From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2007-02-17T05:12:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Housie (#114)

On Feb 16, 2007, at 2:10 PM, Eric I. wrote:

> On Feb 16, 11:47 am, Ruby Quiz <j...@grayproductions.net> wrote:
>>
>> A ticket is a grid of 3 rows by 9 columns. The first column  
>> contains numbers
>> from 1 to 9; the second column numbers from 10 to 19; the third 20  
>> to 29 and so
>> on up until the last column, which contains numbers from 80 to 90.
>
>
> The problem lacks a certain symmetry, and I just want to make sure
> that there isn't a typo.  Is it correct that the first column only has
> 9 possible values (1-9), that the last column has 11 possible values
> (80-90), and that the middle columns each have 10 possible values?

That's the scoop according to Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housie

James Edward Gray II