FWD: Lottery Info

[bob miller <bob@mymenus.com>]

> Under the new system, 14 ping-pong balls numbered 1 through 14 will be placed
> in a drum, with four balls drawn to the top.  There are 1001 possible
> combinations when four balls are drawn out of 14, without regard to the order
> in which the balls are drawn.  Prior to the Lottery, 1000 combinations
>will be
> assigned to each of the 11 non-Playoff teams participating in the
>Lottery.  In
> order to make the odds work, one combination will not be assigned.  If that
> combination is drawn, it will be discarded and a new combination drawn.
>
> The team with the worst record in the league will be assigned 250
>combinations
> (giving it a 25% [chance] of drawing the first pick), the team with the
> second-worst record 203 combinations (a 20.3% chance of drawing the first
> pick), and on down to the team with the best record amoung the Lottery teams
> being assigned five combinations (a 0.5% chance of drawing the first pick).
>
> After drawing four balls from the drum, a chart listing all 1000 assigned
> combinations and the team "holding" each combination will be consulted.
>Thus,
> for example, if balls 2, 4, 9 and 11 are drawn, the chart would be
>consulted to
> indicate which team was assigned that combination of numbers (again,
>regardless
> of the order in which the balls are drawn).
>
> After determining which team holds the winning combination, the drawing
>will be
> repeated until the second and third picks are determined.  The remaining
> selections, picks number 4 through 11, will then be based upon the inverse
> order of regular season records.
>
> The actual numbers for the teams are:  250, 203, 162, 126, 94, 66, 44,
> 27, 15, 8, and 5; all out of 1000 possible combinations.

Bob Miller
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