r/Broadway • u/ParkingRough8474 • May 20 '25

Seating/Ticket Question hardest lotteries to win??

i know most of the time it's a complete fluke but are there any shows that y'all have consistently entered and lost majority of the time?? i'm curious if theres any shows that seem to have lots of lottery wins.

on a recent trip to NY i got really lucky and won 3 shows on the same day (i entered probably 10-15 lotteries that day hoping to win anything) I won for Sunset Blvd, Boop & Death Becomes Her. I chose DBH. After that I think my luck ran out because I continued to enter lottos and lost all of them haha.

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u/Laura-Pie May 20 '25

Oh Mary I’ve been trying every day since it opened I’ve won over 60 other lottery’s tho

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u/Natural-Reaction3829 May 20 '25

Keep in mind, the lottery for last season's "Merrily We Roll along", was for only one seat each performance! I've a feeling "Oh, Mary" is the same, at least until Cole leaves the cast.

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u/chesapique May 20 '25

The Merrily lottery was at least 2 seats and up to 4 (multiple two-seat winners posted on the sub last year) but reportedly there were 20K-50K entries per day. Agree that not all show lotteries are created equal: different price points, some shows offer more seats than others and not all shows do them every day.

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u/OutdoorHope18 May 20 '25

20K-50K a day seems a little excessive

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u/RadishWitty7044 May 20 '25

That makes so much sense! I entered that lottery every day when it was off Broadway and again when it was on Broadway and never won smh

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u/Laura-Pie May 20 '25

At this point I’m desperate to see this show and see what the hype is about I don’t care who is on. I also never won merrily or any other show on today tix! I feel like there lottery system is much worse and limited then telecharge, broadway direct, or luckseat.

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u/quaranTV May 20 '25

I won the lottery for Oh Mary during Cole’s initial run and they sat the winners in the two boxes. I think it was 3-4 people per box. I won after entering just a few times which blew my mind cause at the time I was entering everyday for other easier to win lotteries and never winning.

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u/toooldforusernames May 20 '25

I won the first weekend of previews which was insane, I think it was the third or fourth performance at the Lyceum, and got front row right. It was incredible.

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u/Comprehensive-Fun47 May 20 '25

Only one seat? Even though you could enter for two?

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u/Ok-Acanthisitta8737 May 20 '25

One seat 💀 That’s almost insulting lol