Originally Posted by Unlucky#9
It's been a while since I've had to bust out the dry erase board. It's not terribly difficult math. All you have to do is take the payout per position divided by total purse, then move the decimal 2 places to the right. Unless the percent was .009 I didn't round up. That's where the .08% shortage came from. All it takes is patients, lots, and lots, and lots of patients. Especially when you've got a 5 year old constantly asking "Casey, what're you doing?".
1st 2,500 = 5.35%
2nd 2,400 = 5.14%
3rd 2,300 = 4.92%
4th 2,200 = 4.71%
5th 2,150 = 4.60%
6th 2,100 = 4.50%
7th 2,050 = 4.39%
8th 2,000 = 4.28%
9th 1,950 = 4.17%
10th 1,900 = 4.07%
11th 1,850 = 3.96%
12th 1,800 = 3.85%
13th 1,750 = 3.74%
14th 1,700 = 3.64%
15th 1,650 = 3.53%
16th 1,600 = 3.42%
17th 1,550 = 3.32%
18th 1,500 = 3.21%
19th 1,450 = 3.10%
20th 1,400 = 3.00%
21st 1,350 = 2.89%
22nd 1,300 = 2.78%
23rd 1,250 = 2.67%
24th 1,250 = 2.67%
25th 1,250 = 2.67%
26th 1,250 = 2.67%
27th 1,250 = 2.67%
Total %= 99.92%
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