gambling Definition and 26 Threads

Below is a scenario where at every step, you are choosing the more favourable option, but yet you would end up worse off definitely. How could it be? Suppose you start playing a fair game (or a game slightly to your advantage) with $10 and bet $1 each round. You tell yourself that you would...

Hey, gotta do some explanation first: I assume you know how roulette works. (if you dont: ball is thrown into a pit and it can either land on red, black or zero, each having a certain likeliness to land there. you can bet on where the ball will land) let's assume unrealistically you have the...

This question comes from the "Introduction to Probability" book (Blitzstein & Hwang). Martin has just heard about a gambling strategy: bet 1 dollar that a fair coin will land heads. If it does, stop. If it lands tails, then double the bet for the next toss, now betting 2 dollars on heads. If it...

So it's been such a long time since I studied statistics at school/college/university that I'm rusty to say the least and hoped you guys could help me out with this. Something is telling me that these two games must have a different value despite being similar, but if you brilliant folks could...

Homework Statement Alice proposes to Bob the following game. Bob pays one dollar to play. Fifty balls marked 1, 2, . . . , 50 are placed in a big jar, stirred around, and then drawn out one by one by Zori, who is wearing a blindfold. The result is a random permutation (let's call it s) of the...

Homework Statement A gambling machine shows one out of five colours, red , orange , yeloow, green and blue. When the machine is working properly, every colour has an equal chance of appearing the colour. And the colour shown at one instant is independent of the colour shown earlier. Calculate...

Hi all, I have attached a file in which at last page in example 7.8 I am stuck. I don't understand that how the author has calculated the Q(0.9)=.88 by using equation 7.31, can someone please show me the calculation process? Thanks in advance.

Hi all, Currently I am trying to understand the concept of Selection System given in Billingsley's book "Probability and Measure". I have attached a pdf file with this post which consists on the scanned pages of this topic. I have understood it completely except one thing that how has the...

In a gambling game , you can win 1$ in each round with probability 0.6 or lose 2$ in probability 0.4. suppose you start with 100$. find the probability that after 10 rounds you have between 93 to 107 dollars. i am not sure how to start the solution, thanks,

Homework Statement You are a risk-neutral individual whose net worth is $10,000 and you are thinking of opening a Donut Franchise. To open the franchise you must invest $5,000. If you buy the franchise, the probability is 1/3 that you will make $500,000, 1/3 that you will break even, and 1/3...

Do people prefer getting odds to laying odds? That is, when people gamble, do they prefer to risk a little for the chance to win a lot, rather than vice versa? I know from personal experience that you can get a little rush from putting quarters in a slot machine, inspired by the possibility...

Does the law of large numbers really apply directly to betting systems? For example, in American roulette the house advantage or "edge" is 5.26%, and smart players know that, as a consequence of the law of large numbers, you will lose 5.26 cents of every dollar bet in the long run. This is...

Hi ya'll I am new at the forum and i love gambling and i know gambling goes on luck but if you combine the basic strategy plus your own strategy that is defined by the game and the moment you're playing. The game i like most is roulette and I am currently playing at <deleted> but winning a...

a man walks into a casino and sees 2 slot machines, he randomly chooses one. the chance of winning on machine 1 is 0.4 the chance of winning on machine 2 is 0.3 if the man wins he plays a second game on the same machine, if he loses he changes to the other machine what is the probability...

Hi, Let's say you start off with $500, and someone offers to give you another $500 everytime a coin is heads, or take $500 from you it's tails. You agree to play this game until a) you've either lost all your money, or b) you've made an extra $1000 (i.e. so you walk away with $1500). Then...

Hi, Let's say I have $1000 in a bookmaker, and this bookmaker would only allow bets of $500 at a time, each betting having a probability of 0.5 to win (this means odds of 1:1 or 2.0, so if you win you win 500, if you lose you lose 500 staked). How do I calculate the probability of going...

Suppose I am very interested in the subject. What field/s of mathematics would I be studying? Combinatorics, Statistics and Probability?

Hey everyone, I was given this fun little probability question from my tutor after I finished early in one of my classes about three weeks back, and I just can't seem to crack it! Something about gambling and probability makes my brain go haywire (or maybe its some other, deeper problem...

firstly, what is the practical difference to a book maker between a market % that is less than 100% and one that is larger than 100% ? secondly: if i have the following prices on teams A,B,C and D: A 1.70 B 3.00 C 8.50 D. 16.00 then are the gambling odds expressed as : A -> "7 to...

Read gambling problem/Standard deviation Posted: May 23, 2007 4:57 AM Click to edit this message... Click to see the message monospaced in plain text Plain Text Click to reply to this topic Reply I'm analyzing some data from online gambling sites.I'm trying to prove they are...

I thought about this outta no where. I want to make a casino game where the odds are against the house, but the catch is that the game rules force the player to play until the odds change against him. For example, make the odds 80% against the house (player has 80% chance of winning). If the...

I am just no good at math these days and I was wondering if someone could solve this equation that I derived from a popular gambling strategy. I would definitely save time for me if I knew X. I suppose it isn't that I'm bad at math, as I have a natural talent for it, but I don't remember any...

This a really strange side-effect: patients who use the much-prescribed Parkinson drug Mirapex (pramipexole) have an increased risk of developing addictions, for instance gambling, sex, or shopping. When the dose of the drug is decreased, the addictions disappear. I wonder what the etiology...

As not to sound like some "immoral" people we know, what are your opinions on gambling? As a manager of a bookmakers, I see a lot of people come and go, we have regulars, the sports junkies and the one off or Lottery players. All range in intelligence, but all share one thing in common...

What is gambling compared to the stock market or selling something which has value less than the sum of it's expense? All profit beyond your expenditure is the same. Do you understand? There is no good, no bad on the balance. I herd a song on the radio the other day, it was a childrens song...

Sometimes, when i surf PF, a pop-up of online casino appears. is it funded by gambling? could it be porn site next time? :smile: :-p