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Tables to Improve Your Game

Posted By: joe freedman
Date: Monday, 15 March 2010, at 12:25 p.m.

In Response To: Tables to Improve Your Game (Bob Koca)

Bob, I don't quite understand what is meant by the "expected number of rolls". If the chance of rolling a non-6 is 25/36, then the chance of rolling two consecutive non-6's is 625/1296, or less than half. So why wouldn't you expect to roll a 6 in two rolls?

What does "expect" mean? If I bet that a 6 would show up in two rolls of the dice, wouldn't I win over the long run?

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• Tables to Improve Your Game
  Phil Simborg -- Monday, 15 March 2010, at 12:24 a.m.
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    Bob Koca -- Monday, 15 March 2010, at 5:15 a.m.
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      Phil Simborg -- Monday, 15 March 2010, at 5:22 a.m.
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        Bob Koca -- Monday, 15 March 2010, at 5:28 a.m.
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          joe freedman -- Monday, 15 March 2010, at 12:25 p.m.
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            storm -- Monday, 15 March 2010, at 12:58 p.m.
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              joe freedman -- Monday, 15 March 2010, at 1:20 p.m.
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                Bill Calton -- Monday, 15 March 2010, at 9:30 p.m.
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                  Barry Silliman -- Tuesday, 16 March 2010, at 12:21 a.m.
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          Bob Glass -- Tuesday, 16 March 2010, at 7:27 p.m.
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        Nack Ballard -- Monday, 15 March 2010, at 7:34 a.m.
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          Joe Russell -- Monday, 15 March 2010, at 10:47 a.m.
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            Nack Ballard -- Tuesday, 16 March 2010, at 12:17 a.m.
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              Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 16 March 2010, at 12:33 a.m.
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              Joe Russell -- Tuesday, 16 March 2010, at 2:21 a.m.
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                Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 16 March 2010, at 4:38 a.m.
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                  Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 16 March 2010, at 4:59 a.m.
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                    Joe Russell -- Tuesday, 16 March 2010, at 1:33 p.m.
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            Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 16 March 2010, at 1:17 a.m.
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              Joe Russell -- Tuesday, 16 March 2010, at 2:12 a.m.
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      Timothy Chow -- Monday, 15 March 2010, at 3:19 p.m.