PackDraw BattlesUnofficial mode guide

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Mode family: Jackpot

PackDraw Jackpot battle

In a PackDraw Jackpot battle the winner is picked at random by a weighted spinner. Your odds equal your share of the total value pulled, so the biggest puller is the favourite, not the certain winner. There are three Jackpot modes: Jackpot, Upside Down Jackpot and Last Chance Jackpot.

Jackpot

Made-up example

A weighted spinner picks the winner. Your slice equals your share of the total value pulled.

Player A 50% $60 of $120 Biggest slice
Player B 33.3% $40 of $120 In the spin
Player C 16.7% $20 of $120 In the spin

The spinner decides. Player A is the favourite, not the winner yet.

How the Jackpot spinner works

  1. Everyone opens the same packs.

    This part is identical to a Normal battle.

  2. Each player's pulls are added up.

    So is the total value pulled by the whole battle.

  3. Totals become slices.

    Your slice of the spinner is your share of the battle's total value. Half the value means half the spinner.

  4. The spinner picks one winner.

    The pick is random and weighted by slice size. Bigger slices are more likely to be picked. No slice is certain.

  5. The winner takes the prizes.

    The spin decides who collects. It does not change what was pulled.

Jackpot against Normal, same pulls

Take the invented battle from the card above. Under Normal rules, Player A's $60 total is an outright win and the other two are finished. Under Jackpot rules that same $60 is a 50% slice. Player B still holds a third of the spinner and Player C a sixth.

That is the whole difference. Normal turns the best total into a win. Jackpot turns every total into a chance.

The three Jackpot modes

The three PackDraw Jackpot modes compared
ModeWhat sets your sliceWho gets the biggest slice
JackpotYour share of the total value pulledThe highest total
Upside Down JackpotHow little you pulledThe lowest total
Last Chance JackpotYour final pack onlyThe highest final pack

Jackpot

After the packs are opened, a weighted spinner chooses the winner at random. Your odds equal your share of the total value pulled in the battle.

Made-up example Invented values, not a real pack
Made-up example of a Jackpot battle
Player Pack 1Pack 2Pack 3 Spinner share Result
Player A $50$4$6 50% Largest slice
Player B $8$12$20 33.3% Middle slice
Player C $3$9$8 16.7% Smallest slice
Player A pulled $60 of the $120 total, so holds 50% of the spinner. Player B holds 33.3% and Player C 16.7%. Any of the three can win.

Upside Down Jackpot

A weighted spinner still picks the winner, but the weighting is reversed. The less value you pulled, the better your odds. It sits in the Upside Down family as well.

Made-up example Invented values, not a real pack
Made-up example of an Upside Down Jackpot battle
Player Pack 1Pack 2Pack 3 Spinner slice Result
Player A $50$4$6 Smallest Total $60
Player B $8$12$20 Middle Total $40
Player C $3$9$8 Largest Total $20
Player C pulled the least ($20), so gets the largest slice. Player A pulled the most and gets the smallest. Any of the three can still win.

Not documented

  • The exact formula that turns a low total into a spinner percentage.

PackDraw's published description doesn't cover this; check the battle lobby.

Last Chance Jackpot

A weighted spinner picks the winner, and the odds are based only on each player's final pack. It shares its final-pack rule with the Last Chance family.

Made-up example Invented values, not a real pack
Made-up example of a Last Chance Jackpot battle
Player Pack 1Pack 2Pack 3 Spinner slice Result
Player A $50$4$6 Smallest Final $6
Player B $8$12$20 Largest Final $20
Player C $3$9$8 Middle Final $8
Player B pulled the biggest final pack ($20), so gets the largest slice. Player A's $50 first pull adds nothing to their odds.

What Jackpot does to the swings

Jackpot stacks one random event on another. The packs are random, and then the spin is random. Two things follow from the documented rule.

Neither point is an edge. A larger slice is only ever the result of what the packs gave you, and you cannot steer that.

Jackpot battle FAQ

Does the highest pull always win a PackDraw Jackpot battle?

No. The highest total gets the largest slice of the spinner, but the spinner picks the winner at random. A player holding a small slice can win, and a player holding most of the spinner can lose.

How are Jackpot odds worked out?

In standard Jackpot your odds equal your share of the total value pulled in the battle. If the battle pulled $120 in a made-up example and you pulled $60 of it, you would hold 50% of the spinner.

What is Upside Down Jackpot on PackDraw?

It is a Jackpot battle with the weighting reversed. A spinner still picks the winner, but the less value you pulled, the better your odds. PackDraw does not publish the exact formula.

Can you do anything to improve your Jackpot odds?

No. Your slice is set by what the packs happen to give you, which is random, and the spin that follows is random as well. There is nothing to choose once the battle starts.

See every mode side by side on the PackDraw battle modes page, or go back to the PackDraw battles overview.

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