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Re:Monty Hall Problem by jjbinx007 on Thursday June 09, 2022 @02:18PM (#31684837)
The puzzle doesn't work without the host always revealing a booby prize.

In the example you gave it's just random chance. In the Monty Hall puzzle it works out that statistically you should swap.

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Re:Monty Hall Problem by ALittleLight on Thursday June 09, 2022 @04:24PM (#31686323)
You should also swap in the example I gave.
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Re:Monty Hall Problem by antris on Thursday June 09, 2022 @06:31PM (#31687797)
Nope. That version is listed here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem#Other_host_...

"Monty Fall" or "Ignorant Monty": The host does not know what lies behind the doors, and opens one at random that happens not to reveal the car. Switching wins the car half of the time.

Swapping doesn't affect the outcome, it's a 50/50 whether you swap or not.

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