Re: Benford's Law: Some numbers are less random than others.

From: Dave Long (dl@silcom.com)
Date: Tue May 02 2000 - 19:36:20 PDT

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I have no idea how it works out for race stakes, but the prize money
in show jumping follows a similar distribution: for a $150,000 GP, one
might expect 1st to be worth about $45K, 2nd $30K, 3rd $20K, etc.

-Dave

Any FoRK tips for the derby?

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