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From: jeff@heurikon.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.math
Subject: Re: Luring Lottery Summary
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Date: Wed, 15-Feb-84 01:29:03 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 15 01:29:03 1984
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> was there anything in the rules which would prohibit people from sending
> in a card with a number less than zero to reduce the impact of folks who
> sent in a card with very large amounts?
>
> chongo <-1*(10^(10^100))> /\--/\

Yes, the integer must have been positive.  But, even if you *could*
submit a negative number, in order for it to have any effect on the
results it would have to be larger (in absaolute value) than any of
the positive entries.  If it wasn't, it would simply be swamped by
the (probably) much larger positive entries, and have little effect.
-- 
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