If/Then and Aladdin lottos

[luca3]

How big are the lottos for these shows? Are either remotely possible to win?

[AirJewels]

I won the Aladdin lottery last night. It was pretty crowded but someone has to win!

[darreyl102]

^ This. Somebody has to win, and no matter what, as long as you enter, you have some kind of chance. However, both have been pretty packed from what I have heard.

[hanabana]

These are still packed from what I have been hearing. And I tried If/Then once myself, about 125 people there on a Saturday, maybe a little bit more.

Congrats on winning Aladdin AirJewels! How was your seat? I've been wondering where the Aladdin lottery seats are. Maybe I will give it a try at some point.

[AirJewels]

I had a balcony box seat. The usher told me those seats are rarely sold. The view was fine. And it's really easy from there to scope out empty orchestra seats to move to during intermission. There were scattered empty seats but I kind of liked being in my own little box so I didn't move.

[rjm516]

I'm trying the If/Then lotto tomorrow. Of course I'm not betting on winning, but I'm hoping they have lotto loser tix. Anyone know if that is the case? I feel like it should be considering it's not selling as strongly as it was a few months ago when they did indeed have loser tix.

[veronicamae]

Yes, If/Then has lotto loser tickets (I believe they always have had them, even when it first began).

[Blockhead24]

Yeah they had $50 lotto loser tickets tonight

[ClydeBarrow]

When I won the ALADDIN lotto the seat was the last row of the mezz. Not a terrible view of the stage but you have to look at all the idiots in the audience texting plus listen to all the families that stroll in late and stand behind you.

[brdway411]

We got Lottery loser seats for If/Then for the first preview. So I imagine they will still be doing it. And the seats we had were not bad. Totally worth the $50 for the seats. Its a shame the show SUCKED!

[hanabana]

They had $50 lotto loser tickets for If/Then in April when I tried. On that Saturday, the lotto loser seats were labeled partial view, and I was told that they were at the last few rows of the orchestra (decided not to get one so cannot comment on how obstructed it was).
I won the Aladdin lotto last Saturday! I think the guys running the lotto are the same from the Newsies lotto last year, didn't realize at first without their Newsies hats, lol. Clyde, I think I had the exact same seats you got, the last row of the mezzanine. I thought the view was great. I loved taking in the whole picture, especially because of the many sets they have. The audience was pretty well behaved overall, but I have to say, I do not recall ever seeing so many people leaving their seats to go to the rest room/use their phone/do whatever else during the show! It did not really bother me, but I personally would never want to miss any part of a show so I always find that bizarre. Anyway, absolutely loved the show!