We used to do this every week in Texas. Had a neat little program. Out of the 50 numbers, we ‘picked’ a group of ~30. Then, we ‘wheeled’ combinations of those numbers. If we got 3 numbers out of the 5 in our ‘big pool’; we’d win a bunch of $3 numbers. If we got 4 numbers out of the 5, we’d have a 4 number winner, and a bunch of 3 number winners.
We never managed to get all 5 numbers in our pool of 30 numbers - but if we did - we’d clean up with scads of 4 numbers and 3 number winners combined with the winning number.
I’m surprised office’s don’t do this more often. Better odds than a bunch of random numbers.
That’s what they do at my husband’s work (engineers). Where I’m at (retail) we do random. But both “sets” xeroxed!
Nope. Exactly the same odds. You just have slightly less chance of winning one or two small prizes at a time and a greater chance of bunching them together on a single drawing.
............Better odds than a bunch of random numbers...........
At a place I worked at back in the seventies, the machinests were paid based on a piece rate, and “Ralph” consistantly had the biggest paycheck due to his super productivity.
So, the union steward, who had little else to do, went around the shop all week auctioning off Ralph’s pay check amongst the 600 shop employees.
Of course the steward sold more tickets than Ralph’s paycheck, so Ralph got to keep all the weekly proceeds, all except the 10% that the union steward skimmed off the top!