The so-called duel was just a suggestion made by Zhang Li, and due to financial constraints, Zhang Li felt that he could make some money with this method.

The premise is that the two dukes are willing to solve it by duel.

However, they have no reason to disagree, and it is not what they want to see turn into a war, and besides, if a council comes forward to make peace, they don't want to lose face with these upstarts.

So a seemingly "fair" duel began.

In order to make as much money as possible, Marcus and the others decided to make their competition run over three days, using a best-of-three system, so that they could charge a few more tickets.

And not only that, but each day's duel is also divided into three games, which is also a best-of-three system, with an interval of half an hour between the games, which is used to sell winning and losing tickets and guesses.

Winning and losing lottery this thing is definitely Zhang Li made up,Since a total of nine games,Zhang Li feels that you can use the form of lottery to make money.

The rules are completely modeled after the odds on Earth, a win is 3, a loss is 0, and if the game is not played, it is 1.

Since the duel is not a sports competition, there is no possibility of a draw, the first two games are either 3 or 0, if one side wins the first two games, the third game is naturally 1, in the same way, if either side wins the duel in the first two days, then the three games on the third day are all 1.

Lottery tickets all 1 silver, not expensive, a few meat money, and if you guess all right, then you can get a bonus of 50 gold, 5,000 times, of course, there is a first prize and a second prize, only guess one wrong is the second prize, the bonus is removed from a zero, 5 gold, and then the third prize is removed from a zero, 50 silver.

The reason why the prize money is set so low is because according to the mathematical probability, the probability of winning the first prize is 1 in 3888 (there are only 2 possibilities in the first two games of the first two days, there are only 3 possibilities in the third game, and all of them are three possibilities on the third day, that is, 2*2*3*2*3*3*3*3=3888).

Almost one out of 4,000 people won the first prize, and 4,000 people only contributed a total of 40 gold, which was a loss according to the probability.

But there were other factors that affected the outcome, and Duke Solomon, for the sake of so-called "fairness", demanded that the number of participants in the duel must be determined according to the number of people in their two armies.

Take the first day of the competition as an example, the Eberlock family has one person, and they have two, which may cause a large number of people to be optimistic about the Solomon family, and they will also be inclined to them when choosing, and the second day will become a competition of ten people against twenty people, and on the third day, fifty people against one hundred people, the difference in strength is getting more and more wide, so Zhang Li dared to open a bonus of 50 gold.

He felt that because of this factor, not a single first prize should appear.

Lottery tickets are best bought before the first game, if the first game is finished and you buy it, then you can only buy an eight-digit lottery ticket, the first game directly you guessed wrong, you can only compete for the second prize, the second game is finished then you can only buy a seven-figure lottery ticket, there is only fifty times the prize, I'm afraid not many people are willing to buy.

After playing three games, you don't have to buy a lottery ticket.

Most of the population of the entire Storm Kingdom is concentrated in the Elwyn Forest, there are no more than a million people here, this is still a conservative estimate, even if only one tenth of the people are willing to buy, that is 100,000 people, and no one stipulates that one person can only buy one, and if you have money, no one cares if you buy a hundred.

Therefore, Zhang Li estimates that the lottery alone can earn thousands of gold.

The most important thing to sell lottery tickets is anti-counterfeiting,If someone takes a fake lottery ticket and you can't tell it's funny,Fortunately, this is a magical world,The high elves even got the magic net out,It's nothing to get out of a database,Everyone has a unique serial number for each lottery ticket,It's basically impossible for you to deceive people.

Thanks also to Senior Master Martin for his technical support.

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"Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready? The first contest is about to begin!" In the Cathedral Square, a simple fence encloses a small area, and since Marcus and the others are very optimistic about the benefits of this competition, they are very aggressive.

Tens of thousands of spectators gathered here, and there were ordinary auditoriums, and naturally there were high-class seats, all of which were the preserve of the aristocracy.

Outside the cathedral, there were still a large number of people who didn't have tickets and had to wait for the results, but luckily the magic was magical, and the host's voice could be heard throughout the towns of Alwyn Forest, and people could listen to the whole game as if it were a radio, and the atmosphere was just as hot.

"The warriors of both sides will fight for the glory of their masters! It will be a sacred duel! A duel of honor! Though it is not fair...... Ahem, I didn't say the last sentence...... "A goblin is acting as a host, according to what he said, Zhang Li They need a professional arena host to drive the atmosphere in the stadium, and people will buy more lottery tickets and make more guesses."

The goblin said that he had been the host of the Gulabash Arena, and although Zhang Li thought he was talking nonsense, he still hired him, and the price he asked for was not high anyway.

"Before we begin, I would like to remind you, have you bought lottery tickets? Have you placed bets on the favored teams!?No? Why don't you buy them soon!?Think about it, 5,000 times the prize is beckoning to you, oh my God! That's 50 pieces of gold! With these 50 pieces of gold, you can have at least 20 years of food and clothing!"

The goblin dutifully beeped, he had started pulling calves a few hours earlier, and sure enough, many people had been dragged into buying lottery tickets.

"After the bell rings, all lottery ticket sales outlets will stop selling, you have to hurry up! But even if you don't buy a ticket, it doesn't matter, you can still go to the official market to place bets! Please note that you must go to the official place to bet, private opening is illegal, and you will be severely punished if you are caught......"

Time passed gradually, and finally, in the anticipation of countless people, the bell finally rang.

"Now the participants of the first competition are invited to enter, and the representatives sent by Duke Solomon are Sir Kevin, a high-ranking paladin, and Lord Mason, a mid-level mage. ”

A knight who was over half a hundred years old, but still majestic, walked out to the field, he was wearing the standard equipment of a paladin, a glittering golden armor made of light cast iron, a high-grade mineral that can only be forged by a master forge, because light cast iron cannot be made by conventional methods, and it is said that only one dwarven master in Stormwind can make equipment of light cast iron.

The great knight was followed by an elderly mage, who looked much more refreshed than the paladin, dressed in a mage robe and a deadwood staff, looking tall and thin.

But no one dares to underestimate him, an intermediate mage is not a troublemaker, he can use many intermediate magic, including flashing, and maybe he can master a few high-level magic, as long as he protects him on the battlefield, he can kill at least fifty enemies alone.

"All the warriors of House Solomon have entered, and now there is a representative of House Eberlock, oh my God! This is a true hero! He bravely fought against evil, and was willing to bear countless infamy just to practice the way of justice! He never knew what to give up, and he ...... in order to save His Majesty Anduin, the little king who had fallen into the clutches of the devil."

Zhang Li stood at the entrance and wanted to give this goblin two slaps, it was too embarrassing, although he was the gold owner of this goblin, and this goblin should indeed slap his horses, but you were too explicit, and he was embarrassed to appear when he was praised.

That's right, he is the representative of the Eberlock family.

"Pull the calf and deduct your winnings!"

"Ahem!" This sudden telepathic voice made the goblin cough suddenly, he looked at Zhang Li with Shi Ran, and hurriedly said: "Then there is a representative of the Eberlock family to appear, he is Crystal Lake Baron Stephen Zhang * Lee!