tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24434266.post4945837912462988706..comments2024-02-26T21:38:35.761+11:00Comments on The Dust Forms Words: The Sic-Bo ProblemGreg Tannahillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00823898295759037081noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24434266.post-76710958784370239902007-06-15T08:33:00.000+10:002007-06-15T08:33:00.000+10:00Which means the money I've allotted to lose lasts ...Which means the money I've allotted to lose lasts longer and I have more fun. Huzzah.Greg Tannahillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00823898295759037081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24434266.post-91474009271505387522007-06-15T02:17:00.000+10:002007-06-15T02:17:00.000+10:00I looked at the results of some of the other bets....I looked at the results of some of the other bets. All returned 83.3-87.5%. This particular bet returns 96.3%. If you are going to play Sic-Bo, it's definitely a good bet to make. Indeed, that'll lose you money more slowly than most bets on most casino games.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24434266.post-61748533188325708552007-06-14T18:12:00.000+10:002007-06-14T18:12:00.000+10:00Yep, that's the answer, all right. (*does a good ...Yep, that's the answer, all right. (*does a good impression of looking knowledgeable*)Greg Tannahillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00823898295759037081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24434266.post-88364311706486584682007-06-13T00:35:00.000+10:002007-06-13T00:35:00.000+10:00I, too, was fiddling with Python last night (got a...I, too, was fiddling with Python last night (got as far as working out 10005**3 to get the 1,15,75,125 sequence, then some of the sums below). I then wrote the following comment, and was defeated by finding Google's terms of service too daunting before bedtime. (yes, I hadn't attached my rarely used blogger account my gmail yet). Trying again..<BR/><BR/>1) In the instance of a pair and a single, your winnings are the same as for three distinct, but you only get refunded on two of your six bets, hence you get $25 back for your $30 investment.<BR/><BR/>2) Betting on a single number repeatedly loses you on average 18.5 cents per bet. The probabilities of getting 3,2,1 or 0 occurrences of your number are 1/216, 3*(5**1)/216, 3*(5**2)/216 and 1*(5**3)/216 respectively, and the pay outs on a $5 bet are $65, $15, $10 and $0, giving a return of (1*65+15*15+75*10+125*0)/216, or $4.81481Christopher Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02085102037837111837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24434266.post-43076950695912258542007-06-12T11:16:00.000+10:002007-06-12T11:16:00.000+10:00This maths was done while I was very tired at the ...This maths was done while I was very tired at the hotel so may be wrong. It is largely based around my foolings with ipython (the interactive interpreter for the Python programming language) I also had no Internet access at the time to check anything.<BR/><BR/>Out of the 216 possibilities of Sic-Bo:<BR/><BR/>A given number appears...<BR/>On one die: 75 times (+150)<BR/>On two dice: 15 times (+45 profit)<BR/>On three dice: 1 time (+13 profit)<BR/>On no dice: 125 times (0 profit)<BR/>Cost required is 216 bets<BR/>150 + 45 + 13 - 216 = -8<BR/><BR/>This suggests that if each possibility occurred once you would lose a total of 8 bets ($40 in the example given)<BR/><BR/>That's as far as I got before I decided against going back to the casino :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com