DJ aka GDR DJ Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader RedBaird Posted September 5, 2021 Leader Share Posted September 5, 2021 12 hours ago, DJ aka GDR DJ said: Ryzen CPUs up for grabs in lottery vending machines in Japan People in Japan are paying for a chance to win a Ryzen Zen 2 CPU. What you need to know Vending machines in Japan give people a chance to win a Ryzen CPU. It costs roughly $9 to enter, and people have a 1-in-30 chance to win a Ryzen Zen 2 chip. None of AMD's Ryzen Zen 3 chips appear to be available through the machines. [badword deleted] OH, Reading further, I finally understand the "lottery" method of the machine. You always get a product, but : The boxes in the machine are for some of the best CPUs, such as the Ryzen 5 5000 Zen 3 and Ryzen 5 3000 Zen 2, but you can't actually win either of those processors. The boxes contain Zen and Zen 2 processors or Intel Athlon, Pentium, or Celeron chips. Hopefully that's clearly stated, or people will be disappointed when they open up one of the boxes. https://www.windowscentral.com/ryzen-cpus-grabs-lottery-vending-machines-japan The machine appears at 2:20 in the video below. Auto-translation to other languages is available. Some of the English CCs are confusing or amusing! 😄 "I want open my last life I want to open this." (Probably JP saying or slang, I guess.) OMG! Other snippets have, "5 he's a rabbi And what's a squirrel? 493 is espensive What can I do?" Waiting for the English captions turned out to be a lot of fun, and a puzzle, at the same time. What a FIND, @DJ aka GDR DJ What a FIND! 😄 😄 😄 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snuffs99 Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Bit more to it. Quote For 1000 yen, you choose a number and press a button. You will get a box of RYZEN5 Inside the box is a retail cooler and an old CPU of some kind There is a 1 in 2 chance that the box will have an entry ticket attached to it. If you fill in the ticket and apply for the prize You have a 1 in 30 chance of winning a RYZEN! Thank you very much for watching this video by a Japanese newbie youtuber! Please subscribe to our channel! So put money in the machine and get a box with a heatsink and an old CPU....The lucky ones (1 in 2) win a ticket in their box which they then have to fill in and apply to enter the prize draw which itself is a 1 in 30 chance to win a new Ryzen.?? Seems like a lot of work 😄 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader RedBaird Posted September 6, 2021 Leader Share Posted September 6, 2021 (edited) 45 minutes ago, Snuffs99 said: Seems like a lot of work 😄 That seems like better odds than Government Lotteries! 😄 (But the payout if relatively low, as in not MILLIONs/BILLIONs.) OH, and I forgot the other problem: what do you do with the "parts" that you will probably receive, that you don't need or really want? 😄 Did he mention an "iced beer" or was that a "bear"? Those auto-xlat-to-English CC were so much fun! 😕 Edited September 6, 2021 by RedBaird + Oh, and I forgot... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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