Day: January 14, 2024

After reading the guide already on the site, I felt like contributing some more to the laws of averages. While the statistics mentioned before are all very well and good, al they work out is your chance of getting a certain amount of wins via the possibilities – this takes into account the fact that if you lose once, that’s it. This basically works out the chance of getting to a certain round, depending on how many times you play, instead of just your chance of winning.

For those of a nervous disposition, look away now.

nCr x p^r x q^n-r = Probability of when you’ll lose depending on how many rounds you want to go for
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