[State Lottery] Fun stats issue (?)

[PhiliP]

In a normal world people calculate the Net Profit using a simple formula, which is :

Net Profit = Total Revenues - Total Expenses

But, I don't think that's how it's working with the state lottery system...- Since as you can see :-

Lets say Player (X) won (Y) amount of $$ and lost a (Z) amount of dollars, so obviously his net profit should be (Y-Z) $.

e.g. of how it should be : Paul Henderson won $244.917.350 and got a net profit of $64.167.350, that obviously means that Paul should've won at least a total of $180.750.000 which technically makes him on the top of the "Biggest Losers" list in front of the player Orlando_Logazzo.
e.g. of how it is working : Player Henderson won 244.917.350 and got a net profit of 64.167.350, meanwhile he is not even on the list of the biggest losers which means that he technically lost an amount of $X fewer than $31.461.200.

Conclusion : The server calculates the net profit using the following way : Net Profit = The total of money you gained -The total money you spent (Whether you won or lost). Whilst, the biggest losers list only represents the money you've spent in case of losing which makes no sense.

I hope an admin or a helper explains to me how it works if I'm wrong.

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At this point,

Paul_Henderson spent a total of $203.050.300 on statelot tickets and he gained $249.500.150 from winning statelot
That means he's positive, he made a profit of $46.450.150. how does a profit of $46m make him the #1 loser?

Orlando_Logazzo however spent a total of $162.621.000 on statelot tickets and won just $23.950.350, meaning his current net loss is -$138.670.650, making him the currently biggest loser.

or am I missing something?

perhaps biggest losers should be named biggest net losers, would that be more clear? im confused

[PhiliP]

At this point,

Paul_Henderson spent a total of $203.050.300 on statelot tickets and he gained $249.500.150 from winning statelot
That means he's positive, he made a profit of $46.450.150. how does a profit of $46m make him the #1 loser?

Orlando_Logazzo however spent a total of $162.621.000 on statelot tickets and won just $23.950.350, meaning his current net loss is -$138.670.650, making him the currently biggest loser.

or am I missing something?

perhaps biggest losers should be named biggest net losers, would that be more clear? im confused

Yeah naming it biggest net losers would make more sense though.

Since, I don't guess that '' The biggest losers'' list really means the same thing as the biggest net losers. e. g. : You might spend 300m and gain like 310m which also might mean that you spent/lost 300m in order to gain 310m which is a bit relevant to the Biggest net profit list.

So, yeah re-naming it would be more clear regarding the list's purpose.

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