Sideshow You Balloon Strategy
I seem to do ok doing the 3 on the top left.
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I was frustrated with random popping. I realized that I was influenced by balloon colors and a sense of intuition that was clearly faulty.
So I devised a method to make my selections consistently random. And it seems to work. I haven't kept track, but since using the system (for the last few days) I've never hit less than 40 tickets. The highest was 75. 50 seems my average. Definitely higher than when I was picking by intuition.
I take the total number of tickets I have at the moment and add the digits. E.g., if I have 12,195 tickets, the total of the digits is 18. I count, going from left to right, starting with top row, then bottom row, until I get to 18. I pop that balloon. Then I count to 18 using only the unpopped balloons. I repeat the process for the third balloon.
This is totally nuts, I know. Probably some mathematician can explain why this might improve my odds. Or not. maybe it's just luck.
If you try it, let us know how it goes... :)
So I devised a method to make my selections consistently random. And it seems to work. I haven't kept track, but since using the system (for the last few days) I've never hit less than 40 tickets. The highest was 75. 50 seems my average. Definitely higher than when I was picking by intuition.
I take the total number of tickets I have at the moment and add the digits. E.g., if I have 12,195 tickets, the total of the digits is 18. I count, going from left to right, starting with top row, then bottom row, until I get to 18. I pop that balloon. Then I count to 18 using only the unpopped balloons. I repeat the process for the third balloon.
This is totally nuts, I know. Probably some mathematician can explain why this might improve my odds. Or not. maybe it's just luck.
If you try it, let us know how it goes... :)
