Developer's Pokemon bot wins two raffle boxes worth ~$500 each
billyjhowell · x · 2026-11-06
Developer billyjhowell shared that his Pokemon monitoring bot tipped him off to enter a raffle for Pokemon UPC boxes — and he won two of them, each worth roughly $500. The order screenshot shows the two items totaled $476.94.
It's a practical example of the "monitor-and-snipe" automation pattern: a script that constantly watches restocks/raffles and acts instantly, a workflow individual developers can replicate for limited-drop products.
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