I’m glad to know that my portion of the donor lottery funds are being used in such a positive manner.
I would add, though, that participation doesn’t affect the expected payout to any player’s recommendations (and in the CEA lottery setup, it doesn’t affect the pot size or draw probability). I.e. if other donor lottery players planned to donate their funds to something completely useless, that doesn’t make any difference for you (unless hearing that they had made that donation outside the lottery context would have changed your own charity pick).
I would add, though, that participation doesn’t affect the expected payout to any player’s recommendations (and in the CEA lottery setup, it doesn’t affect the pot size or draw probability). I.e. if other donor lottery players planned to donate their funds to something completely useless, that doesn’t make any difference for you (unless hearing that they had made that donation outside the lottery context would have changed your own charity pick).