[ExI] alternative gambling game

[David]

On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:46:26 -0700 (PDT)
Gregory Jones <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

> 
> 
> --- On Tue, 6/29/10, Gregory Jones <spike66 at att.net> wrote:
>  
> > ...That would be a cool game!  In fact, we could spice it up a bit
> > by offering 1100 bucks to the winners.  The mathematically
> > sophisticated proles might then calculate that they have a
> > mathematical expectation of profit in this game: 1 buck for a 1 in
> > 1000 chance at a tax-free 1100 bucks!  ...spike
>  
> 
> Oooooo ouch.  Did anyone here discover a fatal flaw in the design of
> my game? 
> spike


Since no one else has answered, 
"I'll take a guaranteed return of 10% for fatal flaws, Mr Trebeck".

:)

-David.