21 Sep
2012
21 Sep
'12
7:59 a.m.
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Veit Elser <ve10@cornell.edu> wrote: I bet if one "rolled" a cubic dice more like the standard coin toss one could strongly bias the outcome (against the faces intersected by the rotation axis). Provided you don't think this bias is almost completely undone by requiring the die to bounce against an irregularly-shaped surface before it lands, there are any number of casinos willing to take your bet. You don't even need a strong bias; a bias of 5% or so on the individual dice should be big enough to get the 2% bias you need on the total to make money at the craps table. Andy andy.latto@pobox.com