Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] Prop: Luck of the irish!

[bd <bdonlan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday 17 June 2002 4:59 pm, Rob Speer wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 04:39:38PM -0400, bd wrote:
> > Amend the third paragraph of rule 752 to read as follows:
> > {{
> > If a Player occupies the same square as the Casino, and the Casino is
> > Open, e can place a bet of any even number of points that is greater than
> > or equal to 10 and less than or equal to 50 and less than or equal to the
> > number of Points they possess. Those points are transferred to the
> > Gremlin fund. 2d6 is rolled for the Player and the Casino. If the
> > Player's roll plus a random number between 0 and eir Luck is greater than
> > the roll of the casino, 2 * (number of points bet) is transferred from
> > the Gremlin fund and to the Player. If the Player's roll plus eir Luck is
> > equal to the roll of the casino, the bet is returned to the Player.
> > }}
>
> Step 1. Buy two Leprechauns (at a cost of 4 or 8 points) and squeeze
> them at the beginning of the nweek.
>
> Step 2. Bid 50 points at the Casino each nday, with an expected payoff of
> 53.6 each time, thus earning an average of 3.6 points per nday, or 36
> points per nweek. 32 points are left after buying another Leprechaun to
> sustain your luck for the next nweek.
>
> Step 3. Profit! (slowly)

Would a payoff of 1.5 * bet work?
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