UChusky916
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Sure, but if 100,000 people fill out a bracket, then it's more like 1 in a million he has to pay out.• Odds of someone predicting a perfect bracket if he or she knew basketball: 1-in-128 Billion
25 million in 40 annual installments? No thanks! At the current rate of devaluation of the dollar, it'll be a million for a loaf of bread in 40 years.The prize will be paid out in 40 annual installments of $25 million. The winner or winners can also take or split up an immediate $500 million lump sum payment
Sure, but if 100,000 people fill out a bracket, then it's more like 1 in a million he has to pay out.
If the odds are 1 - 128,000,000,000 that any individual would select a perfect bracket and 100,000 fill it out the odds become 1 -1,000,000? I'm no mathematician but i know that's not correct.
It's more complicated because it's likely that there wouldn't be 100000 unique submissions, in fact i'd wager that the vast majority would just encompass (comparatively)few of the possible outcomes. In any case one in a million is still astronomically good odds that it doesn't happen.If the odds are 1 - 128,000,000,000 that any individual would select a perfect bracket and 100,000 fill it out the odds become 1 -1,000,000? I'm no mathematician but i know that's not correct.