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Re:Mathematicians Roll Dice and Get Rock-Paper-Scissors by thaumasiotes on Saturday January 21, 2023 @05:11AM (#34465327)
That's what the game is. Rolling a particular value doesn't get you anything; the expected value of a roll is not informative. If I gave you a die with all 6s, a die with all 3s, and a die with all 1s, and told you the rules of the game were that I give you $600 minus $100 for each point you roll, which die would be the strongest? Which die would have the highest expected value?

Note that your math is incorrect; B gets more wins from being paired against itself than either A or C do.

Re:Mathematicians Roll Dice and Get Rock-Paper-Scissors by tromp on Saturday January 21, 2023 @07:23AM (#34465937)
Right; I forgot about wins from a die paired with itself. The proportion of wins is [5+21+11, 15+9+21, 25+15+5] = [37, 45, 45].