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« Reply #15 on: January 07, 2011, 01:45:49 PM »
Quote from: cambridgealex on January 07, 2011, 01:29:16 PM
is it different for   ?

Prob about the same.

is more common though.

And i'd say you get the least.
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« Reply #16 on: January 07, 2011, 01:46:47 PM »
Quote from: MC on January 07, 2011, 01:36:44 PM
Quote from: ggeseriesgg on January 07, 2011, 11:03:53 AM
The chances are 50:50. You either get the hand, or you don't Wink

(just kidding by the way, it's not 50:50)

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« Reply #17 on: January 07, 2011, 01:50:30 PM »
lol, I think you'll find I'm an expert at using checkboxes, just thought I'd be a little creative this time!
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« Reply #18 on: January 07, 2011, 03:40:53 PM »
52 times 51...divided by 2...maybe?
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« Reply #19 on: January 07, 2011, 04:16:49 PM »
While we are on the subject, whats the math for the odds of winning the Mint Glasgow jackpot (See thread in Live poker for full details) once you have won the tourney outright?

The name of every player in the tourney goes into a bag/box/hat whatever and the winner gets 1 pick for every 5 players that entered the tourney (50 players=10 picks, 100 players=20 picks etc) and if they pick their own name they win the jackpot.

So based on 50 players, it would be 50/1 then 49/1 then 48/1 ... 40/1  What is the total?

How much does it change for 75 players with 15 picks and 100 players with 20 picks?

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« Reply #20 on: January 07, 2011, 04:50:25 PM »
Quote from: gatso on January 07, 2011, 01:43:37 PM
Quote from: boldie on January 07, 2011, 01:38:53 PM
Quote from: MC on January 07, 2011, 01:36:44 PM
Quote from: ggeseriesgg on January 07, 2011, 11:03:53 AM
The chances are 50:50. You either get the hand, or you don't Wink

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[ ] never worked out where the box should go either Smiley

[ ] whereas you sure don't seem to have figured out how to combine boxes and negatives

I don't understand.  Boldie correctly placed the box next to a sentence where he said he didn't know where to place boxes.  So he was correct, wasn't he?
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« Reply #21 on: January 07, 2011, 04:50:58 PM »
It's a fairly narrow range if I understand it correctly; best case you're 5/1 to win - you get to pick out exactly 20% of the players if there is a 'round' number of entrants i.e. 50, 55, 75, 90 etc.

Worst case you're 5.444/1 to win - you get to pick 9 from 49 players.
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« Reply #22 on: January 07, 2011, 04:56:39 PM »
Quote from: kinboshi on January 07, 2011, 04:50:25 PM
Quote from: gatso on January 07, 2011, 01:43:37 PM
Quote from: boldie on January 07, 2011, 01:38:53 PM
Quote from: MC on January 07, 2011, 01:36:44 PM
Quote from: ggeseriesgg on January 07, 2011, 11:03:53 AM
The chances are 50:50. You either get the hand, or you don't Wink

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[ ] never worked out where the box should go either Smiley

[ ] whereas you sure don't seem to have figured out how to combine boxes and negatives

I don't understand.  Boldie correctly placed the box next to a sentence where he said he didn't know where to place boxes.  So he was correct, wasn't he?

YEAH!....erm....please don't confuse me anymore..my head hurts.
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« Reply #23 on: January 07, 2011, 04:59:18 PM »
50 player, 75 players, 100 players, all are 4/1 shots unless I'm completely misunderstanding what you've described
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« Reply #24 on: January 07, 2011, 05:04:37 PM »
Quote from: kinboshi on January 07, 2011, 04:50:25 PM
I don't understand.  Boldie correctly placed the box next to a sentence where he said he didn't know where to place boxes.  So he was correct, wasn't he?

no, he was suggesting that mc doesn't know where to place boxes which would be fine if he hadn't used a double negative therefore saying that he did know
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« Reply #25 on: January 07, 2011, 07:03:48 PM »
i'm the same. i don't often not understand check box usage.

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« Reply #26 on: January 07, 2011, 07:07:31 PM »
Quote from: gatso on January 07, 2011, 04:59:18 PM
50 player, 75 players, 100 players, all are 4/1 shots unless I'm completely misunderstanding what you've described

It was a discussion between 2 other people.  1 said its 4-5/1 with 1 pick for every 5 players but the other said it isnt as each pick is gonna be entrants/1, entrants-1/1 etc, 1st person counters that after all the picks it will work out around 5/1.

I wasnt sure of the math so was interested in the exact math
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« Reply #27 on: January 07, 2011, 07:28:05 PM »
Quote from: Longines on January 07, 2011, 04:50:58 PM
It's a fairly narrow range if I understand it correctly; best case you're 5/1 to win - you get to pick out exactly 20% of the players if there is a 'round' number of entrants i.e. 50, 55, 75, 90 etc.

Worst case you're 5.444/1 to win - you get to pick 9 from 49 players.

1 in 5 is not the same as 5/1. you're logic is correct, just your odds are wrong, you need to knock 1 off each of your numbers

worst case (not counting cases with<5 entrants) is 8/1 when you're picking 1 from 9 but mostly your going to be in the range between 4/1 and 9/2
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« Reply #28 on: January 07, 2011, 08:34:55 PM »
Does buying two lottery tickets (for the same draw) double your chance of winning the jackpot?
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« Reply #29 on: January 07, 2011, 08:57:57 PM »
Quote from: rex008 on January 07, 2011, 08:34:55 PM
Does buying two lottery tickets (for the same draw) double your chance of winning the jackpot?

not if you pick the same numbers for both
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