Since the 2nd generation of Pokémon, there has been a lottery where you can win prizes daily. Most of the time, you don’t get anything useful, but one player on Reddit hit the jackpot, and the community is celebrating him.
What happened? On Reddit, a player posted about his big success in the 2nd Pokémon generation. He simply posted a picture with the title: I won the lottery in Pokémon Silver
. The picture shows only the text from the game: You have won a Master Ball!
How does the lottery work in the Pokémon games? The lottery first appeared in the 2nd generation of Pokémon, namely Gold, Silver, and Crystal. Daily, or in the 2nd generation weekly, a new ID is generated, which offers a chance for various prizes based on the trainer ID of your Pokémon. In Pokémon Silver, the following prizes are available:
- 2 matching digits: HP-Up
- 3 matching digits: Exp. Share
- 4 matching digits: Exp. Share
- All digits match: Master Ball
Getting the Master Ball is extremely difficult, and most players have probably never achieved it. Even in Pokémon Go, the Master Ball is a rare item: Pokémon GO: Trainers warn against what you should definitely not use the Master Ball for
The next Pokémon game is expected in 2025:
The community celebrates the success
On Reddit, the user’s success is celebrated as apparently many thought the grand prize was impossible. One user cannot believe it and writes: So it can really happen!
Another user ironically considers it a scam and says of the lottery: No, I’m pretty sure this lottery was a scam to teach children that lotteries and other forms of gambling are bad.
How difficult is it really? Many users are happy for the player, but as you can see, very few have managed to achieve such success in their Pokémon careers. As bisafans.de explains, the odds of such a win are also quite low.
If you have not traded Pokémon with others, then the chance of winning the grand prize is 1 in 65536. This is significantly less likely than most shiny odds.
You can improve your chances if you have many traded Pokémon since the lottery pulls the trainer IDs from all Pokémon in your boxes and the 6 you can have with you. If you have many traded Pokémon, you also have more available IDs. Even if you think you know everything about Pokémon, you can always learn something new: Player knows almost everything about Pokémon, realizes after 14 years that he has always played it wrong
