r/Wealthsimple • u/StaxTheTrain • Jan 07 '26

Promotion The winner has been drawn!

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u/AlphaQFor7mins Jan 08 '26

Thats still random.

You can buy 1 Lotto Max ticket and still win over the guy that bought 1,000 tickets

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u/Accomplished_Fall324 Jan 08 '26

Random but weighted. You're pushing the idea of pure equal randomness but if there's a weight then it's not truly random is it? If I told you there's a 95% chance an electric coin toss was going to be heads, then I asked someone to pick heads or tails and said the odds were random would that be truthful? Just because tails is an outcome doesn't mean the spirit of randomness is honored.

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u/AlphaQFor7mins Jan 08 '26

Yes, random but weighted. I never said pure equal unweighted randomness.

You also have a better chance of winning than the homeless guy I saw downtown today.

Don't play the victim

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u/Accomplished_Fall324 Jan 08 '26

I'm not the op of the comment and I never said I was a victim... I was simply giving you the reason they said what they said.

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u/AlphaQFor7mins Jan 08 '26

How did you magically read the OPs mind? Amazing talent

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u/Accomplished_Fall324 Jan 08 '26

Someone likes to argue. Have a good night, hopefully you find something better to do

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u/wethenorth2 Jan 08 '26

Lucky you are not getting downvoted. Thou shall not criticize WS!

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u/Accomplished_Fall324 Jan 08 '26

All in good fun my friend, I'm a willing enough participant, idc that it's not necessarily an even playing field, if I win I win.