lecithin 429 Report post Posted May 27, 2014 I see the TAB are offering $5M to anyone who can correctly pick the outcome of every game in the Football World Cup. Good luck to everyone with that - I might be wrong but by my calculations the odds of picking this are around 5,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 / 1 or around the same odds as the same 6 winning numbers being drawn in lotto for 5 weeks in a row! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1MUE 1,877 Report post Posted May 31, 2014 Yes exactly - virtually impossible. I'd be surprised if anyone was still alive after the first round of pool games (16 games). Quite clever by the TAB because seems generous to the average punter who doesn't know a lot about probability, yet no way the TAB will have to fork out the $5m. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killafornia 65 Report post Posted May 31, 2014 It's similar to the offer that Warren Buffett gives to anyone who can pick the perfect March Madness bracket in US college basketball. The odds are equally impossible but he offers up US $1 billion! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1MUE 1,877 Report post Posted May 31, 2014 Good call. And of approx 30 million entries in the March Madness comp nobody made it intact past 23 games I think. And those results are binary - win or lose. Here you have the added factor of a draw. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuliaGoolia 11 Report post Posted June 12, 2014 Is there a prize anyone will actually win in that competition? A packet of Milk Arrowroot biscuits or something equally enticing and generous for the person who picks the most correct results? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Paul 668 Report post Posted June 13, 2014 1 down, 63 to go..cue Tuis ad! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eljay 1,720 Report post Posted June 13, 2014 Amazing the number of fools who will throw their money away - TAB says "Thanks, Mugs" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GONSTA 1,148 Report post Posted June 13, 2014 Amazing the number of fools who will throw their money away - TAB says "Thanks, Mugs" It's free? N1MUE 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killafornia 65 Report post Posted June 13, 2014 3 from 3, only 61 games left ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuliaGoolia 11 Report post Posted June 14, 2014 How many live now? Anyone who is must be very lucky or a genius Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiknsmack 486 Report post Posted June 14, 2014 55 after Costa Rica. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear 30 Report post Posted June 20, 2014 Amazing the number of fools who will throw their money away - TAB says "Thanks, Mugs" Just goes to show that complete ignorance is no deterrant to making a dumb contribution, eh Eljay?! Steve Paul 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
