Question

You are given a die. If you roll a 1 or 4, you get twice your bet. If you roll 2, 3 or 5, then you lose your bet. If you roll a 6, nothing happens. Should you play this game?

Answer 1

no

Answer 2

why so?

Answer 3

hm well the chances of you winning are 3/6 and the chances of u losing is 3/6 which is 1/2 u have 1/2 chance to win and 1/2 chance to lose I honelsy wouldnt play but theres an equal chance ull win or lose

Answer 4

why equal chance?

Answer 5

isn't the chance of winning 1/6 + 1/6 = 1/3?

Answer 6

if u roll a 1,4.or 6 there are thats three sides and overall theres six

Answer 7

3/6 and same for other numbers
then u simplify

Answer 8

1/2

Answer 9

Your chances of losing are greater than your chances of winning. On top of that, I know if I played I'd roll a two on the first try because I have bad luck

Answer 10

...why do you win if nothing happens?

Answer 11

You have three ways of losing and two ways of winning. I don't see it as an equal 50-50

Answer 12

by i didnt mean winning six is nuthing really to me thts not losing thts why i said equal my mistake.. there are more ways of losing then there is winning soz

Answer 13

but still...the winning and losing prices aer different too...

Answer 14

let's see... I bet a dollar each time
let's imagine I roll 6 times, each time getting a different number and I have $5 and I bet $1
1- I have $7 now
2 -I have $6
3 - I have $5
4 - I have $7
5 - I have $6
6 - I have $6
so I guess I think I should play

Answer 15

that's an odd way of looking at it...

Answer 16

maybe, but is it wrong?

Answer 17

no idea

Answer 18

wait,why do you get six more dollars on the first roll?

Answer 19

I got 2 more, I started with 5

Answer 20

betting a dollar each time

Answer 21

PS I suck at probability, hence the funny approach

Answer 22

Try that with $20 bets and see what happens

Answer 23

say I have 100
1-140
2-120
3-100
4-140
5-120
6-120
same, I think I should play

Answer 24

Gambling is Gambling its taking a chance on odds, unless your counting cards..... other than that there is no possible way to choose an outcome theres too much that relies on the outcome such as how its throw whos throwing, if it hits something it will alter the outcome crap like that

Answer 25

@Vikt0r if the odds are with you then you don't have to look at it like that
and you can answer these without using the word "crap" thank you very much

Answer 26

I think my logic is wrong though...

Answer 27

I forgot to count what we put in for the bet, so...
I have $5 betting $1 each time (imagine the dice come up 1,2,3,4,5,6)
1- 6
2 -5
3 -4
4 -5
5 -4
6- 4
oh I guess I should not play then after all

Answer 28

I think that is the right answer