This was posted previously as an addon to anothers suggestion for credits lottery..
Would love to see what the feedback is to this as a standalone idea.

a planet type of lottery.. i dont know how hard it would be to program, but lets pretend its SUPER EASY and works like this.

everyone donates ONE UNOCCUPIED planet scan into the 'system', as their bid, these planets can still be colonized as normal while waiting to be paid out (and 'uploaded' into the winners system.
But the planet MUST be within ONE production level of the best quality for the planet type, OR BETTER (if for some reason you abandoned a x6 icy or something..

I'm not sure how long it should be before payout on this one.... a month is kinda long to wait and a lot can happen to those planets ante'd up as bids... but thats also a bit of a challenge for those of us who like to steal misowned planets. (small joke there)

Maybe expand this to two planet lotteries.. one for the above planets.
and one for 'worked on' planets..(which have been abandoned)
your planet must be ATLEAST X5 in one or more resources to qualify.
also upon entering the planet as a bid, ITS auto purged from EVERYONES scans. to keep people from donating X planet, and just colonizing it or having your friend who alerted it for you, taking it back and bricking it.

This would keep things lively I'm thinking. also, upon receiving your winnings for planet scans, I know you're all wondering what you do with 3000 extra planets on scan.. You also receive 3/4 of the total payout, worth of purgers.. since you cant share those, and everyone will want to get ride of those planets they dont want, you'll use them asap im thinking.