about the contents, then Monty Hall doesn't enter into it. Deal or
No Deal seems to be a purely chance based game. However, that doesn't
mean there aren't strategies beyond strictly expecting the average payout.
Like another member of the group, I've seen them offer more than the
average
[snip]
What I would really like to know, is how they calculate the offer.
Obviously, they set the upper limit at the average of the still standing
offers, but I wonder if and how they take subsequent rounds into
consideration. Is there a Monty Hall
, then Monty Hall doesn't enter into it. Deal or
No Deal seems to be a purely chance based game. However, that doesn't
mean there aren't strategies beyond strictly expecting the average
payout.
Like another member of the group, I've seen them offer more than the
average on the UK version, which
Rocco Moretti wrote:
rbt wrote:
The TV show on NBC in the USA running this week during primetime (Deal
or No Deal). I figure there are roughly 10, maybe 15 contestants. They
pick a briefcase that has between 1 penny and 1 million bucks and then
play this silly game where NBC tries to buy
The house almost always wins or are my assumptions wrong...
import random
amounts = [.01, 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 75, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 750,
1000, 5000, 1, 25000, 5, 75000, 10, 20,
30, 40, 50, 75, 100]
results = []
count = 0
while
On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 09:29:49 -0500, rbt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The house almost always wins or are my assumptions wrong...
import random
amounts = [.01, 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 75, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 750,
1000, 5000, 1, 25000, 5, 75000, 10, 20,
30,
.,
The TV show on NBC in the USA running this week during primetime (Deal
or No Deal). I figure there are roughly 10, maybe 15 contestants. They
pick a briefcase that has between 1 penny and 1 million bucks and then
play this silly game where NBC tries to buy the briefcase from them
while
rbt wrote:
The TV show on NBC in the USA running this week during primetime (Deal
or No Deal). I figure there are roughly 10, maybe 15 contestants. They
pick a briefcase that has between 1 penny and 1 million bucks and then
play this silly game where NBC tries to buy the briefcase from
