Timberwolves put the gambling back into the NBA Draft Lottery

I really want to try this, but there's so little upside for me.

It would be really sweet if the Wolves got the first or second pick, but after that, it would be (relatively) costly for anyone not living close to the games and who wouldn't go to the games otherwise.

When I first read about this, I found a simulator of the lottery and the first time I tried it, Minnesota got the top pick. Of course, it was like 5 minutes of re-clicking til they got it again. Chances are (according to the math that I looked up on wikipedia rather than doing myself) they will get the 5th or 6th pick. It's almost a 2/3 chance of that. Plus, they could get lower than the 6th, meaning it is just barely under a 3/4 chance that the tickets would end up being 5 or 6 dollars. That'd be the equivalent of paying for about 14-17 games in those seats and getting 29 games worth of tickets. Still a good deal, but I probably wouldn't spend that much on tickets otherwise and the gas and food costs would put it to where I couldn't justify it. Still, the idea of spending $29 dollars to be able to see LeBron, Wade, and Kobe in person makes me interested. (That'd be a $1 savings even if those were the only games you went to and threw away the other 26.) If the Wolves get the top pick, I will be kicking myself. But only softly because I doubt I could talk myself into this gamble unless I lived in the Twin Cities.
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