Hi Hardrockers, With the lottery looming large on the Hardrock calendar, I would like to remind everyone that each year we select a piece of original art or a ...
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Jeanne Kysar-Carey
jkysarcarey
Dec 6, 2012 6:31 am
Merry Christmas Dale! ... From: Dale Garland <hardrock100@...> Subject: [hr100] Hardrock finishers print for 2013 To: hr100@yahoogroups.com Date:...
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warren
jacksorbetter4
Dec 10, 2012 7:35 pm
Maybe I missed it but what time does the lottery start on the 16th. Thanks Warren...
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clarklfox@...
clf624
Dec 10, 2012 7:41 pm
Don't know I did not put in Clark Fox ... From: "warren" <jacksorbetter4@...> To: <hr100@yahoogroups.com> Subject: [hr100] Time Date: Mon, Dec 10, 2012...
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bpwrlc@...
blakepwood
Dec 11, 2012 4:06 am
9 am MST, but it will probably be 10 am before we start pulling tickets, as it takes a while to cut up a gazillion little pieces of paper. - Blake ... From:...
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warren muldoon
jacksorbetter4
Dec 11, 2012 4:08 am
Thank you, Warren ________________________________ From: "bpwrlc@..." <bpwrlc@...> To: hr100@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012...
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John Constan
johnconstan...
Dec 11, 2012 9:30 pm
Blake can we volunteer to help and maybe earn an extra ticket or two for the lottery? Any chance can help, really want to run HR 2013. John Constan Desire...
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Bloom, Jerry S
bloom_jerry
Dec 12, 2012 3:01 pm
A gazillion? I was figuring you were only going to pull a kajillion. Be grateful it could have been a katriliion. If I had a bit more time and a little more...
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bpwrlc@...
blakepwood
Dec 12, 2012 3:13 pm
Okay, perhaps I exaggerated. It's really only 2775 tickets in the three lotteries put together. - Blake ... From: "Jerry S Bloom" <jerry.bloom@...> ...
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Olga King
olgaruns
Dec 12, 2012 3:16 pm
Blake, when will you guys post on the website the ticket distribution amongst wanna-be's? As in, how many each of us has, and how many people in each pool? ...
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bpwrlc@...
blakepwood
Dec 12, 2012 3:30 pm
That should be up later today. - Blake ... From: "Olga King" <olgav100@...> To: hr100@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 8:16:02 AM ...
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ken gordon
kgordon18
Dec 12, 2012 4:36 pm
  Blake,   Will be wild looking at the odds. Looks like approx 1784 on the never started group. I think that is.05% per drawing or 1.75% chance per...
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Kari Fraser
karilynfraser
Dec 13, 2012 7:09 am
Hi Blake (and everyone), Before you get showered with questions by those of us who are trying to make sure our ticket allocation is accurate, can you please...
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bpwrlc@...
blakepwood
Dec 13, 2012 1:08 pm
Yes, you are correct.  The first-timers do not get an additional ticket for applying this year. n is the number of times you have previously applied and...
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Joe Lea
jdlea
Dec 13, 2012 1:42 pm
Didn't see any discussion of our odds yet. 638 tickets in the "Everyone Else" group. 70 slots... assuming drawn tickets are set aside... 1 ticket = 11.61% 2 =...
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Christopher Martin
christopherh...
Dec 13, 2012 2:27 pm
Joe, Realizing that my probability skills are extremely rusty and could stand correction by the more math capable on the list, I'm getting about a...
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Jeff List
jlist1
Dec 13, 2012 2:44 pm
Joe's odds are a little higher than I get at the higher ticket numbers. Below is what I get for all three lottery pools. I followed more or less the...
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Wood, Blake P
bwood@...
Dec 13, 2012 2:53 pm
Hardrock runners - A list of the number of tickets each applicant has in Sunday's Hardrock Hundred lottery has been put online at...
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Joe Lea
jdlea
Dec 13, 2012 3:01 pm
Ah, I took a glass half full view and summed the probability that I would get in on each pull, which was 46.45% for my 4 tickets in the everyone else category....
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Crone, Brian Keith
bcrone@...
Dec 13, 2012 3:04 pm
The problem is that when you have a draw where people can have more than one ticket the math is not so simple. Suppose there are 1000 tickets in the pot and...
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Tom Stockton
jemezur
Dec 13, 2012 3:07 pm
Isn't this a hypergeometric distribution? So in Excel: =HYPGEOMDIST(1,70,4,658) Tom -- Tom Stockton (505) 660-8591 [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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Olga King
olgaruns
Dec 13, 2012 3:07 pm
Easier to think the chance is 50%. You either get in - or you won't. Deep breaths until then. Olga ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Chris Twiggs
twiggsc
Dec 13, 2012 3:28 pm
Anyone know if all ultrarunners are statistics junkies or just Hardrockers? I am amazed at the math, guys! I take more of a sports fan point of view to the...
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Tom Stockton
jemezur
Dec 13, 2012 3:35 pm
So in Excel: =HYPGEOMDIST(1,70,4,658) = 30% where 70 is the number of spots 4 is the number of tickets 658 is the number of tickets in the lottery 1 ticket:...
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Deb's Gmail
mtnrunner02
Dec 13, 2012 4:06 pm
every year, in Los Alamos, (home of the Hardrock Lottery brain trust), it's been sort of traditional to get together around the lottery time for a party of...
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Jeff List
jlist1
Dec 13, 2012 5:52 pm
This is obviously just nervous thumb twiddling before the lottery, as random chance can be very cruel or very kind.  But one possible way to evaluate the...
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Joe Lea
jdlea
Dec 13, 2012 6:01 pm
So, we can fix my numbers by simply adding 4 more slots to the Everyone Else group. All in favor...? joe lea chapel hill, nc ... [Non-text portions of this...
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Scott Brockmeier
cogitonc
Dec 13, 2012 7:07 pm
Hilarious, Deb! You are too creative. Did Drew enter HRH this year? I don't know his last name and I'm too lazy to page through for Drew's from TX. I also...
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thebeave7
Dec 13, 2012 7:20 pm
Interesting tid bit for those of us in the "First Timers" lottery. The top 26 ticket holders in that lottery have 641 tickets or 35.6% of that entire lottery....
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mariohiawatha
Dec 13, 2012 9:30 pm
In the ticket allocation list, it mentions service tickets. I see no mention of service tickets and how they are earned or allocated in the Lottery Process...
