sodbuster

This isn't correct. They are all drawn at the same time. The two sessions of card flipping are just theatrics.

In that situation, the probability of all of those outcomes would be the same.

Because it has nothing to do with the probability of certain balls coming out of the machine. The odds of any ball coming out of the machine are the same each time, as long as they're replacing each ball that comes out or drawing each ball from different machines that have identical sets of balls in them (which is my understanding).

Absolutely. Say three teams are involved, and the drawing is only 2 single digit balls. Teams are A, B, and C. A is assigned 00-09 and 10. B is assigned 10-19 and 20. C is assigned everything else, which would be 21-99. Going into the drawing, A and B each have an 11% chance of winning, C has 88%. The first ball drawn is 1, eliminating 90 possible outcomes, of which, A posses 1, B possesses 9, and C possesses 0. A has a 10% chance. B has a 90% chance. C is SOL. Ottawa is basically team B in this situation. The Sabres are team A.

I don't think it is. From what I've read, each ball comes out of a different machine, making each draw an independent event. So the permutation 2,2,2,2 has the same probability of appearing as 1,2,3,4. Unless my exposure to statistics from the professors in the political science department at Brockport has failed me, which is entirely possible. :lol:

It's even simpler than he's making it. Each team is assigned a whole bunch of possible permutations of lottery ball numbers. As each ball comes out of the machine, that eliminates a certain number of possible permutations. By the time the last ball was coming out of the machine, Ottawa had the most assigned remaining possible outcomes.

Well, I think I like Vancouver now.

He and Eichel will have something to bond over.

How does one properly pronounce his name? Is it like pilot?

:lol: That is absurd.

Absolutely. A playoff game might be the only way to top last years Rochester meet up. I would prefer the 25th, but either night works for me.

COULD you have googled it there? Does cell service travel back in time to that neck of the woods?

Lol Rob is enjoying this "night of young guys."

You can't leave! All the plants are gonna die!

I got free tickets to the game tonight and the bobble head is the only reason I took them.

Carpe shotem.

So I just missed the best period of the season? Yeah, that sounds about right.

Vinzsanity 2?

This is gonna be my last beer tonight. I think I'm gonna switch to bleach.

Mittelstadt: -1 Bust. :lol:

This lady already has a Mittelstadt jersey?!

I think most teams do, and that's why nobody is talking about him.

Seriously, he and Guhle wouldn't raise any eyebrows hanging around the Chuck E. Cheese.

Well, I was right about giving up a lot of goals and falling apart after Thanksgiving.

:lol: why would they come to Buffalo to watch a game in Toronto?