quot;Eric Cavalcanti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Kory Heath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Everything List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 1:15 AM
Subject: Re: The FLip Flop Game
AAAghhh!!!
I didn't read it carefully again!!!
Yes, it
AAAghhh!!!
I didn't read it carefully again!!!
Yes, it is not even-money. In the infinite
players case, even though you are equally
likely to win or lose, you win money in the
long run.
I am going to sleep... :)
Eric.
On Mon, 2004-10-11 at 17:52, Kory Heath wrote:
> At 12:20 AM 10/11/2004, N
creasing with the number of players.
>
> What's the limit when there are infinite players?
>
> Norman
> - Original Message -
> From: "Eric Cavalcanti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Norman Samish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, Octo
At 12:20 AM 10/11/2004, Norman Samish wrote:
For example, if there are 3 players then the long-term odds are that each
game costs each player 25 cents. If there are 5 players, the average cost
goes down to 6.3 cents per game. If there are 7 players, they make on the
average 3.1 cents per game. I
In one version of Flip Flop, each of an odd number of players simply flips a
coin. The majority result, heads or tails, pays the casino $1 each while
the minority result gets paid $2 each. Based on these rules, I worked out
Kory's tables for 3, 5, 7 and 9 players.
The results show that the play
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