Prize Chairs create traffic and generate good will for your visitors. Hopefully this will lead to increased business. There are a large number of SL users who spend a good deal of their time visiting locations with prize chairs and many of them already call out to their friends and members of special Chair Announcing groups telling them the letters currently showing on nearby chairs.
Chair Types
The common types of prize chairs are:-
Lucky Chair - the original, technically complicated with many features and modifications allowed.
Wonder Chair - the copy permitted alternative.
Choice Chair - from the maker of Chair Announcer In-World object (Goss Machin of Machin's Machines at 5th Avenue store in Anma).
Others - a number of other makes are available
Chair Facilities
Chairs can send more or less of the state (Letter, Remaining Time, Prize Name, Prize Category, Target Audience, etc.) In descending order of flexibility the chairs are able to:-
Choice Chair - has a built in
Comm interface sending full details to the Chair Announcer.
Lucky Chair - has a plug-in
Comm interface sending most details to the Chair Announcer (using the announcer's provided script).
Wonder Chair - relies on the Chair Announcer listening to the chair's chat announcements and relaying them.
Others - support will be added for these, as and when the manufacturer provides information...