[Here's my draft resolution for the DracoLotto. Please look it over
and let me know if you see any errors.]
INTRODUCTION
Welcome, one and all, to the DracoLotto! Thank you to all our contributors!
The lottery will begin shortly. I, Aris, am your Lottery Administrator!
Firstly, though, I would like to assure you of the randomness of this lottery.
For randomization, I used the random.choice() function from Python 2.7.16
running on MacOSX. I passed this function an array containing player names
as strings, where the multiplicity of each such string was equal to that
player's contribution to the relevant pool. I repeated this procedure
a number of times equal to the number of products to be distributed.
[
Further note on randomization:
Given that this is a draft, I should explain how I intend to maintain
randomization if there are any errors.
If there is an error in contribution values, I will redo the randomization
for the relevant section from scratch. If contribution values are correct, and
I attempted to distribute too many products for a pool, I will remove some
choices from the end of the list; if I attempted to distribute too few, I
will add to the end.
]
PART 0: OPENING FORMALITIES
The pools are closed.
The House Pool is currently empty.
The Voting Pool contains 5 Voting Cards.
The Justice Pool contains 4 Justice Cards.
The Victory Pool contains 3 Victory Cards.
The Legislative Pool contains 5 Legislative Cards.
Contribution values for each pool are in the next section.
PART 1: THE LOTTERY
CHAPTER 1: VOTING POOL RESOLUTION
Voting Pool Contributions
PlayerContribution
-
TOTAL 5
Aris 1
R. Lee2
nch 1
Falsifian 1
I resolve the Voting Pool as follows:
0. The Voting Pool contains 5 Voting Cards.
1. I take 5 Voting Cards from the DracoLotto.
2. I pay 4 Voting Cards as a set, receiving 10 Extra Votes, which are now
in the Voting Pool. I pay 1 Voting Card as a set, receiving 1 Extra Vote,
which is now in the Voting Pool.
3. M is 1.
4. I transfer 11 Extra Votes, which are in the Voting Pool, to the DracoLotto.
5. For each person X in the following list, in order and allowing repeats, I
transfer 1 Extra Vote from the DracoLotto to X: Aris, R. Lee, R. Lee, nch,
Falsifian. Each of the Extra Votes I transferred was removed from the Voting
Pool. The Voting Pool now contains 6 Extra Votes.
6. 1 (M) Extra Vote is transferred from the Voting Pool to the House Pool.
The Voting Pool now contains 5 Extra Votes. The House Pool now contains
1 Extra Vote.
7. I randomly chose R. Lee, nch, R. Lee, Aris, and R. Lee. For each person X in
the proceeding list, in order and allowing repeats, I transfer 1 Extra
Vote from the DracoLotto to X. Each of the Extra Votes I transferred was
removed from the Voting Pool. The Voting Pool is now empty.
The Voting Pool has been resolved.
CHAPTER 2: JUSTICE POOL RESOLUTION
Justice Pool Contributions
PlayerContribution
-
TOTAL 4
Aris 1
Falsifian 1
Jason 1
R. Lee1
I resolve the Justice Pool as follows:
0. The Justice Pool contains 4 Justice Cards.
1. I take 4 Justice Cards from the DracoLotto.
2. I pay 4 Justice Cards as a set, receiving 10 Blot-B-Gones, which are now
in the Justice Pool.
3. M is 1.
4. I transfer 10 Blot-B-Gones, which are in the Justice Pool, to the DracoLotto.
5. For each person X in the following list, in order and allowing repeats, I
transfer 1 Blot-B-Gone from the DracoLotto to X: Aris, Falsifian, Jason,
R. Lee. Each of the Blot-B-Gones I transferred was removed from the Justice
Pool. The Justice Pool now contains 6 Blot-B-Gones.
6. 1 (M) Blot-B-Gone is transferred from the Justice Pool to the House Pool.
The Justice Pool now contains 5 Blot-B-Gones. The House Pool now contains
1 Extra Vote and 1 Blot-B-Gone.
7. I randomly chose Aris, Aris, Falsifian, Jason, and Jason. For each person
X in the proceeding list, in order and allowing repeats, I transfer
1 Blot-B-Gone from the DracoLotto to X. Each of the Blot-B-Gones I
transferred was removed from the Justice Pool. The Justice Pool is now empty.
The Justice Pool has been resolved.
CHAPTER 3: VICTORY POOL RESOLUTION
Victory Pool Contributions
PlayerContribution
-
TOTAL 3
Aris 1
Falsifian 1
Jason 1
I resolve the Victory Pool as follows:
0. The Victory Pool contains 4 Victory Cards.
1. I take 3 Victory Cards from the DracoLotto.
2. I pay 3 Victory Cards as a set, receiving 6 Victory Points, which are now
in the Victory Pool.
3. M is 1.
4. I transfer 6 Victory Points, which are in the Victory Pool, to the
DracoLotto.
5. For each person X in the following list, in order and allowing repeats, I
transfer 1 Victory Point from the DracoLotto to X: Aris, Falsifian, Jason.
Each of the Victory Points I transferred was removed from the Victory
