Albion College LA 101-03:
Chance
Fall 02008
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"You prepare yourself to win. You prepare yourself for the possibility that you won't win. You don't really prepare yourself for the possibility that you flip the coin in the air and it lands on its edge and you get neither outcome."--Al Gore, November 02000. |
Schedule of reading assignments Updated 22 October 02008
Homework schedule Updated 18 November 02008
Link to the 02003 Jackson Citizen-Patriot article about Professor Mark Bollman-->'s calculator collection.
Michigan State Lottery home page.
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I Ching Experiment--Added 27 August 02008. |
A Question Of Flippos--Added 27 August 02008. |
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Fun With Very Small Change--Added 8 September 02008 |
Buffon's Needle Problem--Added 8 October 02008. |
One of the topics we study in Chance is casino gambling--it's an excellent source of examples, and an issue of some importance these days. Toward that end, we have acquired a Double Diamond slot machine, manufactured by International Gaming Technologies. It makes a classroom appearance each November, and gets considerable play from visitors to my office. While the machine's top payoff is 2500 quarters ($625), the top prize won so far (recorded on Saturday, 3 September 02005) is 110 coins ($27.50), on two separate pay lines:
Line 2 paid 100 (25 × 4, with the multiplier arising from two Double Diamond logos which function as wild cards as well as multipliers), and line 3 kicked in for an additional 10 (5 for 3 bars, multiplied by two for the other Double Diamond logo).
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Last revision: 18 November 02008.
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