Probabilty question on roulette for class-Need help ASAP - Page 2

Bozeman · #11 10-09-2002, 06:14 PM

BruceZ · #12 10-09-2002, 11:19 PM

This book has a good discussion of a method based on physics that can be implemented on a computer, as well as playing biases.

baggins · #13 10-10-2002, 03:24 AM

... or just enjoy playing it, even though you know you are losing in the long run. the short run can be fun. and profitable.

BruceZ · #14 10-10-2002, 04:34 PM

I had a couple minutes while some coffee was brewing, so I ran this in excel. A couple minutes is all it takes since excel has the function COMBIN for doing combinations. I won't give the result, but I will say that you should not use my suggested approximation as it doesn't give good results. The problem is that when you change the probability from 1/2 to 18/38, the split between <=12 and >=13 is not close to 50-50 anymore, it is about 60-40.