Re: lottery tickets

Does anyone know whats going on then? I can see everyone else's avy perfectly fine, but I can't see sc2forums's avy.

What is it since I can't see it?

 

Try clearing your cookies and cache.

 

how can I delete those?

 

alright here are the statistics for this game if you wish to know them:

- 210 possiblilitys makes a 10.5:1 payout rate as the base payout rate (every 10.5 minerals you spend avg's to 1 mineral in prize)

- with the current amount of tickets bought (69) the current payout rate is 4:1 meaning it is still a bad investment at this time.

- need 380 tickets bought before an even payout rate 1:1 any more makes it a good payout rate.
this translates to prize money of 10500 or more for this to be a good investment.

if you lower the cost of tickets to 25 and make it 100% value goes to jackpot this would almost be a fair lottery

 

If I guess some of the numbers, do I get any money?

 

im not good at lottery...i just suck with luck on my side

so...1 ticket every week since its cheap

 

So you are saying no one can actually win something with this?

 

Hey what if no one wins and some people get like three numbers right or two numbers right they could have what 25 minerals for each Number and like the Jackpot number is 1-2-3-4 and you get 1-3-10-4 you don't get anything unless you get 1-2-3-5 then you get 50 minerals (First Number doesn't count) and if you get this 1-5-3-4 it doesn't count you must get them in order.
I hope this helped and I hope it gets used it'll make more people buy the tickets and participate...This doesn't take away from the jackpot.

 

Well, its not like I spend money on anything anyway, so I guess I may as well gamble away...

 

Well, nobody won the first draw... -_-

Oh well, just means more money for the next one.

 

I think we should stick with my post above (I mean Include it) then more players will play so every gets something and its not just a waste of minerals all the time.

 

why buy lottery tickets when you can buy christmas raffle tickets?

 

Yes Win more but the price is higher and the Winning percent is higher then the Lottery

 

Not really. Reall lotteries have a one in xmillion chance to win but they are run for communities with several million people. Here we have a 1:5040 chance for under 2000 members so technicly we have less chance of winning

 

Uhh ok then.

 

Lich he probably used 10 nPr 4 instead of 10 nCr 4 which you used. It really depends on how sc2 set up the lottery system but it appears oreder doesnt not matter when you buy your ticket so I would say that 10 nCr 4 is approproate. Which means if you buy just one ticket you have a 1 in 210 chance of winning. Like you said.

P.S. mathspeak ftw

 

I didn't understand what you said, but I'll pretend like I did.

Indubidibly, LordKerwyn, but are you not forgeting the exponent on the Cosine ratio, divided by the variables tangent? I expected better of you.

 

no fair. I posted the statistics out for everyone 2 weeks ago but THEY are the ones that are right.

I feel ignored

 

I had just looked back through the thread and realized tweak had already posted these. I was just waiting for that post......

Thanks for the conformation sc2 and hats off tweak for stating them earlier XD.

 

i dont know why you cant see sc2forums in the online list, or am i wrong?

well, ill take those odds, i just bought ten (i think) tickets