Thanks for the level-headed responses smooth. When I look at the digging/staking graphs dooglus put up periodically, there seems to be a big difference pre and post lottery. But that's probably because the lottery coins are not reflected, i'm not sure.
Here's the chart I remember. It looks like eliminating the lottery
slightly increased the overall staking rate. I don't see any evidence that staking during the lottery period was an advantage compared with after the lottery period. But I could be wrong, and I'm relying on information that is posted to the thread. I have not checked any of this myself.

Hint: stopping the lottery caused the supply to increase much more quickly than before.