for Reserved. But, apparently, that didn't happen?

The Reserved choice was supposed to be for those that only wanted Reserved, did not want GA.

Totally agree. That's why I only chose GA&Reserved. Because choosing also Reserved did not make sense to me since it was explained that choosing the first option was already included.

But why take that risk? It said clear as day to select both options for best chances. They told you and you still thought, nah, they must be crazy. 

They are proving to be crazy, but ignoring that prompt is wild to me.

What if clicking all boxes somehow glitched you out of the chance on getting GA since you chose RES only as an option. We would be having the exact same discussion on the opposite side. 

That’s a different issue. Ticketmaster told us how to improve odds and people ignored it. Not the same as they told us how to improve our odds, we all followed instructions, but something else messed up. 

How they ran stuff is a mess, it’s clear, but people willingly disregarding choosing both could not have helped. 

But you are improving your odds since you are selecting GA and RES as apposed to just RES. The bump in the odds being increased  lies on the fact GA is making your chances on getting in the building better. 

Choosing to be in the RES lotto in two different boxes if you strike out on GA should not increase your RES odds in anyway shape or form. 

I am not arguing that at all. 

Ticketmaster said on the selection screen: “ In order to increase your chance of getting tickets, please select all of the seat preferences you would be willing to accept.” 

Yet people decided they knew better and didn’t follow the instruction. 

Again, it’s clear they fucked up, but ignoring that definitely didn’t help some people here. 

But again your odds are greater since you are adding GA as an option so its not a lie. Plus there was lawn and side seats to consider into this. 

What kind of system tells you to put in for the same tickets twice with the same pick. It makes zero sense. Its either you are in the RES lotto or you are not. 

JimmyV

Anyone seeing a refund on their credit card? I just have two pending payments for the shows I won. 

chrisavenger1

I put in for Indy only and select at all options, and got denied.

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cblock4life said:

Wish one of the moderators would jump in and put an end to speculation. 

@Sea

@Santos L. Halper

Any update you could possibly give, we’re dying here……

tschav

Everyone needs to take a deep breath, let 10c finish the fan club lottery and send confirmation/rejection emails, and then feel all the feels once you know for sure you have not gotten tickets.

Take it from Jeff...

Jbabbington

Eddieredder said:

Jbabbington said:

So if I'm reading this correctly, no one beyond priority 1 should have gotten seats until all 1s were fulfilled, or the allotment was exhausted. 

Yeah, seems like someone made a boo-boo.

Do you know where this is posted? Source?

https://help.pearljam.com/hc/en-us/articles/205143590-Pre-sale-Drawing

Seems this is for the '20 tour, although one would think this aspect would hold true to this years tour.

Kevinman

JimmyV said:

Anyone seeing a refund on their credit card? I just have two pending payments for the shows I won. 

I do not have the charge there.........I never checked yesterday to see if it was there, but it's not there now.  I did win tix to N1 Chicago.

Weston1283

Until someone convinces me otherwise, I am going to believe that they ran the prior algorithm as normal and that some people who lost GA were not automatically placed into the Reserved lottery as advertised.  There was then a snowball effect that affected all other entries.  GA entries went perfectly smooth, and Reserved seats were a disaster - this is the best explanation.

A few people may have gotten lucky and were placed into the Reserved lotto, but I am going with this until someone at 10C says otherwise.