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Anyone else like to keep track of lottery winners in their games?

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I do because I usually play one household for at least a year before I switch to another one and I try and keep track of who wins.This play through I remembered seeing Akira Kibo's name pop up at least twice so I went to check in on the Karaoke Legends, well they will be legends because they have 3 million simoleans! I don't remember if Akira won it all 3 times or if it was one of the others. In my games its usually the Heckings or the Lynx family that win it the most but the game usually bugs out and they don't receive their winnings! But this time the Legends did! Hmm, what to do with all this cash? Move them into a penthouse or a mansion? Or just spruce up their current home? So many choices!

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    NetzspannungNetzspannung Posts: 2,456 Member
    I do make a note of who won the lottery. In my game it's usually unhoused townies. Then when I'm in Manage Households again and they are indeed without a home, I pick a nice mansion for them, they get a makeover and I play them for a bit to find a partner and start a family. After they're settled in I mark them as unplayed again. I don't like to play in mansions myself so this is how I put them to good use.
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    babajaynebabajayne Posts: 1,866 Member
    I never recognize their names so I don’t even know where to look! Do they still get the money if they’re not in a household (or not “in world”)?
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    crocobauracrocobaura Posts: 7,711 Member
    babajayne wrote: »
    I never recognize their names so I don’t even know where to look! Do they still get the money if they’re not in a household (or not “in world”)?

    Same here. No one I know won the lottery in my game.
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    NetzspannungNetzspannung Posts: 2,456 Member
    babajayne wrote: »
    I never recognize their names so I don’t even know where to look! Do they still get the money if they’re not in a household (or not “in world”)?

    Yes, they get the money even if they are unhoused = not in world.
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    CareyEve36CareyEve36 Posts: 287 Member
    Yep, it is mostly the unplayed/not in world sims that win the lottery. In one of my other play throughs it was an alien who won the lottery and she was a non played sim of course. I made a YouTube video about it and how to access non played/not in world sims. I think only in one play through my main sim that I usually play won the lottery in the second year! I usually like to put sims that are celebrities like Dirk Dreamer in mansions so obviously I have to money cheat for them.
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    SadiesueSadiesue Posts: 128 Member
    When I’m playing my evil genius vampire? Yes. Yes we do...😈
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    SimsLady2000SimsLady2000 Posts: 1,236 Member
    I have had one of my own sims win when I wasn't playing him.
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    calaprfycalaprfy Posts: 3,927 Member
    I do make a note of who won the lottery. In my game it's usually unhoused townies. Then when I'm in Manage Households again and they are indeed without a home, I pick a nice mansion for them, they get a makeover and I play them for a bit to find a partner and start a family. After they're settled in I mark them as unplayed again. I don't like to play in mansions myself so this is how I put them to good use.

    @Netzspannung If the sim takes my fancy I do the same except I add them to my rotation on a more permanent basis.
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    RedDestiny92RedDestiny92 Posts: 7,851 Member
    sometimes so I can play that family or cheat their money down to 1 simolean out of spite. >:)
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    verlainemverlainem Posts: 837 Member
    In one of my plays, Dustin Broke won, the sim I was playing already had a child by him and one by Thorne Bailey and one with G Landgrabb. Yes she was a golddigger lol. So then Dustin married Penny Pizza (thanks MCCC). Anyway long story short Dustin and Penny had a daughter, the they died of old age (non played) My sim moved in with daughter with her bunch. I left them unplay and some one with 4 kids married the sim that was mine - now the money's all gone lol
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    JustinJustin Posts: 731 Member
    I honestly didn’t know sims that are in your game actually win. I always thought it was some generated name
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    NightlyCoffeeNightlyCoffee Posts: 455 Member
    I do! I make all my townies, so I recognize them all. In my current save, my university dorm roommate won at uni. When the next lottery came around, she won again. Now she's living in a big mansion in Willow Creek with her family. She's the only townie I've ever seen win the lottery twice.
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    EllupelluelluEllupelluellu Posts: 7,471 Member
    Father Winter has won 2 times, that eldest cat of Cat Lynx and and Rosie Hecking both won once... and lets not forget Judith Ward who won twice also.
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    SimAlexandriaSimAlexandria Posts: 4,845 Member
    Nancy laandgraab seems to win a lot.. Even though I keep deleting her and all other premade from manage worlds as I like to just have my own sims. She spawns and then wins haha..
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    DoodlyDoofusDoodlyDoofus Posts: 1,188 Member
    My Sim won the lottery once. That money has remained in my family tree for generations. However someone simply named "Bacon" won the lottery recently.....Now I'm devoted to finding this "Bacon" and getting their money.
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    EllupelluelluEllupelluellu Posts: 7,471 Member
    My Sim won the lottery once. That money has remained in my family tree for generations. However someone simply named "Bacon" won the lottery recently.....Now I'm devoted to finding this "Bacon" and getting their money.

    Sounds like a cat or dog to me :)

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    ChazzzyChazzzy Posts: 7,166 Member
    I have never thought to do this. My Sims never win the lottery, only non-playable Sims and they don’t matter anyway.
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    SimAlexandriaSimAlexandria Posts: 4,845 Member
    edited August 2020
    My Sim won the lottery once. That money has remained in my family tree for generations. However someone simply named "Bacon" won the lottery recently.....Now I'm devoted to finding this "Bacon" and getting their money.

    Sounds like a cat or dog to me :)

    @DoodlyDoofus Agreed! I think I've seen a stray named bacon before. Dogs and cats can win too as I've had that a few times
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    gothbuniegothbunie Posts: 43 Member
    I don't keep track of who wins, but I'm pretty sure Mortimer won once in one of my many save files. Also, I did not know that cats and dogs can win the lottery too. If you adopt them, do you get the money?
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    sketchessketches Posts: 274 Member
    edited August 2020
    Yep, it is mostly the unplayed/not in world sims that win the lottery. In one of my other play throughs it was an alien who won the lottery and she was a non played sim of course. I made a YouTube video about it and how to access non played/not in world sims. I think only in one play through my main sim that I usually play won the lottery in the second year! I usually like to put sims that are celebrities like Dirk Dreamer in mansions so obviously I have to money cheat for them.

    Where can we view your videos? I want to edit some skeletons from Selvadorada, but can never access them from the Manager.

    Re: This topic, I kind of assumed they were randomly generated names, too. Once, I remember I told myself I'd look into the Manager to find the winning Sim, but never got around to it... Now, I will keep a close eye... :)
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    SimmingalSimmingal Posts: 9,333 Member
    edited August 2020
    only if its actual premade and not one of the ugly townie which i just delete regardless

    i often have golddigger in my sims family
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    Evee95Evee95 Posts: 66 Member
    [quote="DoodlyDoofus;c-17621595"]My Sim won the lottery once. That money has remained in my family tree for generations. However someone simply named "Bacon" won the lottery recently.....Now I'm devoted to finding this "Bacon" and getting their money.[/quote]

    Gives new meaning to the phrase "bring home the bacon" eh!
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    MsKatieRoseMsKatieRose Posts: 672 Member
    I wish EA would change that and allow our favorite or played household Sims to win. Because I also never recognize the name of who wins, ever. It would also be especially be exciting if you're doing a rags to riches storyline and they won the lottery! Otherwise, what is the point of putting the lottery in the game in the first place?
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    AprilDawnAprilDawn Posts: 795 Member
    I do - especially if I am playing a thief or a gold digger! I think the Fyres won once so I put a vault in their house and put the million in it - then my thief came in and robbed the vault! For gold diggers - I move them in just to get their money and then dump them!
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    SimAlexandriaSimAlexandria Posts: 4,845 Member
    I wish EA would change that and allow our favorite or played household Sims to win. Because I also never recognize the name of who wins, ever. It would also be especially be exciting if you're doing a rags to riches storyline and they won the lottery! Otherwise, what is the point of putting the lottery in the game in the first place?

    They can win, but it's random.
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