To figure out how many times your name will be in the draw, take the number of preference points you have and add 1. 

Then take that number times itself 3 times. 

For example, if you have 9 years preference, you would take 9 (years preference) +1 (for current application) = 10. 

Then you would cube 10 which equals 1,000 (10 X 10 X 10 = 1000). 

So your name would go in the draw 1,000 times.