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Article #768Simple Odds on dice.
From: Russel Mcauliffe
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 13:04
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 13:04
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I have just been playing drinking games with a friend of mine and we had an argument about the odds of wining [losing??!!], and I was wondering if anyone could clarify the situation. The game was a very simple one (you don't need to be at all sober to play) and it basically goes like this:- There are 3 die(dice). You call a number before throwing the die and however many times that number comes up (out of the three die) you have to 'skull' that many glasses. My friend reckoned that there was a 1 in 6 chance of 'skulling' but obviously that was completely wrong. No matter how I tried to point out he was wrong, he wouldn't beleive me and as I was [am] quite drunk I couldn't come up with a suitable arguement. What I would like to know is the odds of throwing a single, a double and a triple of the number. Any written proof in my argument would be much appreciated. Cheers!!!!! RJ.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!comp.vuw.ac.nz!canterbury.ac.nz!equinox.gen.nz!equinox!Russel_Mcauliffe From: Russel_Mcauliffe@equinox.gen.nz (Russel Mcauliffe) Subject: Simple Odds on dice. Newsgroups: sci.math.stat X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8] Message-ID: <Russel_Mcauliffe.5w90@equinox.gen.nz> Date: 19 Dec 92 01:04:54 +1200 Organization: Equinox Networks Lines: 18