1 in 100 pen blank contest

[1080Wayne]

62

 

[Divnbrian]

I will take "2" (My Son's age, has to be lucky!)

 

[wicook]

Following an exhaustive statistical process, the number I've arrived at is...

89

Now I bet you all want to know how I did it... [^][}] ...or not...

 

[toolcrazy]

22

 

[Poppy]

I will pick 18

 

[Fangar]

73

 

[Pipes]

19 is mine :O)I hope no one guesed it

 

[skiprat]

Great Idea, but the problem is of course the third prize.
If you choose 1 or 100, you will always have a 50% chance of winning.
Every other number only has a 1% chance

I'll have 1 as well[}]

 

[Randy_]

Originally posted by skiprat

.....If you choose 1 or 100, you will always have a 50% chance of winning.....

Your analysis is not quite correct. While it is true that the numbers 1 and 100 each have a 50% chance of winning, that doesn't mean that the "owner" of either of those has a 50% chance of winning. As I understand the rules more than one pereson can select a given number and should that number win, I assume a random selection would be made from all of the folks who chose the number. Therefore, it is quite possible that the chances of winning with either of those two numbers is a lot less than 50%.

 

[strick242]

I'll go 92!

 

[woodchuckd]

my age: 29 (and holding!)

 

[RussFairfield]

28

 

[RonSchmitt]

96

 

[papadan]

#27 for me

 

[pmpartain]

I'll try 39

 

[tipusnr]

27

 

[Tubby]

I will choose 71

Tubby

Ed Jordan
Wichita Falls, TX

 

[jthompson1995]

30

 

[Ozzy]

I'll take 67, it was a great year for me.

 

[Thumbs]

79

 

[tonyhamm]

15

 

[randbcrafts]

100

 

[BobNashvillega]

it has to be 97 since I am not a big fan of that number in Nascar and number 8 was already taken.

 

[Rojo22]

I will go with #69....nuff said.....

 

[gerberpens]

I'll go with ... 43

 

[Monty]

I'll go with 99

 

[Rochester]

59
Dale Pace (rochester)

 

[RogerGarrett]

85 for me

Best,
Roger Garrett

 

[Tanner]

The number 3.

 

[Tom McMillan]

My number is 26.

 

[melogic]

61 for me

 

[Paul in OKC]

Ok Ok I can't stand it any more. 47

 

[TellicoTurning]

65

 

[chitswood]

Originally posted by skiprat

Great Idea, but the problem is of course the third prize.
If you choose 1 or 100, you will always have a 50% chance of winning.
Every other number only has a 1% chance

I'll have 1 as well[}]

Sure, but I resolve the ties with another number game.
And the prizes are different too, if you hit the number harder to guess, I'll give you an exceptionally larger prize

 

[epson]

81

 

[beamer]

Originally posted by Randy_

Originally posted by skiprat

.....If you choose 1 or 100, you will always have a 50% chance of winning.....

Your analysis is not quite correct. While it is true that the numbers 1 and 100 each have a 50% chance of winning, that doesn't mean that the "owner" of either of those has a 50% chance of winning. As I understand the rules more than one pereson can select a given number and should that number win, I assume a random selection would be made from all of the folks who chose the number. Therefore, it is quite possible that the chances of winning with either of those two numbers is a lot less than 50%.

But notice Randy hasn't changed HIS selection, yet

 

[Stretch]

42 over here

 

[pastorbill1952]

52 for me

 

[Randy_]

Originally posted by beamer
.....But notice Randy hasn't changed HIS selection, yet.....

I'm planning an old eBay move and change my selection 8 seconds before the contest ends!!

 

[chitswood]

Lol, are you gonna use any of those sniper programs or are you doing this manually?