Doesn't seem entirely fair to those who can't make either.
It is just unlucky if people can't participate. I had five books to give away and I wanted to use the PPV and the night after on RAW to push the contest. Initially I was going to do it all for the PPV but I thought it would be better to split it between RAW as well so that more can be in the running.
In the end the author supplied me with five for members to win in the way that I chose and this is my preferred method. I want more involved in the live discussions and this is a great way to encourage it.
We normally do contests where members need 200 posts a month but I wanted to change things up and do something different. Even then when we did that people complained about it being too many posts so I guess I can't win, people will complain no matter what method I chose. In the end no one has to spend any money to enter this, it is a free contest available to all.