Anyone else think Paradise's Gift Tree is rigged?

[Fraubump]

First 4 people have picked the least valuable prize.

What you could win:

$25,000 in cold hard cash!
1 of 5 WSOP prize packages
this $12,000 prize package includes a seat into the 2006 WSOP $10,000 main event plus $2,000 to cover airfare and hotel.
1 WPT Shooting Stars prize package
this $11,000 prize package includes a seat into the 2006 Bay 101 $10,000 main event plus $1,000 to cover airfare and hotel
1 of 8 Paradise Masters IV prize packages
$2,000 credit to be used towards any of our Masters IV week big guarantee tournaments. See Masters tournament lobby for full list of events.

[smartalecc5]

heh, just ike that empire glitch that had all teh winners usernamestart with a,b, or c. Remember that?

[MicroBob]

yeah. that was a good one (I think I posted that one).



So are you saying that the first winners had a choice of any of the above and chose the cheapest one? I don't know how this promotion works but I can't see why anyone wouldn't take $25k in cash. What am I missing regarding this promo?

[imitation]

pick at random bob.

[augie00]

I'm pretty sure the gift you win is random, or pre determined...I don't think you get to pick. But I could be wrong.

[Granite]

There is a graphic on their site of a tree with presents underneath, each with a number. Apparently if you win the freeroll a rep contacts you to pick a number.

I found it funny that some of the presents were very distinct, like the large square box and wondered whether it was a bit like Indiana Jones and the Last crusade. The 25k would be in the crappy looking box.

Granite

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There is a graphic on their site of a tree with presents underneath, each with a number. Apparently if you win the freeroll a rep contacts you to pick a number.

I found it funny that some of the presents were very distinct, like the large square box and wondered whether it was a bit like Indiana Jones and the Last crusade. The 25k would be in the crappy looking box.

Granite

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Don't know, but I like the analogy!

[Sniper]

If we assume that the person at paradise who designed this wasn't very creative...

There are 8 Masters Pize packs to distribute among 15 numbers... maybe that prize is all the ODD numbered boxes [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Picks so far... 3,7,11,13

[SteveM]

The 5th winner picked gift #1 - another $2K package.

[Fraubump]

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The 5th winner picked gift #1 - another $2K package.

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Well, there are 15 "gifts". 8 of them are the 2K tourney entry prize, so so far the unlikelyhood of 5 in a row comes to:

8/15*7/14*6/13*5/12*4/11 = ~1.865% chance of this happening.