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Do you put all your eggs in one basket?

Jan 29, 2013 7:17 AM

So Papa John's is having their coin flip promotion again this year, but since they had to give out a trillion free pizzas last year, they've decided to hedge their bets. They've asked us to guess the coin toss ourselves, and we dine or die by our choice. Unacceptable! In order to hedge MY bets, I've decided to register a second account and vote for the other side, thus ensuring I get a free pizza no matter what. Take that, evil corporation (obligatory topical outrage over and done with)!

But, imagine if I were to guess the same toss with my second account that I did with my first account. That has the potential to net me TWO free pizzas instead of one, but might also net me no free pizzas, which would be sad.

What would you do?

stark stark

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I say take the sure shot and do one of each.

gideonfrost gideonfrost
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The official sweepstakes rules said, "Limit of four (4) Entries per household, which is determined by the physical address associated with the email address." Since we already have two accounts at this address (different emails), we entered one account as "heads" and the other as "tails." Thus we are guaranteed one free pizza, while adhering to the rules as they were presented.

gionot gionot
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I would keep opening new accounts until the number of possible free pizzas matched or exceeded the number of people in my household. I guess since it is limit four entries per household, you would also need to buy a new household if you wanted to enter more than four times. Unless you live in Detroit, the price of a new household probably exceeds the value of a free Papa John's pizza. So, I would stop at four entries.

90mcg112 90mcg112
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I chose one way, my dog chose the other. I let him choose tails, since he has one.

moondrake moondrake
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@90mcg112: But I already own two houses... hmmm.... :)

I put in 4 entries total. 2 in my wife's name/emails and 2 in mine.

We really don't Papa John's too often, but I suppose if it was free, we'd bite.

capguncowboy capguncowboy
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My nearest PJ is over 45 miles, so I'm really not eligible in the realistic sense. I still made an account and bet tails though. You can't win if you aren't in!

jsimsace jsimsace

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