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Given that each player can buy 20 tickets/day, I figure at minimum there's around 1K people who play daily.
This isn't a great statistic but it's one of the few estimates we have of how many people actually play. And of course not everyone plays the lottery.
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Also in response to champloo's China statement, I'm fairly certain that Neopets is blocked everywhere in China except Hong Kong. I wouldn't count on the numbers being falsely inflated for that reason.
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This is the Neopets group of China and no Neopets isn't blocked in China. I think Baidu is like a FB version of China. There's also a FB group for Taiwanese players.
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I'm not sure but the 900,000 number is posts. That's what I gather from google translate. Honestly China's population is huge and lots of Chinese teenagers/kids love video games. They should really advertise in China more to gain more players, it is a goldmine out there. I don't think Chinese people can buy NC? But correct me if I'm wrong. And NC is a lot to miss out on
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Also I switched my language to Chinese and I can't see the boards on there! It seems to be telling me that there's no boards in Chinese. That would drive away lots of Chinese players...But I imagine it's cuz they don't have Chinese staff to manage it. They should though >_> I'm sure they can find a Chinese-speaking staff person anywhere.
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I think that not all languages should get one, it's a waste of money if they do. Maybe just the languages with the most people. I'm sure that there's non-English boards but apparently not Chinese. They are missing a huge market here. That tieba website imply Neopets isn't blocked in China and even if it were there's lots of Chinese people in other countries.
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