[ExI] alternative gambling game

[Gregory Jones]

--- 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
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