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[quote=Anonymous]"Gaming," in this application, only means trying to anticipate how to use your picks strategically. So in the proposed "separate lottery" scenario suggested above, an applicant might really want Mundo Verde as their number 1 pick, but might be scared off by the astronomical odds of going into that huge pool. So they might put DC Billingual as #1 instead on the assumption that odds will be more in their favor. This is "gaming" the system, and it encourages people to improve their odds by not ranking their true preference if the odds are long. The current algorithm is designed to improve the satisfaction of matched families. There aren't enough highly coveted seats to go around, but let's make sure that the families who get them had at least ranked them highly.[/quote]
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