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randon winner

Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 6:33 pm
by mjterry
5 ENTRIES?????????? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?????????   EVERY STINKING DRAWING, THE WINNER HAS LESS THAN 15 OR SO, I HAVE ALOT OVER 50 THIS GAME AND OVER 100 LAST DRAWING, AND 5 ENTRIES WON????? 

Re: randon winner

Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 6:37 pm
by Webman


That is correct. If it makes you feel better, you had better odds than they did. 

Re: randon winner

Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 6:45 pm
by mjterry
oooh yeah i feel ALOT better, thank you

Re: randon winner

Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 7:02 pm
by Webman
I know, it hurts.We've done 3 such drawings and it looks like the winners have had 18,6 and 5 entries. I'm sure at some point someone with more entries will be the drawing winner. But the truth is, most players don't have as many as you, so the odds of someone with a low number of entries winning are collectively better than someone with 100 entries.Example: Say 9000 people have 5 entries each.10 people have 100 entries.You are much more likely to have a winner with 5 entries than a winner with 100 entries. Yet, each of the people with 100 entries has a much better chance than any individual with 5 entries. It's almost like a riddle.


Re: randon winner

Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 7:11 pm
by Webman
Well, curiosity made me look up a couple numbers. 55 people had 50 or more entries this time (score over 6,000)8,380 people had 15 or less.


Re: randon winner

Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 9:41 am
by onemoretry

5 ENTRIES?????????? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?????????   EVERY STINKING DRAWING, THE WINNER HAS LESS THAN 15 OR SO, I HAVE ALOT OVER 50 THIS GAME AND OVER 100 LAST DRAWING, AND 5 ENTRIES WON????? 

Actually, one entry won.