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From: srt@ucla-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Improved truly fair Rail Baron rules
Message-ID: <7919@ucla-cs.ARPA>
Date: Fri, 6-Dec-85 15:08:43 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec  6 15:08:43 1985
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In article <1324@cornell.UUCP> doug@cornell.UUCP writes:
>			Top 10
>	Original			Seattle
>  4.05	 New York		 2.70	 New York
>  3.94	 Los Angeles		 2.55	 Portland, Ore.
>

I got somewhat different results.  If you count San Francisco and Oakland
as a single city, it is the most popular at 4.47%.  Here are the odds for
everything as I calculated them (regular rules):

CITY PROBABILITIES FOR RAIL BARON

Odds for Regions

Plains              .112
Southeast           .126
North Central       .154
Northeast           .210
Southwest           .168
South Central       .126
Northwest           .112


Odds by City

Northeast
                                South Central
New York    .0412
Albany      .0118               Memphis     .0124
Boston      .0294               Little Rock .0071
Buffalo     .0176               New Orleans .0159
Portland    .0118               Birmingham  .0106
Washington  .0235               Louisville  .0124
Pittsburgh  .0206               Shreveport  .0053
Philly      .0294               Dallas      .0141
Baltimore   .0265               San Antonio .0106
                                Houston     .0159
Southeast                       Fort Worth  .0106

Charlotte   .0053               Plains
Chattanooga .0053
Atlanta     .0265               Kansas City .0282
Richmond    .0088               Denver      .0188
Knoxville   .0106               Pueblo      .0078
Mobile      .0106               Okl. City   .0125
Norfolk     .0125               St. Paul    .0094
Charleston  .0071               Minneapolis .0125
Miami       .0176               Min-St.Pl   .0209
JacksonVl   .0106               Des Moines  .0078
Tampa       .0124               Omaha       .0110
                                Fargo       .0047

North Central                   Northwest

Cleveland   .0216               Spokane     .0078
Detroit     .0237               Seattle     .0282
Indianplis  .0108               Rapid City  .0078
Milwaukee   .0173               Casper      .0063
Chicago     .0345               Billings    .0078
Cincinnati  .0151               Salt Lake   .0141
Columbus    .0108               Portland    .0267
St. Louis   .0194               Pocatello   .0063
                                Butte       .0078

Southwest

San Diego   .0165
Reno        .0071
Sacramento  .0118
Las Vegas   .0141
Phoenix     .0188
El Paso     .0094
Tucumcari   .0071
Los Angeles .0400
Oakland     .0212
San Fran    .0235
Oak-San     .0447


In Order

Oak-San     .0447       Okl.-City   .0125
New-York    .0412       Norfolk     .0125
Los-Angeles .0400       Tampa       .0124
Chicago     .0345       Memphis     .0124
Boston      .0294       Louisville  .0124
Philly      .0294       Albany      .0118
Seattle     .0282       Sacramento  .0118
Kansas-City .0282       Portland    .0118
Portland    .0267       Omaha       .0110
Baltimore   .0265       Indianplis  .0108
Atlanta     .0265       Columbus    .0108
Detroit     .0237       San-Antonio .0106
San-Fran    .0235       Mobile      .0106
Washington  .0235       Knoxville   .0106
Cleveland   .0216       JacksonVl   .0106
Oakland     .0212       Fort-Worth  .0106
Min-St.Pl   .0209       Birmingham  .0106
Pittsburgh  .0206       St.-Paul    .0094
St.-Louis   .0194       El-Paso     .0094
Phoenix     .0188       Richmond    .0088
Denver      .0188       Spokane     .0078
Buffalo     .0176       Rapid-City  .0078
Miami       .0176       Pueblo      .0078
Milwaukee   .0173       Des-Moines  .0078
San-Diego   .0165       Butte       .0078
New-Orleans .0159       Billings    .0078
Houston     .0159       Tucumcari   .0071
Cincinnati  .0151       Reno        .0071
Salt-Lake   .0141       Little-Rock .0071
Las-Vegas   .0141       Charleston  .0071
Dallas      .0141       Pocatello   .0063
Minneapolis .0125       Casper      .0063
                        Shreveport  .0053
                        Chattanooga .0053
                        Charlotte   .0053
                        Fargo       .0047

    Scott R. Turner
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