BigWins Lotto

 
 

A game for Bulletin Board Systems

UPDATE 1/1/2022: The source code has been brought back from the dead! BigWins Lotto has been completely rewritten from scratch in the original language & using the original libraries! Download here!

BigWins Lotto is a lottery-style game door which will allow your callers the chance to win SysOp-definable prizes in three seperate games. Online time is awarded for matching every number except one -- called the "NearMatch" prize -- in all games. When a caller is awarded a prize, the caller's name and prize won are logged to a file that you specify.

Compatible with any BBS software capable of running 16-bit DOS doors and using one of the following drop files:

  • PCBOARD.SYS
  • USERS.SYS
  • DOOR.SYS
  • CALLINFO.BBS
  • USERINFO.DAT
  • SFDOORS.DAT
  • GTUSER.BBS
  • TRIBBS.SYS
  • DORINFOx.DEF

Tested with:

  • WildCat 4.2 & 6.3, Mystic 1.24, PCBoard 15.3, TAG 2.7 (all under Windows XP SP3 and NetFoss)
  • Synchronet 3.18 under Linux 64-bit/DOSEMU
  • Searchlight (DOS) 5.10 under DOSBOX-X 0.83.20 and Windows XP