Thread: Event Coin problem
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Old 02-24-2007, 01:17 AM
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Originally Posted by garglius1 View Post
Yes, but you have to assume that some people will win more and some will lose more
This is true if you only play a few times. If you play a bunch of times, your record will come to be a pretty close reflection of the probabilities.

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Originally Posted by garglius1 View Post
and as you know in all casinos, the house always wins. Make it more like 33% win 66% lose.
All that changes is the rate of conversion. At a 1/3 win rate and 2/3 lose rate, it would take an average of 15000 plat to get an EC. So EC prices would be 15000 plat = 30 diamonds = 1 EC, which defeats our purpose.
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