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  • DS1119DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    shawnb199 wrote:
    Also in this scenario, if the same 2000 10C members got tickets for back to back shows, the odds that at least one member would win the lottery for both nights are nearly 72%.

    .


    I just can't wrap my head around this??
  • 81 wrote:
    shawnb199 wrote:
    there is a 72% change that a single member wins lotto tickets on back to back nights.....not sure i buy into that math
    Not sure you're reading it correctly. It's a 72% chance that at least one member does, not that any given member does.

    It's pretty simple, actually. Take the 50 people who win on night 1. For there to be no repeats, every single one of them has to lose on night 2.

    The odds of losing are 39/40.

    The odds of all 50 of them losing are (39/40) ^ 50

    If you run that math, you get about 28%, which means there's only a 28% chance that all 50 of them lose on night 2. Conversely, there's a 72% chance that one or more are repeat winners.

    ETA: For any statisticians reading, I'm slightly simplifying. Haven't figured out yet whether there's any impact from considering replacement, but I'm certain that it doesn't have any meaningful impact on the point of the exercise.
  • aNiMaLaNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    wow... just was curious

    and only wanted 1 answer

    not 3 non answers?
    :lol::lol::lol:

    I agree though, winners names should not be removed from winning to any other show of the tour. I am allowed to win the state and national lotteries as many times as I can. This should be no different.
  • The answer is even simpler than that:
    Have any of you actually asked the 10C how they do it?

    The answer I got was quite satisfactory…


    So, what was the answer the 10c gave you?.....I will take a guess.....The 1st & 2nd & 9th row & 10th rows are all randomly drawn winners.....If this what the 10c stated?....Do you really believe that it happens all the time?

    Jeremy
  • aNiMaL wrote:
    wow... just was curious

    and only wanted 1 answer

    not 3 non answers?
    :lol::lol::lol:

    I agree though, winners names should not be removed from winning to any other show of the tour. I am allowed to win the state and national lotteries as many times as I can. This should be no different.


    I don't think the persons name should be taken out of the drawing...Just cross their name off for that row that already have won once on that tour...

    Jeremy
  • shawnb199 wrote:
    Here's a brief statistics lesson:

    .....

    There may be VIP stuff going on. There may be unscrupulous people working in the venues' ticket offices who manage to do shady things. None of that HAS to be true for people to have the types of anecdotes about not winning, or multiple winners, that they've raised on this thread. All we can do is trust that the band and 10C are good people who want nothing more than to ensure a great show and a great experience for every fan.

    Awesome analysis!
  • DS1119 wrote:
    Now this is funny because while I would have surmised that most of the poor shmucks here would
    have taken my claim seriously, you of all people Santos would have just laughed it off instead
    of stating the obvious.

    I'm just a poor shmuck but I love watching Santos lay the smack down... :lol::lol::lol:

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    Well then I guess you're an even bigger shmuck than I thought because that's about
    a poor attempt at a "smackdown" as they come.

    Do you understand the concept that my claim was so preposterous that only an idiot
    would think it were true?
  • Tboz51Tboz51 Posts: 2,808
    DS1119 wrote:
    shawnb199 wrote:
    Also in this scenario, if the same 2000 10C members got tickets for back to back shows, the odds that at least one member would win the lottery for both nights are nearly 72%.

    .


    I just can't wrap my head around this??

    Maybe you forgot to carry the one?
    "Honesty will always be construed as negative to a dumbass"
    :-)
  • I've already accepted the fact that I will never win. It takes all the worry away.
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    :lol::lol::lol: Just kidding
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  • 8181 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    I've already accepted the fact that I will never win. It takes all the worry away.


    there really is no reason to fret....i just go in expecting the worse...if i get upgraded...great...if not...great. i'm still going to have a good time regardless of being lotto row (alpine), 3rd row (columbus), or 3rd row from the back wall in the upper deck (philly 4).

    even at bonnaroo, we didn't make a huge effort to get up front. i think we started by the soundboard and moved down a little from there.

    just get me in and put somebody cool beside me.
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  • 81 wrote:
    I've already accepted the fact that I will never win. It takes all the worry away.


    there really is no reason to fret....i just go in expecting the worse...if i get upgraded...great...if not...great. i'm still going to have a good time regardless of being lotto row (alpine), 3rd row (columbus), or 3rd row from the back wall in the upper deck (philly 4).

    even at bonnaroo, we didn't make a huge effort to get up front. i think we started by the soundboard and moved down a little from there.

    just get me in and put somebody cool beside me.
    I'm the coolest person you could ever be beside.
    Just, not enough.
    I need more.
    Nothing seems to satisfy.
    I said, I dont want it.
    I just need it.
    To breathe, to feel, to know Im alive.
  • shawnb199 wrote:
    81 wrote:
    shawnb199 wrote:
    there is a 72% change that a single member wins lotto tickets on back to back nights.....not sure i buy into that math
    Not sure you're reading it correctly. It's a 72% chance that at least one member does, not that any given member does.

    It's pretty simple, actually. Take the 50 people who win on night 1. For there to be no repeats, every single one of them has to lose on night 2.

    The odds of losing are 39/40.

    The odds of all 50 of them losing are (39/40) ^ 50

    If you run that math, you get about 28%, which means there's only a 28% chance that all 50 of them lose on night 2. Conversely, there's a 72% chance that one or more are repeat winners.

    ETA: For any statisticians reading, I'm slightly simplifying. Haven't figured out yet whether there's any impact from considering replacement, but I'm certain that it doesn't have any meaningful impact on the point of the exercise.

    math is fun! i think there's a 100% chance no one knows the odds ... NO ONE


    but i am curious what are the chances we got through to the kid who thinks the saying is goody tissues?
  • DS1119DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    Well then I guess you're an even bigger shmuck than I thought because that's about
    a poor attempt at a "smackdown" as they come.

    Do you understand the concept that my claim was so preposterous that only an idiot
    would think it were true?


    Now you resort to name calling. Awesome!! :thumbup:
  • 8181 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    81 wrote:
    I've already accepted the fact that I will never win. It takes all the worry away.


    there really is no reason to fret....i just go in expecting the worse...if i get upgraded...great...if not...great. i'm still going to have a good time regardless of being lotto row (alpine), 3rd row (columbus), or 3rd row from the back wall in the upper deck (philly 4).

    even at bonnaroo, we didn't make a huge effort to get up front. i think we started by the soundboard and moved down a little from there.

    just get me in and put somebody cool beside me.
    I'm the coolest person you could ever be beside.


    i know....i learned that in the brief time we spent at the tailgate.....you are a good egg...not matter they say.
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  • Appreantly who know exactly this was posted toward to..

    Jeremy
  • These math numbers make no sense at all because not everyone in row 1, 2, 9 & 10 are lottery winners from the 10 Club. So assuming you can figure out a mathematical equation without knowing how many seats are in those lottery rows is foolish.

    Without knowing how many winners there are per night and how many actual seats there are each night, no mathematical equation will work.
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  • 8181 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    These math numbers make no sense at all because not everyone in row 1, 2, 9 & 10 are lottery winners from the 10 Club. So assuming you can figure out a mathematical equation without knowing how many seats are in those lottery rows is foolish.

    Without knowing how many winners there are per night and how many actual seats there are each night, no mathematical equation will work.

    it's called an assumption....when you don't have facts, you make assumptions based on the information that you have.....
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  • Never ASS U ME

    :lol::lol:
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  • 8181 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    than take an educated guess.....if you are scared of being an ass....although i know you are not. :P
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  • 81 wrote:
    than take an educated guess.....if you are scared of being an ass....although i know you are not. :P

    Why would I care to make an educated guess about something we will never know?
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  • 81 wrote:
    than take an educated guess.....if you are scared of being an ass....although i know you are not. :P

    Why would I care to make an educated guess about something we will never know?

    you just described 62% of the posts on here
  • 81 wrote:
    than take an educated guess.....if you are scared of being an ass....although i know you are not. :P

    Why would I care to make an educated guess about something we will never know?

    you just described 62% of the posts on here

    I love the new Avatar!!!!
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  • 8181 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    81 wrote:
    than take an educated guess.....if you are scared of being an ass....although i know you are not. :P

    Why would I care to make an educated guess about something we will never know?

    you just described 62% of the posts on here


    99% of RM's. :P :lol:
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  • Nope.
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  • JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,511
    81 wrote:

    just get me in and put somebody cool beside me.

    I am in 100% agreement with this statement.
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  • ItIsEvolutionBabyItIsEvolutionBaby Rogers, AR Posts: 397
    Edge34 wrote:
    I always thought that the more goods that you bought from Ten Club the better your chances would be. I mean they know how much each of us spend on this site. It's kind of like looking after the people that look after you. All I really buy through the club is tickets so I would assume that my chances would be lowered by that fact. Just my theory.

    nah, that theory doesn't hold water either because I have never spent a dime on anything
    from the goods section and including last night I have now won the lottery 8 times.

    since you need to purchase tickets via the Ten Club to be eligible for the lottery, and you have 0 ticket purchases in your account, I'd venture a guess that you've NOT won the lottery 8 times.

    slh
    Owned
    Oh please, let it rain today, this city's so filthy, like my mind in ways . . .
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  • I sent an email to the 10 Club asking some questions about the lottery, and got a reply in 26 minutes:
    There are no exclusions. All members have opportunity to end up in lottery from the most senior members, to least senior members.

    These are chosen through a randomized selection. There is no “who you know” to it. We absolutely do not play that game, it’s just not what we are about.

    The number of lottery seats depend on how many seats fall into those 4 rows. So it’s completely specific to each venue’s seating layout.

    The process has been the same since we started the lottery process.

    Best,
    10c

    For what it's worth, the example posted by shawnb199 is just an example, trying to illustrate the general nature of the process. The fact is, the more shows you go to, the better your chance of winning the lottery, but as in all random processes weird things happen, and those are the stories you end up hearing. That phenomenon even has a name, it's called "selection bias".

    I believe the 10 Club, the process is completely random. Has anyone in the long chain of people who handle the tickets ever cheated ever, over the course of thousands of shows? Maybe. But in the overwhelmingly vast majority of cases, it's completely fucking random.

    Peace and see you in Vancouver.
  • When did they start the lottery ?
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