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Old 08-27-2007, 11:53 PM
MaxWeiss MaxWeiss is offline
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Default how much money needed to give away X amount of prizes??

This is cross-posted in probability forum and other games forum.

Hey guys, I was hoping you could give me some numbers. A friend's company is hosting a small blackjack party, where they will have a single blackjack table open for up to 12 hours with minimum bets of ten dollars in fake money, max bet of 100 (less if I tell them that's too high). They expect about 60 people to play during the day, and at the end of the day (or the next day at work maybe) they want to give away 25 prize bags worth $50 real dollars each. At what price (in fake dollars) should they sell the bags to make it so that 25 bags will very likely be "sold", without too many more being able to be given away, and how much fake money should they give to each player to start with.

I know there's lots of variance, but just best estimates would be REALLY appreciated!!!
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Old 08-28-2007, 12:33 AM
Paul2432 Paul2432 is offline
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Default Re: how much money needed to give away X amount of prizes??

This depends on the BJ rules used. Often BJ parties like this use rules highly favorable to the player (BJ pays 2:1, generous splitting and double down, etc). Without knowing the rules used the question is difficult to answer.

I think it also depends on whether the prize bag value and selling price are known in advance. For example, if the bag selling price is equal to the staring chips, many people will simply not play.

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