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# Lottery Rules

Uplift IDOs use the lottery mechanism to give everyone a chance to participate in a presale. 

Staking Power to increases the number of available lottery tickets. 

> *100 Staking Power = 1 lottery ticket*
>
> *200 Staking Power = 2 lottery tickets etc.*

Whitelisted participants enter a lottery round after having passed the KYC procedure. Winning tickets grant a token allocation at the Exclusive Round of IDO. 

1 winning ticket = 500 BUSD allocation

20 winning tickets = 10 000 BUSD allocation etc.

A person can have a maximum of 20 winning lottery tickets. 

> **Stand-off period**
>
> You'll have to withdraw from participation in project IDOs exclusive rounds for a period of 7 days once you have bought the project tokens.