My kids' school used to do this every year at the fair. Each kid had to sell 5 tickets @ $1 a piece. On the last night of the fair, they pull ten names and those ten folks get one shot each. First one to make it, wins. I was number 6. The number 7 guy had bought 120 tickets and practiced for 3 months. Just goes to show you... prepare all you want, but be willing to accept that sometimes God just wants the other guy to win. ;-)