Problem with Dear Evan Hansen lottery

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Problem with Dear Evan Hansen lottery#1
Posted: 3/11/17 at 11:03am

It seems like whenever I got to the lottery website (during normal entry times), it says that the lottery is not available and to come back tomorrow. Has anyone else experienced this? 

I would really love to win someday, but that's impossible if the website isn't working. 

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Problem with Dear Evan Hansen lottery#2
Posted: 3/11/17 at 11:10am

Polka Dot2 said: "It seems like whenever I got to the lottery website (during normal entry times), it says that the lottery is not available and to come back tomorrow. Has anyone else experienced this? 

I would really love to win someday, but that's impossible if the website isn't working. 


If you're talking about today, there is no lottery on Saturdays.

 

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Problem with Dear Evan Hansen lottery#3
Posted: 3/11/17 at 11:13am

I'm 98% sure they began offering lottery seats to Saturday matinees a few weeks back. 

I had the same issue until I realized that they close their drawing very early. You and enter starting at midnight the night prior to the performance you want to attend, if I'm not mistaken. 

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Problem with Dear Evan Hansen lottery#4
Posted: 3/11/17 at 11:18am

Thanks for the information. I got that message today then realized it's Saturday. But I feel like I've gotten that message other days of the week, too, and I do enter early. 

Oh well, hopefully whatever it was resolves itself. 

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Problem with Dear Evan Hansen lottery#5
Posted: 3/11/17 at 11:20am

GreasedLightning said: "I'm 98% sure they began offering lottery seats to Saturday matinees a few weeks back. 

I had the same issue until I realized that they close their drawing very early. You and enter starting at midnight the night prior to the performance you want to attend, if I'm not mistaken. 


For a short time, there was a Saturday matinee lottery, but not anymore. The ticketing FAQ's on the website have this info.

 

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Problem with Dear Evan Hansen lottery#6
Posted: 3/11/17 at 11:30am

I definitely put in an entry on a Saturday matinee a few weeks ago, so it must be a new thing.

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Problem with Dear Evan Hansen lottery#7
Posted: 3/11/17 at 1:50pm

I applied for today's matinee this morning, so this is still very much a thing.

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Problem with Dear Evan Hansen lottery#8
Posted: 3/11/17 at 2:06pm

cglaid said: "I applied for today's matinee this morning, so this is still very much a thing.

My mistake, I guess they never updated the website. Thanks for the correction.

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