Kalsarikännit
I want to do it because I want to do it. -Amelia Earhart
Oh crap ...
Congratulations (???)
How many tickets did you have?
Bacon Party!
Congratulations (???) How many tickets did you have?
Just one
Liz
pace sera, sera
No. The other.
They'd just called a buddy's name and I was still celebrating for him when I heard my city ...
Guess it's time to put down the bon-bons.
Uh oh... now what?
Simpler answer to this question: There's no reason they should; those are meaningless numbers to add. Those are not chances to win plus chances not to win. Suppose instead there were only single-ticket holders, and there are 79 slots but 1,000 tickets. Then the only percentage is 7.9%. That doesn't add to 100%.
Simpler answer to this question:
There's no reason they should; those are meaningless numbers to add. Those are not chances to win plus chances not to win. Suppose instead there were only single-ticket holders, and there are 79 slots but 1,000 tickets. Then the only percentage is 7.9%. That doesn't add to 100%.
This will get lost later on.
The total opportunities, wins (got drawn) plus loses (did not get drawn) had better total
100 percent. If not, there are draws with no name picked.
(one-ticket) + (two-ticket) + (three-ticket) + (four-ticket) = all, unless there are draws with no name selected.
p1 + p2 + p3 + p4 must equal 1.00 unless there are draws with no ticket holders (a null ticket?),
then it would be
p1 + p2 + p3 + p4 + pn = 1.00 where pn is no name drawn.
In your 79-slot example, the 79 has no bearing on the probability. The probability would be how
many tickets out of the thousand does each contestant have. If each person has one ticket, the
initial probability is 0.001 (1/1000), after that assuming no replacement, the next probability is
1/999, and so on until all 79 slots are filled.
If you have 4 tickets out of the thousand, your initial probability is 4/1000--nothing to do with the 79 slots.
rgot
For those of us just catching up, does Jay = HoosierDaddy?
Yes. Congrats HD and Buzzie.
GreyBeard
Yes. So excited - now I have to get my body healthy.
2020
Ultra Cowboy
What bout Jason Rogers of GA?
WYBMADIITY
Save
No dice for me this year, but that's okay. My bank account is breathing a sigh of relief.
Right now, I'm thinking Grindstone 100 in October. I've really got to bust out some hardcore training for that one, though.
Nobody leaves this place without singing the blues.
Just went to Vermont 100 to sign up - so I can do Grand Slam. It is full! and Im 68th on wait list. What a bummer.
Well Jason I'll be keeping an eye out for you for 2014. Sav up those vacation days because you are gonna need 'em...
Y'all can call me Jane if you want, but ... how does that Slam entry stuff work?
For some reason, I had some crazy idea that there might be some entry "exceptions" made for Slam-wannabes who make it through the WS hurdle.