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So I entered the Kona Lottery for the first time this year. What are the chances of being picked first go round? I wanted to get started with the lottery system to build my chances over the next several years. If I get picked this year, well...

2014-04-03 9:29 PM
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2014-04-03 11:12 PM
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Better than Powerball!
2014-04-04 8:16 AM
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Better than if you didn't enter.
2014-04-04 12:08 PM
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Just make sure you can afford it if you get picked
2014-04-14 2:30 PM
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Less than 24 hrs until the results are announced...anybody have some positive karma going on and think they'll get a lottery slot this year? I'm fairly sure my karma is good, but not that good.


2014-04-14 2:45 PM
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I'm pretty well broke so it would make sense that I get selected. Don't worry I would find the money somewhere if my name was pulled.
2014-04-14 3:45 PM
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So, if on the off chance I get selected, do they email you with all the info?

Knowing my luck I will get selected. I am doing Whistler then Lake Tahoe. I wonder if I could do Kona 3 weeks later
2014-04-14 4:45 PM
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Originally posted by DeVinci13 So, if on the off chance I get selected, do they email you with all the info? Knowing my luck I will get selected. I am doing Whistler then Lake Tahoe. I wonder if I could do Kona 3 weeks later

There are a handful of BT'ers that have been selected through the lottery so maybe one of them will see this and give you an answer.  They will post a list of names that you can check and the info for validating your selection is on the Ironman website.  You do have to complete a WTC race I think before the end of August to validate your slot.  If it were me I would not do another race three weeks before Kona.  It is a once in a lifetime opportunity (for most) and I'd be afraid of injury or anything else that would detract from my preparations for the big day.

And my karma is rising.

2014-04-14 5:10 PM
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I was joking with someone the other day that if I am to win one lottery in my life, I do hope its not this one. Of course, I won't turn it down either. But, I sort of do hope its not this year. Wife's car just died so had to buy a new one. Going to Kona this year would hurt in more ways than physically.
2014-04-14 9:41 PM
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I was selected for the Hawaii State Lottery last year.  For that drawing, they held a party at Kona Bike Works and revealed the winners and posted it on their FB page (Bike Works FB page).  I got an official email from WTC about 5 days later with all the instructions on how to officially register.  The Hawaii Lottery was for residents who completed Honu...so my spot was already validated with a WTC race.

 

2014-04-15 7:34 AM
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When do they post lottery winners?
2014-04-15 8:36 AM
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Around noon eastern time.

2014-04-15 8:39 AM
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Originally posted by DeVinci13 So, if on the off chance I get selected, do they email you with all the info? Knowing my luck I will get selected. I am doing Whistler then Lake Tahoe. I wonder if I could do Kona 3 weeks later

I'm doing Whistler and Mont-Tremblant three weeks from each other and I'm actually looking forward to training once and racing twice.

Now, that's not three in 2 1/2 months but look at Kona this way.  You'd be a lottery winner so you're not going to be competitive so just soak it all in and enjoy all 140.6 miles of it.

2014-04-15 11:10 AM
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No Kona for me this year. Hopefully the lottery gods will give me some better luck with Powerball....

I'll try again next year...
2014-04-15 11:17 AM
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Where did you find the results?

2014-04-15 11:23 AM
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2014-04-15 11:41 AM
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Whew, so glad the pressure is off me now! No lottery win for me.
2014-04-15 11:48 AM
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Originally posted by lisac957

http://www.ironman.com/triathlon/news/articles/2014/04/2014-lottery-and-legacy-winners.aspx#axzz2yyGok3y7 




Thnx, I saw Todd and my heart skipped a beat, but different last name
2014-04-16 7:27 PM
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Keep putting in if you want to go. I'm Kona bound this year from a lottery spot. Third time around.
2014-04-16 7:30 PM
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They email you that you have won.

2014-04-22 7:28 AM
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Keep putting in if you want to go. I'm Kona bound this year from a lottery spot. Third time around.


Congrats to you, makes me feel better knowing that at least one spot went to a BT'er
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