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Buying 5 tickets only gives odds of 1:500 if ... (archive)

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Posted by tii driver on September 25, 2000 at 11:46:35:

In Reply to: too bad for you... posted by jedinite on September 24, 2000 at 21:49:36:

(posted from: user-33qtkeo.dialup.mindspring.com (199.174.209.216))

I put down $125... I've got a 1:500 shot of winning, as opposed to your measly 1:2500 shot of winning :P

... you're in a pool with 499 other people who bought 5 ticket. If you're in a pool where everyone else bought only 1 ticket then your odds are 5:25000.

Oops, that should've been 5:2500 (e) tii driver 11:49 9/25/2000 (1)
- ummm...... what??? jedinite 16:16 9/25/2000 (0)

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