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How to avoid a sucker bet – with a little help from maths

Being in a bar, you start chatting to a male who issues you a difficulty. He hands you 5 red and two black cards. After shuffling, you lay them on the bar, deal with down. He bets you that you can not turn over three red cards. And to assist you, he explains the odds. When you draw the very first card, the chances are 5-2 (five red cards, 2 black cards) in favour of selecting a red card. The 2nd draw is 4-2 (or 2-1) and the third draw is 3-2. Each time you draw a card the odds appear to be…

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Added by Ruben Schneiderman on December 9, 2021 at 8:32am — No Comments

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