Nine Rings

Nine Rings is a minigame that was originally opened during the Dragon Festival. The Shing Jea Boardwalk games appeared again on:
 * October 20 to 22, 2006 – Prior to the release of Nightfall.
 * February 23 to 25, 2007 – As part of Gamer Weekend.
 * April 27 to 30, 2007 – As part of Guild Wars Birthday
 * July 6 to 8, 2007 – As part of the Dragon Festival.
 * August 10 to 12, 2007 – As part of the Dragon Festival revisit.
 * February 8 to 10, 2008 – As part of the Canthan New Year.
 * April 25 to 28, 2008 – As part of Guild Wars 3rd Birthday.
 * January 30 to February 1, 2009 – As part of the Canthan New Year.
 * April 24 to 29, 2009 – As part of Guild Wars 4th Birthday.
 * July 2 to 5, 2009 – As part of the Dragon Festival.

Rules
Nine rings are organized in a 3 x 3 layout in which contestants may stand. Each round costs 10 tickets. Every eight seconds, one ring is randomly chosen as the winner. Players standing in that ring are awarded 25 tickets if it is the center, 40 if it is on the side, or 55 if it is a corner. Standing in a ring adjacent to the winning one awards 15 tickets.

After the ticket fee, the net winnings are this:
 * Center: 25-10 = 15 tickets
 * Side: 40-10 = 30 tickets
 * Corner: 55-10 = 45 tickets
 * Adjacent ring to winning one: 15-10 = 5 tickets

Teilah organizes games into groups of nineteen rounds. Each full cycle takes approximately three minutes (186 secs) to run.

Odds
The odds of this game will return 17 for every 18 tickets spent regardless of which circle you stand on. If you are trying to achieve the Lucky title, it does not matter in which ring you stand. Standing on a corner circle will increase the rate of losses for those hoping to achieve both the Lucky and Unlucky titles simultaneously, but standing in corner circles also increases the chance of having to go buy more tickets earlier resulting from a string of bad luck.

See the Luck titles guide for details on time and gold requirements for achieving titles.

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