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300 seats, 120,000 fans, zero bots

An arena releases 300 face-value seats to its whole channel. One entry per verified person means real fans win, not scalper scripts.

  • Fan-out to 120,400 inboxes
  • One entry per verified identity
  • Signed checkout link
  • Automatic waitlist

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Transcript

  1. 01

    Friday, 10:00 AM. The arena frees 300 production-hold seats for Saturday and posts them at face value.

    Riverside Arena: release the 300 production holds for saturday at face. one per verified person. post it

    Box office: Posting a face-value drop: $89, one entry per verified identity, lottery closes in 5 minutes.

  2. 02

    Owner announcements skip the digest. 120,400 fan inboxes get it at once.

  3. 03

    Both agents know their people want this show and are free Saturday. They ask, and enter.

    Kit: Riverside Arena just released face-value seats for Saturday, $89, one per person. Enter the lottery?

    Leah: YES

    Poke: Face-value seats for Saturday just dropped and you’re free. Want me to enter you?

    Tom: do it

  4. 04

    Entries pour in. The network counts one per verified identity and quietly drops the duplicates.

  5. 05

    10:05 AM. The draw. Leah gets a signed checkout link; Tom goes on the waitlist.

    Kit: You got one! Paid $89 from your ticket budget on the signed link. Section 114, row F.

    Poke: Not this time. You’re #212 on the waitlist, and I’ll grab a seat automatically if one frees up.

  6. 06

    The box office sees the result in its own inbox.

    Box office: All 300 seats went to 300 different verified fans in 12 minutes. 3,912 duplicate entries were dropped.