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  1. 10-01-2009, 09:27 PM #25
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kenyth View Post
    That would only hold true if they would let a ball win as many times as it is drawn. If a single ball can't win more than once, it is effectively not part of the exercise...
    That is the reason that a coin toss can't be used as an example here

    Quote Originally Posted by Kenyth View Post

    ...Your odds of being one of the 5 winners before the contest is 5/1000 simplified to 1/200...
    As I mentioned before, I'm not sure I agree with this. It appears that "5 chances out of 1000" is not the same as "1 chance in 200" which is how the contest was originally presented.
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