Daily Lottery

The most server-impacting menu in the casino category - a lottery with a real, growing jackpot. Each $100 ticket either wins the whole pot at 1-in-50 odds, or contributes $50 to it. The jackpot accumulates across all players, all sessions, until someone wins.

advanced

Features: global-var-jackpotincVar-with-amountsetVarchance-rulebroadcastmoney-rule

Requires: Vault

Open: /ame_lottery Copy

menu.conf

# Daily Lottery - global jackpot accumulator + chance-based payout
# Docs: https://abstractmenus.github.io/docs/en/examples/casino-and-games/daily-lottery
# Open: /ame_lottery
# Requires: Vault

include required(file("./plugins/AbstractMenus/menus/example/_shared/templates.conf"))

title: "&6Daily Lottery"
size: 3
updateInterval: 40

activators {
  command: "ame_lottery"
}

items: [
  ${borderBlack} { slot: "0-8" }
  ${borderBlack} { slot: "18-26" }

  # Jackpot display - reads the global accumulator var
  {
    slot: 4
    material: NETHER_STAR
    name: "&6&lCurrent Jackpot"
    lore: ["", "&e$%var_:ame_lottery_jackpot:0%", "", "&8Tickets cost $100. 50 of every 100 goes to jackpot."]
  }

  # Buy ticket button
  {
    slot: 13
    material: PAPER
    name: "&aBuy a ticket &8($100)"
    lore: [
      "&7Click to purchase a lottery ticket."
      ""
      "&7You roll a 1-in-50 chance to win"
      "&7the entire jackpot."
      ""
      "&7If you don't win, $50 of your ticket"
      "&7adds to the jackpot pool."
    ]
    click {
      rules { money: 100 }
      actions {
        takeMoney: 100
        # 1-in-50 chance to win the jackpot.
        bulk: [
          {
            rules { chance: 2 }
            actions {
              # Pay out the current jackpot value to the winner.
              # %var_:...% inside actions is the var lookup; this passes the current value.
              giveMoney: "%var_:ame_lottery_jackpot:0%"
              setVar: "ame_lottery_jackpot::0"
              sound: ${successSound}
              broadcast: "&6&lJACKPOT! &f%player_name% &awon $%var_:ame_lottery_jackpot:0% in the lottery!"
              message: "&6&lYou won the jackpot!"
            }
            denyActions {
              # No win - $50 of the ticket price goes into the jackpot.
              incVar { name: "ame_lottery_jackpot", amount: 50 }
              sound: ${failSound}
              message: "&7No win. $50 added to the jackpot."
            }
          }
        ]
        refreshMenu: true
      }
      denyActions: ${denyNoMoney}
    }
  }

  # Reset (admin only) - in case the menu state needs clearing in tests
  {
    slot: 16
    material: BARRIER
    name: "&cAdmin: reset jackpot to 0"
    lore: ["&8Admins only. For testing."]
    rules: ${rulesAdmin}
    click {
      actions {
        setVar: "ame_lottery_jackpot::0"
        sound: ${clickSound}
        message: "&aJackpot reset."
        refreshMenu: true
      }
    }
  }

  ${buttonClose} { slot: 22 }
]

_shared/templates.conf

# AbstractMenus example pack - shared templates
# Reusable HOCON snippets referenced from menus via ${blockName} substitution.
# Docs: https://abstractmenus.github.io/docs/en/examples

# Sound presets (Paper 1.21+ registry keys)
clickSound:    "ui.button.click"
openSound:     "block.chest.open"
closeSound:    "block.chest.close"
successSound:  "entity.experience_orb.pickup"
failSound:     "block.note_block.bass"
deniedSound:   "block.anvil.land"

# Deny action snippets (use as: denyActions: ${denyNoMoney})
denyNoMoney {
  sound:   ${deniedSound}
  message: "&cYou don't have enough money."
}
denyNoPerm {
  sound:   ${deniedSound}
  message: "&cYou don't have permission."
}
denyCooldown {
  sound:   ${deniedSound}
  message: "&cYou're on cooldown. Try again later."
}

# Border items (use as: ${borderBlack} { slot: "0-8" })
borderBlack {
  material: BLACK_STAINED_GLASS_PANE
  name: " "
}
borderGray {
  material: GRAY_STAINED_GLASS_PANE
  name: " "
}
borderBlue {
  material: BLUE_STAINED_GLASS_PANE
  name: " "
}

# Navigation buttons (use as: ${buttonClose} { slot: 22 })
buttonClose {
  material: BARRIER
  name: "&cClose"
  click {
    closeMenu: true
  }
}
buttonBack {
  material: ARROW
  name: "&eBack"
  lore: ["&7Return to previous menu"]
  click {
    closeMenu: true
  }
}
buttonNext {
  material: ARROW
  name: "&eNext page"
  click {
    pageNext: 1
  }
}
buttonPrev {
  material: ARROW
  name: "&ePrevious page"
  click {
    pagePrev: 1
  }
}

# Rule shortcut snippets (use as: rules: ${rulesAdmin})
rulesAdmin   { permission: "abstractmenus.admin" }
rulesVip     { permission: "abstractmenus.vip" }
rulesDonator { permission: "abstractmenus.donator" }

# Common decorative header (use as: ${commonHeader} { slot: 4 })
commonHeader {
  material: NETHER_STAR
  name: "&6&lExample Menu"
  lore: ["&7Welcome to the AbstractMenus example pack"]
}

↓ menu.conf ↓ Bundle (.zip)

Bundle includes _shared/templates.conf and INSTALL.txt.

What it teaches

• A global variable as a persistent prize accumulator
• The incVar action with an explicit amount (not just +1)
• Reading a global var inside another action: giveMoney: "%var_:ame_lottery_jackpot:0%"
• Combining bulk with inline rules { chance: ... } actions { ... } denyActions { ... } for branching behavior
• Server-wide announcement via broadcast

How the win/loss branch works

Inside the click’s actions { }, we use bulk to wrap a single conditional sub-action group:

bulk: [
  {
    rules { chance: 2 }
    actions {
      # Win path
      giveMoney: "%var_:ame_lottery_jackpot:0%"
      setVar: "ame_lottery_jackpot::0"
      ...
    }
    denyActions {
      # Loss path
      incVar { name: "ame_lottery_jackpot", amount: 50 }
      ...
    }
  }
]

rules { chance: 2 } rolls a 2% probability. If true, actions runs (pay out + reset jackpot). If false, denyActions runs (add $50 to jackpot).

The bulk wrapper is here so this whole conditional is one entry in a list - lets us add more conditional outcomes later (10% chance for half-jackpot, etc.) by appending to the bulk list.

Reading vars in action arguments

giveMoney: "%var_:ame_lottery_jackpot:0%" - the placeholder gets resolved to the current jackpot value (e.g., 5000), and giveMoney receives that number. Combined with setVar: "ame_lottery_jackpot::0" immediately after, this is the “pay out then reset” pattern.

Order matters: payout must happen before the reset, otherwise the player gets $0.

Caveats

This is a self-contained demo. Real lottery systems usually want:

• Persistence: ensure the jackpot var survives server restarts (covered by AbstractMenus’s variable storage if syncVariables: true in config)
• Per-day limits: temporal var per player (setVarp ::1d) to limit ticket purchases
• Admin reset/audit: this menu has a basic admin reset; real ops want logged transactions
• Anti-cheat: rate limiting + click debouncing already handled by the plugin’s per-menu cooldowns

For your production implementation, layer those on top of the pattern shown here.

Try it

1. Drop the bundle into plugins/AbstractMenus/menus/example/.
2. /am reload.
3. /eco give <you> 5000.
4. Type /ame_lottery in-game.
5. Buy 20-30 tickets. The jackpot grows. Eventually one of them wins.