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Re:How to gamble if you must – the mathematics of optimal st... by Jabbles on Saturday June 21, 2014 @04:47PM (#7926018)
That assertion that you can win more than half the time at "guess the higher number" sounded weird, but testable.

http://play.golang.org/p/E1L9spOjBk

Cool.

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Re:How to gamble if you must – the mathematics of optimal st... by svedlin on Sunday June 22, 2014 @12:43AM (#7926916)
A nice related puzzle involving a choice between only 2 numbers: http://plus.maths.org/content/mathematical-mysteries-getting...
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