[PHP] virtual coin toss 55%
I was surfing the internet today and found a site that offered a coin toss game in PHP.The site claimed that it used the latest and most random computer algorithms to do the Coin Toss. In the next line it said that you (the player) would win 45% of the time. I would like opinions how somebody could offer a 50/50 coin toss game and gurantee a 45% win ratio for the player The idea of game programming is appealing, but I have no idea how you would gurantee that the player wins 45% of the time and the operators win 55% of the time. Thanks in advance Randy
Re: [PHP] virtual coin toss 55%
I want to say right from the beginning that there is a better way of doing this, but this will work :) Just keep track of what the user has thrown so far and do a check on it.. So that if it's less than 45% change the flip to what the user picked.. If that will put it over 45% then make it opposite what the user picked.. This will let the user win very close to 45% every single time. Or you could do a weight scale.. To make the average user win 45% of the time instead each user.. So: Grab a random number between 1 and 100; If ($number =1 $number =45) $user = 'Wins!' // num between 1 and 45 If ($number =46 $number =100) $user = 'Loses!' // num between 46-100 So basically the user has a 45% chance of winning while the operator has a 55% chance :) I know there are better ways, but this will give you an idea :) Rick We do not have to visit a mad house to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe. - Unknown From: Randy Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 01:07:53 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] virtual coin toss 55% I was surfing the internet today and found a site that offered a coin toss game in PHP.The site claimed that it used the latest and most random computer algorithms to do the Coin Toss. In the next line it said that you (the player) would win 45% of the time. I would like opinions how somebody could offer a 50/50 coin toss game and gurantee a 45% win ratio for the player The idea of game programming is appealing, but I have no idea how you would gurantee that the player wins 45% of the time and the operators win 55% of the time. Thanks in advance Randy -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] virtual coin toss 55%
On Friday 12 April 2002 13:07, Randy Johnson wrote: I was surfing the internet today and found a site that offered a coin toss game in PHP.The site claimed that it used the latest and most random computer algorithms to do the Coin Toss. In the next line it said that you (the player) would win 45% of the time. I would like opinions how somebody could offer a 50/50 coin toss game and gurantee a 45% win ratio for the player The idea of game programming is appealing, but I have no idea how you would gurantee that the player wins 45% of the time and the operators win 55% of the time. As with most gambling, the odds are rigged in favour of the house. What they are saying is every $1 you give them they give you back 90 cents ?!? Sounds like a good deal to me ;-) BTW your clock is slow by a month or so. -- Jason Wong - Gremlins Associates - www.gremlins.com.hk Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design Hosting * Internet Intranet Applications Development * /* Gee, Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore. */ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
