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Fair game

A game weh nuh side nuh have no edge: evry bet have a expected value a zero.

Inna context

Roulette widout zeropon di wheelZeroDi one green pocket weh no even-money, dozen or column bet nuh cover; a weh di house edge come fram. Nex name: single zero, 0.Read di whole ting → woulda fair, cause a bet pon n numba pay (36 − n)/n to 1. Evry zero weh dem add tek di game further fram fair.

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Wen mathematician seh “fair” dem mean only dis; it nuh seh nutten bout honesty. A fair game can still empty out a bankrollmoney mattaBankrollAll di money yuh set aside fi play. Fi manage yuh bankroll mean yuh decide ow much a it yuh a go risk pon evry bet an evry session.Read di whole ting →, cause a variancemathsVarianceA measure a ow wide di result dem spread roun di expected value. High fi straight up, low fi even-money bet.Read di whole ting →.

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