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[TheSilentChamber]

Out of 50 numbers, givin any number was drawn at random and one persons number was 14 and the other persons number was 27, If a number is drawn between 1-19 the guy who is 14 wins, if a number between 20 and 50 wins the guy who is 27 wins. This gives the man with the number fourteen 19 chances to win, but the guy with the number twenty-seven 30 chances to win. See the flaw?

[Corona Gigante]

Out of 50 numbers, givin any number was drawn at random and one persons number was 14 and the other persons number was 27, If a number is drawn between 1-19 the guy who is 14 wins, if a number between 20 and 50 wins the guy who is 27 wins. This gives the man with the number fourteen 19 chances to win, but the guy with the number twenty-seven 30 chances to win. See the flaw?

OK I get it now.

This is only a problem if none of the assigned numbers comes up in the lottery, but then it's a major issue.

Where's that forehead-slapping icon when you need one?

Any suggestions?

I would scrap the "closest number" logic.

I suggest:
If a number does not come up in the lottery, everyone keeps their numbers and moves on to the next day, rinse, repeat. This works out to an equal chance for all players, so long as there are less than 44 participants.

That's good. Thanks!

[TheSilentChamber]

If you want to stick with the lottery idea you could wait till you get all entries before assigning numbers, then say you get 4 entries, you could assign numbers 1-4 in the order in which they were recived, then repeat them, so person would would have 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29, 33, 37, and 41. Person would would have 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34, 38, and 42. Odds are you would come up with some scrap numbers at the end where you could not repeat a full cycle, I would just leave those numbers out and if it is one of those have a secondary lottery number you would go to. Like first you would go off the first number drawn, if it lands on say 42 and nobody has that number go to the second number drawn.

[Corona Gigante]

If a number is drawn between 1-19 the guy who is 14 wins, if a number between 20 and 50 wins the guy who is 27 wins.

It's not just one number that's drawn. The game is pick 5, so five numbers between 1 and 44 are drawn. What I originally meant was that the winner would be whoever's number was closest to one of the five numbers drawn in the Lottery.

I still like the idea of going with the next day's drawing if no assigned ticket numbers show up in Saturday's draw. It's a lot purer than doing it by numerical differences.

Thanks again.