OT: Still no winning 50/50?

[3IR]

Man... I just signed up with remax a week before the last draw assuming I was a sure thing.

They must have purposely not chosen a realtor cause they caught on to people catching on!

 

[Muffin]

All the "A package won again, it's rigged" responses on twitter makes me lose faith in humanity. It's like those math problems on facebook 90% of people get wrong.

The average person is dumber than we think and half the world is dumber than them.

 

[bone]

All the "A package won again, it's rigged" responses on twitter makes me lose faith in humanity. It's like those math problems on facebook 90% of people get wrong.

The average person is dumber than we think and half the world is dumber than them.

I was out of town for the 50/50s with no internet. So how were the tickets divyed up. I know football usually had the As for $20 purchases of 10 tickets, Bs for $10 Purchases of (I think) 3 tickets, and Cs for the individual $5 tickets.

Was it similar? If so, naturally way more of the As are out there.

 

[Muffin]

I was out of town for the 50/50s with no internet. So how were the tickets divyed up. I know football usually had the As for $20 purchases of 10 tickets, Bs for $10 Purchases of (I think) 3 tickets, and Cs for the individual $5 tickets.

Was it similar? If so, naturally way more of the As are out there.

Yea A package was the $50 for 200 package. I think it had an 88% chance of winning.

 

[T-Funk]

Yea A package was the $50 for 200 package. I think it had an 88% chance of winning.

Meaning of all the numbers in the draw, 88% were A's, right?

 

[Muffin]

Meaning of all the numbers in the draw, 88% were A's, right?

Yes

 

[bellagiobob]

 

[Stoneman89]

Funny thing, now that his name is public, the #1 google search of his name by curious folks is "Daryl Tyrlik- Remax"

 

[joestevens29]

Funny thing, now that his name is public, the #1 google search of his name by curious folks is "Daryl Tyrlik- Remax"

I laughed when I saw that too.

 

[WaitingForUser]

Yea A package was the $50 for 200 package. I think it had an 88% chance of winning.

Which is understandable but still 4 times in a row the A numbers won. What is the percentage of that happening? Seems like only people who could afford the A packages had a real chance to win no?

 

[Muffin]

Which is understandable but still 4 times in a row the A numbers won. What is the percentage of that happening? Seems like only people who could afford the A packages had a real chance to win no?

Uh no that's not how it works, everyone has an equal chance but they sold more A tickets than any other tickets so obviously there's a higher chance of it being drawn. The same reason the $20 tickets at the games aways win. I think they said 88% of the tickets were A tickets?

 

[WaitingForUser]

Uh no that's not how it works, everyone has an equal chance but they sold more A tickets than any other tickets so obviously there's a higher chance of it being drawn. The same reason the $20 tickets at the games aways win. I think they said 88% of the tickets were A tickets?

I don’t see how it is an equal chance if you have 88% chance that an A number is drawn.

 

[Muffin]

I don’t see how it is an equal chance if you have 88% chance that an A number is drawn.

 

[WaitingForUser]

Great explanation. If A tickets have an 88% chance of being drawn does that not mean all others have a combined 22% chance?

 

[Muffin]

Great explanation. If A tickets have an 88% chance of been drawn does that not mean all others have a combined 22% chance?

Because there's more of them, let me ELI5 for you.

Say your work runs a 50/50 and sold 10 tickets. 8 employees from department A bought a ticket each and 2 employees from department B bought a ticket each. Do you think there's a higher chance of you winning if you're in department A? No you still have a 10% chance of winning. It just means there's an 80% chance the winner will be from department A.

 

[WaitingForUser]

Because there's more of them, let me ELI5 for you.

Say your work runs a 50/50 and sold 10 tickets. 8 employees from department A bought a ticket each and 2 employees from department B bought a ticket each. Do you think there's a higher chance of you winning if you're in department A? No you still have a 10% chance of winning. It just means there's an 80% chance the winner will be from department A.

Ok that makes more sense when you look at it that way.

 

[joestevens29]

Great explanation. If A tickets have an 88% chance of being drawn does that not mean all others have a combined 22% chance?

12

 

[oobga]

 

[bone]

Watching these explanations reminds me of back in the day when all tickets were equal value and I had friends who were adamant about buying tickets from separate vendors thinking that if their numbers weren't consecutive that it increased their odds of winning

I'd always remind them that each ticket was equal and all this did was increase your chances of being close to the winning number and thus more likely to leave them disappointed. Usually they didn't understand.

 

[Muffin]

Watching these explanations reminds me of back in the day when all tickets were equal value and I had friends who were adamant about buying tickets from separate vendors thinking that if their numbers weren't consecutive that it increased their odds of winning

I'd always remind them that each ticket was equal and all this did was increase your chances of being close to the winning number and thus more likely to leave them disappointed. Usually they didn't understand.

Same reason people don't buy 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 on their lottery ticket even though statically that set of numbers has the same odd of winning as any other groups of 7.

 

[Magnum23]

Why wasn't the third name released? ......

 

[bellagiobob]

It was. Someone on reddit said it is an older gent who is a heavy duty mechanic for a concrete/paving contractor

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-oilers-record-50-50-winner-1.5707611

Thats the fourth winner. Third winner still blank.

 

[ZJuice]

Thats the fourth winner. Third winner still blank.

Oh my :O. Is it because it’s another realtor? lol

 

[CanmoreMike]

Watching these explanations reminds me of back in the day when all tickets were equal value and I had friends who were adamant about buying tickets from separate vendors thinking that if their numbers weren't consecutive that it increased their odds of winning

I'd always remind them that each ticket was equal and all this did was increase your chances of being close to the winning number and thus more likely to leave them disappointed. Usually they didn't understand.

I understand your logic but there is something to be said that if you bought 6 tickets and the first two numbers for each are:

12...
13...
14...
18...
19...
21...

Means when they announce the numbers and begin with “TWO!” you can still be excited and interested in winning rather than ripping all your tickets up and say eff it.

Keeps it more exciting I guess.