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RE: 🎲 Reduce Backgammon Stress 🎲 by Understanding Basic Probability & Statistics 🎲

in #games • 7 years ago

I love backgammon!
Even with all of your statistics, some people just seem luckier than others in dice. My great grandfather loved the craps tables. That's actually where he died. What are the odds of that?

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    If you can learn to play the odds, it does appear you are luckier.

    • The backgammon phone app I use keeps track of dice rolls. I'll get to thinking, wow I'm getting screwed, but check those stats and nope, they are pretty even after a few thousand games...
      • It might be kind of like the term 50 50 90, if you've ever heard that. If the odds are 50 50, it seems like 90% of the time we pick the wrong choice. Like when I plug in any USB cable, I just plan on having to flip it over to make it fit, because it seems like 90% of the time my first attempt doesn't work. But, I bet (haha) if I kept track, it's actually about 50% of the time. It just seems like 90% because of the frustration...

    What are the odds of that?

    Hmm, I'm going to guess about 1 in a gazillion?

    • My Dad liked the craps tables. He would double his bet every time he missed a 50/50 bet. That worked out pretty well for him.
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