Ghoul Pool Time

It's that time again: 

Step 1 - sell the squares. If you want to be generous, blank out three squares since there are only twenty-two Districts. If you want to be devious, sell all twenty-five squares. Three people will be out before the first shot is fired (thank you for your donation!)

Step 2 - get out your cell phone and go to one of those "random number generator" sites and get a number between 1 and 25 - that's your starting box. Example - #17 is generated:

Step 3 - using that same site, use the "comprehensive version," set the lower (1) and upper (25) limit, integers only, no duplication. There are your twenty-five Districts in random order, starting at the random box from Step 2. Example, order generated begins 005, 019, 025, 001, etc:

 

Step 4 - shade out the non-existent Districts (those are immediate losses) and wait for the mayhem to ensue! If you don't feel like listening to whiners, shade out three random squares, don't sell them, then ignore the 013, 021, 023 results in the random string.

NOTE: Have a witness or two while you do this so everyone knows it's on the up-and-up.

NOTE: Set rules beforehand - is it the first 0110 by RD# or by hospital Time of Death - they differ and will lead to arguments. What if you pull an Agg Battery in 007 at 0001 hours and he dies three days later, while two other victims bite the dust in 011 the first night? Does "Manner of Demise" count? Gunshot, stabbing, bludgeoning, vehicular? It makes a difference.

NOTE: All gambling involving money MUST go through the State of Illinois so Fata$$ gets his cut. This in-house type of gambling involves NO cash, only toothpicks.

NOTE: For Pete's sake, DO NOT allow the following people to play:

• anyone from IAD
• anyone above a testable rank
• anyone who was in the Patty Casey study group
• anyone who was in the Fenner wedding party
• Conehead 

Keep it simple. 

You can even do this District-wide by Beat, but you might be stuck waiting for a few weeks for a result in some places. If you want a HUGE pool, an Area can do it by Beats, but it'll be harder to locate that many toothpicks on short notice.