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# Enter a round

Buying tickets step by step, what every number in the purchase window means, and what happens next.

## Step by step

1. Open [ovro.fun](https://ovro.fun) and press **Connect**.
2. Press **Enter raffle**.
3. Choose the number of tickets with **−** and **+**.
4. Check the numbers (explained below) and press **Confirm**.
5. Your wallet shows a transaction to the raffle contract for exactly *tickets × price* ETH. Approve it.
6. The window follows the transaction: *Confirm in wallet → Submitting → Confirming on-chain → Confirmed*, with a link to the explorer.

Your tickets now appear under **Your tickets** on the main page.

## The purchase window

| Line                   | Meaning                                                                                                                                                          |
| ---------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Ticket price**       | ETH per ticket for this round. Fixed for the whole round.                                                                                                        |
| **Tickets**            | How many you are buying now. The maximum is limited by the tickets left and your wallet limit.                                                                   |
| **Eligibility**        | *Open · Genesis* during Genesis. After the $OVRO activation it shows your $OVRO balance and the minimum required.                                                |
| **Wallet limit**       | Tickets you already hold in this round / the most one wallet can hold.                                                                                           |
| **Chance now**         | Your share if the round were drawn with the tickets sold so far, including this purchase. Early in a round this is close to 100%, because few tickets exist yet. |
| **Chance at sell-out** | Your share if all tickets of the round are sold. This is the number that grows with every ticket you add.                                                        |
| **Total**              | ETH that leaves your wallet, before gas.                                                                                                                         |

## Messages you may see

| Message                            | What to do                                                                     |
| ---------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Wrong network**                  | Press *Switch network* and approve it in your wallet.                          |
| **Insufficient ETH**               | Your balance on Robinhood Chain does not cover the total plus gas.             |
| **Insufficient OVRO**              | After Genesis only: buy $OVRO on Pons, then come back.                         |
| **Wallet limit reached**           | This wallet already holds the maximum tickets for the round.                   |
| **Round full** or **round closed** | Wait for the next round; it opens automatically after the draw.                |
| **Sales paused**                   | The guardian paused ticket sales. Draws, refunds and withdrawals keep working. |
| **Wallet rejected**                | You declined the transaction. Nothing was sent.                                |

## After you buy

* **The timer** starts with the first ticket of the round and runs for 24 hours (current rules).
* **Sold out:** the draw starts in the same transaction as the last ticket.
* **Timer ended:** anyone can press *Close round*. With at least 2 players the draw starts; with fewer, the round is cancelled and every ticket is refundable.
* **The draw** waits about one minute for the committed randomness beacon, then the winner is selected and paid in the same transaction. The automation normally does this within seconds; anyone can also press *Reveal winner*.

See [Refunds & prizes](/ovro-docs/getting-started/claims.md) for cancelled rounds and prizes that could not be sent automatically.


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