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Author Topic: PYL: Did they miss an obvious solution?  (Read 7794 times)

Mr. Armadillo

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PYL: Did they miss an obvious solution?
« Reply #45 on: October 10, 2008, 04:48:14 PM »
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'199375\' date=\'Oct 10 2008, 10:31 AM\']
 Once they started airing, surely somebody was keeping track of the real numbers, and possibly making adjustments to the game board as needed.
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This must be why they had a $470 space...they calculated the average win would be $0.02 too high if there was a $500 there instead.

Matt Ottinger

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PYL: Did they miss an obvious solution?
« Reply #46 on: October 10, 2008, 04:49:24 PM »
[quote name=\'Mr. Armadillo\' post=\'199396\' date=\'Oct 10 2008, 04:48 PM\']
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'199375\' date=\'Oct 10 2008, 10:31 AM\']
 Once they started airing, surely somebody was keeping track of the real numbers, and possibly making adjustments to the game board as needed.[/quote]This must be why they had a $470 space...they calculated the average win would be $0.02 too high if there was a $500 there instead.[/quote]
See, there you go.  Another lingering mystery explained!
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