Officials can increase their chances of getting assigned by adding boosts to their offer. Each official starts with 10 boosts when they signup. Officials use boosts when they are added to an offer. If an official cancels their offer, they get their boosts back. If an official loses a bid, they get their boosts back plus gain a share of the winning official’s boosts.

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Example 1:

OfficialOffer BoostsBoosts Remaining
Steve46
Mike010
Steve will win this bid. Since the number of boosts needed to guarantee a win is only 1, Steve will get 3 boosts back. Mike will gain Steve’s remaining 1 boost.
OfficialBoosts RefundedBoosts ChangedBoosts Remaining
Steve (winner)+3-19
Mike0+111

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Example 2:

OfficialOffer BoostsBoosts Remaining
Steve46
Mike19
Chris19
Steve will win this bid. Since the number of boosts needed to guarantee a win is only 2, Steve will get 2 boosts back. Mike and Chris will both get their 1 boost back. Since Mike and Chris both had the same number of boosts, they will share Steve’s remaining 2 boosts.
OfficialBoosts RefundedBoosts ChangedBoosts Remaining
Steve (winner)+2-28
Mike+1+111
Chris+1+111

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Example 3:

OfficialOffer BoostsBoosts Remaining
Steve46
Mike010
Chris28
Steve will win this bid. Since the number of boosts needed to guarantee a win is only 3, Steve will get 1 boost back. Chris will get 2 boosts back. Since Chris had more boosts than Mike, he will get a larger share of Steve’s remaining 3 boosts.
OfficialBoosts RefundedBoosts ChangedBoosts Remaining
Steve (winner)+1-37
Mike0+¾10¾
Chris+2+2¼12¾