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Alex R. Weinberg Veteran user 353 Posts |
I was recently looking at logs and tops and was trying to dig up ore information on logs.
I know how the gaff works on the log below, but I am unsure of the game especially with the color coded numbers. Could some one please explain how the game works as in what you are betting on? http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/1727......ons-dr-x Thanks, Alex |
JasonEngland V.I.P. Las Vegas, NV 1728 Posts |
There is no gaff on that log. It rolls perfectly normally.
The game involves non-transitive numbers. You pick any color - I can then always pick another color that will "beat" you most of the time. If you pick green, I pick yellow (or whatever). You can then roll the log 100 times and my yellow number will be higher than your green number the majority of the time. Ok - so now you pick yellow. I can then pick red and roll a higher number than you the majority of the time. If you pick red I pick blue, and so on. Non-transitive games are "circular" in the sense that one thing beats another that beats another that beats another and so on until the last thing on the list beats the first thing on the list. An easy example is Rock, Paper, Scissors. Rock beats Scissors - Scissors beats Paper - Paper beats Rock. If we played in such a way that you chose first I could always choose something to beat you. Even if you then choose my initial choice, I can still beat you ad infinitum. That's why Rock, Paper, Scissors players have to reveal their choices simultaneously to have a fair game. The rolling log works the same way. If you and I chose colors on the rolling log in secret, wrote them down and then only revealed them after each had made his/her choice, then the game would be completely fair. Jason
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Alex R. Weinberg Veteran user 353 Posts |
Thanks Jason that is a very in depth explanation. I appreciate it!
Thank, Alex |
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