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Questions tagged [games]

Use this tag for sports and games like video games, poker, chess, go, and others similar. Do not use it for puzzles or enigma questions (see puzzle tag).

Suggested excerpt based on: types of questions the tag "games" has been used so far (until 03rd of July, 2013).
References: see messages between @whuber and @AndreSilva on 10th and 11th, June, 2013.

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In Texas Holdem, what at the odds of 3 aces on the flop, then the 4th ace drawn on the first river card?

I played Texas Holdem with some friends last night. On one hand, the dealer burned a card, drew 3 aces on the flop, then burned a card and drew the 4th ace on the first river card. My question is, what are the odds of happening? It felt like…
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Looking for correct distribution for modelling foosball scoring

I'm trying to adapt something like this association football prediction approach to 2v2 foosball games at our office. For football, they basically have an offense score and a defense score for each time. The game is a fixed length of time. They then…
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Soccer game outcome, are chances equal between win/loss/tie?

In soccer (or any discipline with similar scoring rules), is there statistically equal chance for win, loss and tie? So, there are 3 possible outcomes, but are all 3 outcomes equally possible? This does not take into account better/worse teams, so…
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What is the optimal betting strategy to minimize expected waiting time to reach a goal in this coin flipping betting game?

Suppose we play a game where we start with an initial amount of money $S$ and we wish to reach a larger target amount of money $T$. We a play a game in rounds as follows. There is a coin that has probability $p$ of coming up heads. We decide for the…
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Pareto Optimal - improving for one player, static for another

This is very basic - Something is pareto optimal if you can't improve the outcome for one player without worsening the outcome for another. But what about where one player gets the same but the other player gets more? Is one pareto optimal? E.g. …
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How do you define the portion of a game's result that is accounted for by chance?

I'm not sure if there's an established way of defining the concept I'm describing, but every game that can be played involving a random component — dice, coins, or otherwise — has a certain amount of the result of that game that is determined by…
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Useful measure to quantify how competitive a sports match is

I'm trying to put together a summary of data from a recreational sports league's most recent season. There are significant disparities in skill level between teams, so a large portion of the games result in one team winning by a huge margin. I am…
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Optimal strategy in growing jackpot scenario

There is a betting game, which seems to have "positive sum" situations, and I'd like to find out the optimal strategy. Multiple players place bets against the bank, for and bets that fit winning criteria earn players points of the game. There are…
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Computing probabilities of letters in a word grid

I'm sure most people are familiar with word grid games like Boggle and the newer digital versions Scramble with Friends and Ruzzle. For anyone not familiar, the idea is to find words by using adjacent tiles. You start from any cell and try to…
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In games (e.g. poker) where luck/chance is a factor, should the more skilled player play more games with a lower stake?

I'm not sure if this is the right site for my question. In games (e.g. poker) where luck/chance is a factor, should the more skilled player play more games with a lower stake? Intuitively, yes, if you play a game that is 25% (or 75%) luck, luck will…
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What subjects in statistics should I focus on to determine the optimal time to to quit a game of chance while I'm ahead?

I am trying to answer the question: Given a game of chance with a "house edge" E (defined below), what is the maximum "amount ahead" A (defined below) when I should exit the game, if I want to achieve probability P that I will not run out of money…
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The Scrabble Letter Odds Question

The Question I Have Involves the possible change in chance based on a changing sample size, if that sounds correct. The Example is, you have 100 tiles, with 5 players, each grabbing 8 tiles each. Lets use this example for each player grabbing 8 at a…
Dylan Evans
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