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Post by rockpickerforever on Feb 17, 2022 17:23:15 GMT -5
Add me to the 0-4 club. There's quite a few of you that are 0-4. What are the odds that if you have any in the next draw, that all of you call BINGO? The suspense is building.
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Post by oregon on Feb 17, 2022 18:16:49 GMT -5
yeah, I got to wondering about that last nite, thinking the stats would be much easier... But I do think you're neglecting the fact that you have 25 numbers per letter vs 15[/quote You could just say bingo cards have a pool of 75 numbers, rocko has a pool of 125, I'm guessing probabilities are more exponential here than linear for this. Or without delving too far, the N choose C stats involve factorials, So just looking at say the odds of a bingo in a column, 15choose5; vs 25choose5; is about 3000 combinations vs 50000 combinations. ie a factor of ~20. I think it might take a while. I'm admittedly not very good at math and I'm not sure what you were trying to say... and I don't know what you mean "25 numbers per letter vs 15." Correct me where I'm wrong but wouldn't using 25 rock names instead of 75 bingo numbers reduce the possibilities and thus shorten the game? ROCKO = 5 25 rock names = 25 25 x 5 = 125 possibilities per draw BINGO = 5 75 x 5 = 375 possibilities per draw Bingo would be 15x5 per draw. There are 75 total numbers, but that's just 5x15. Imagine it would have been too confusing to have B-13 next to I-13, so B is 0-15, I:16-30 etc, i.e. you'll never have a B-24. All for the American traditional bingo, European is a bit different I believe?
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Post by quartzilla on Feb 17, 2022 20:48:19 GMT -5
Boooo chryscolla!!!
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Post by Tommy on Feb 17, 2022 20:59:07 GMT -5
Bingo would be 15x5 per draw. There are 75 total numbers, but that's just 5x15. Imagine it would have been too confusing to have B-13 next to I-13, so B is 0-15, I:16-30 etc, i.e. you'll never have a B-24. All for the American traditional bingo, European is a bit different I believe? Ahh, OK I get it, thanks for the education. It's been a thousand years since I played Bingo and in setting up the random cards in my spreadsheet I followed a Youtube video and this is how she did it. Now that I know this, when I look at bingo cards on Google images I can see that the numbers are gaining size from left to right - I wonder why I didn't notice that before. Good bug to get worked out I would say
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Post by rockpickerforever on Feb 17, 2022 21:23:56 GMT -5
Tommy, the last time I played bingo, Bingo was a dog, lol.
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Post by Tommy on Feb 17, 2022 21:39:52 GMT -5
Tommy, the last time I played bingo, Bingo was a dog, lol. you mean Bingo was his name-o?
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Post by rockpickerforever on Feb 17, 2022 21:54:25 GMT -5
Yep, Tommy, Bingo! - Bingo was his name-o. His owner was a farmer.
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Post by Tommy on Feb 18, 2022 10:12:39 GMT -5
Random Draw #5
The 1-5 ball is a 5 so the column is "S" ... again, the column is "S"
The 1-25 ball is a 10 so the rocko is "Flint"... again, the rocko is "Flint"
These draws have been added to the Results Board in the first post of this thread.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Feb 18, 2022 10:17:15 GMT -5
0-5
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Post by jasoninsd on Feb 18, 2022 10:35:37 GMT -5
0-5 Maybe those of us in the "Oh-fers" club could play some pinochle while we wait for our turn in Bingo. *Tommy...please don't take any whining about zero hits as though we don't like the game. I think we all love it...it just gives us an avenue to bellyache about something. I don't really have anything else in life to complain about...so I use this to keep up my "grumble skills"! LOL
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Post by rockpickerforever on Feb 18, 2022 10:54:07 GMT -5
0-5 Vince, too?
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Post by Tommy on Feb 18, 2022 11:10:52 GMT -5
*Tommy...please don't take any whining about zero hits as though we don't like the game. I think we all love it...it just gives us an avenue to bellyache about something. I don't really have anything else in life to complain about...so I use this to keep up my "grumble skills"! LOL Bunch of whiny babies! Don't make me turn this car around and head home! seriously tho after yesterday's discussion I'm thinking about picking up the pace of the draws for this game. What do you guys think, two draws morning and maybe more at night until we wrap this one up?
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Post by jasoninsd on Feb 18, 2022 11:41:16 GMT -5
*Tommy...please don't take any whining about zero hits as though we don't like the game. I think we all love it...it just gives us an avenue to bellyache about something. I don't really have anything else in life to complain about...so I use this to keep up my "grumble skills"! LOL Bunch of whiny babies! Don't make me turn this car around and head home! seriously tho after yesterday's discussion I'm thinking about picking up the pace of the draws for this game. What do you guys think, two draws morning and maybe more at night until we wrap this one up? Oh no...it's much better to know I have something to gripe about first thing in the morning! If you want to decrease the timeframe on the draws I'm cool with that. If you want to keep going as is* I'm cool with that too. *"As is" is not referring to the lack of hits I'm getting...I was just referring to the daily draw! LOL Oh...and growing up, there was no turning the car around. We just prayed dad didn't stop the car. That would have resulted in sitting in the car being extremely uncomfortable for the rest of the journey...if you know what I mean. LOL
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Post by oregon on Feb 18, 2022 12:51:15 GMT -5
*Tommy...please don't take any whining about zero hits as though we don't like the game. I think we all love it...it just gives us an avenue to bellyache about something. I don't really have anything else in life to complain about...so I use this to keep up my "grumble skills"! LOL Bunch of whiny babies! Don't make me turn this car around and head home! seriously tho after yesterday's discussion I'm thinking about picking up the pace of the draws for this game. What do you guys think, two draws morning and maybe more at night until we wrap this one up? yeah, math is just math, it doesn't complain. I think you could "turn it around" so the last standing O-fer wins, I'm neck-n-neck in the lead!
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Post by NDK on Feb 18, 2022 13:41:53 GMT -5
*Tommy...please don't take any whining about zero hits as though we don't like the game. I think we all love it...it just gives us an avenue to bellyache about something. I don't really have anything else in life to complain about...so I use this to keep up my "grumble skills"! LOL Bunch of whiny babies! Don't make me turn this car around and head home! seriously tho after yesterday's discussion I'm thinking about picking up the pace of the draws for this game. What do you guys think, two draws morning and maybe more at night until we wrap this one up? Honestly I don't mind the 1 & done each day. An afternoon draw or 2 draws at once wouldn't bother me too much but I'm in no hurry 👍
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Post by MsAli on Feb 18, 2022 13:47:57 GMT -5
No need to pick up the pace. It adds suspense 😅
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Post by Brian on Feb 18, 2022 13:51:15 GMT -5
I’m enjoying the camaraderie with my fellow 0-fers here and don’t see any reason to hurry things along. Especially considering that we’ve just had enough draws that only the luckiest of the lucky would have had a chance to win.
(This little tortoise is waiting for all of the impatient hares to drop out of the race.)
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Post by Son Of Beach on Feb 18, 2022 15:44:15 GMT -5
I remain in the sinking boat as well. Glad I'm not the only one
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Post by quartzilla on Feb 18, 2022 19:20:47 GMT -5
Bah flintbug!
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Post by rockbrain on Feb 18, 2022 19:22:06 GMT -5
Nobody is 0-5, ya'll got the middle space. With the 2 variables this could not only go for quite a while. It's likely to end with no winner. So far I have 1. (besides the first one that got taken away) Seems like it will take a seriously long time to get to 5, and we need 5 in a row! Does anybody have more than 2?
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