Rickyrihari
Enthusiast
Silver Level
Best of luck to you Puzzlefish, hope you do well.The current Christmas promotion on PokerStars is called the Xmas Vault. You get access to the game after wagering $100 on casino games, after which point you get to pick one of three vaults and get prizes this way. It will run for 10 days and is available for any players that have made a deposit at some point on PokerStars.
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The probability of a particular prize being drawn is shown in the table. What I am not sure about is whether it matters at all whether you pick the "correct" vault out of the three for the best possible prize. For example, today I picked a vault that contained a $10 Casino Instant Bonus, which I returned because I don't play those. The other two choices, had I supposedly picked them instead, would have been the $20 and $150 drops. Did I just get a 12% drop or did I really get all the top three as possibilities to pick from (12%, 8%, and 1%), which would be very rare (0.009% chance)?
As everyone knows, PokerStars loves me and I love them too. I have committed myself to playing this challenge for all 10 days (if possible) to see how their vaults work, for science. I have really been enjoying their challenges and, between the card hunt and this challenge, this should keep me busy on my down time. At some point I also have to play three New Year series games to do that challenge too.
If you're also doing this challenge, stay tuned as I will be posting my three vaults for every completed Xmas Vault challenge. (That's right. I am going to wager $1000 in the next 10 days.)