Trying to find a new console or graphics card has proven immensely frustrating for many consumers. Scalpers and bots have swooped in to snap them up and sell them at inflated prices. Newegg, however, ...

Scalpers utilizing armies of bots to instantly purchase high-demand hardware have become a scourge online, and e-retailer Newegg is attempting to solve that problem by rolling out a lottery system.

After Nike limited its sneaker drops through lottery-based draws, the closest sneakerheads had to a real-life release experience was a SNKRS Pass, which allowed people to reserve shoes on the SNKRS ...