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If the first roll of a game can never be a double ...

Posted By: boop
Date: Thursday, 25 October 2018, at 10:11 a.m.

If the first roll of a game can never be a double … what are the revised numbers for 1 & 2?

1) Average pips for 1 roll in backgammon: 8.167

2) Percentage of rolls that will be doubles: 16.667 (1/6)

Take the average number of rolls in a game to be: 20.90 (Source http://www.bkgm.com/rgb/rgb.cgi?view+712)

Useful - average pips of a double roll in backgammon: 14

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• If the first roll of a game can never be a double ...
  boop -- Thursday, 25 October 2018, at 10:11 a.m.
  • If the first roll of a game can never be a double ...
    boop -- Thursday, 25 October 2018, at 2:49 p.m.
    • If the first roll of a game can never be a double ...
      jeom -- Thursday, 25 October 2018, at 4:43 p.m.
      • If the first roll of a game can never be a double ...
        boop -- Thursday, 25 October 2018, at 10:15 p.m.
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      Bob Koca -- Thursday, 25 October 2018, at 8:01 p.m.
      • If the first roll of a game can never be a double ...
        boop -- Thursday, 25 October 2018, at 10:11 p.m.
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          boop -- Thursday, 25 October 2018, at 11:29 p.m.
        • If the first roll of a game can never be a double ...
          Neil Robins -- Friday, 26 October 2018, at 9:06 p.m.
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            neilkaz -- Friday, 26 October 2018, at 11:14 p.m.
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            boop -- Saturday, 27 October 2018, at 12:07 a.m.
      • If the first roll of a game can never be a double ...
        Tom Keith -- Friday, 26 October 2018, at 1:00 a.m.
        • If the first roll of a game can never be a double ...
          boop -- Friday, 26 October 2018, at 2:46 p.m.
        • If the first roll of a game can never be a double ...
          Neil Robins -- Saturday, 27 October 2018, at 8:47 p.m.