Which of the following does not represent fair game?

During a game of Bunco, each player gets a turn to roll three dice. If the person rolls three of a kind of the same number of the round, they automatically win the round.

Two people play a game in which they randomly draw numbers from 1 to 12. If the number is even, player 1 wins and if the number is odd player 2 wins.

Two people toss a coin to see who gets the ball first in a one-on-one basketball game. Player 1 gets the ball first if the coin lands on heads and player 2 gets the ball first if the coin lands on tails.

Students play a simple roulette wheel game. The wheel contains 18 black spaces, 18 red spaces, and 2 green spaces. The students can bet pieces of candy on either landing on black or red on the wheel. If the opposite color or green is landed on they lose.

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Miranda

14 March, 21:37

Which of the following does not represent fair game?

During a game of Bunco, each player gets a turn to roll three dice. If the person rolls three of a kind of the same number of the round, they automatically win the round.

Two people play a game in which they randomly draw numbers from 1 to 12. If the number is even, player 1 wins and if the number is odd player 2 wins.

Two people toss a coin to see who gets the ball first in a one-on-one basketball game. Player 1 gets the ball first if the coin lands on heads and player 2 gets the ball first if the coin lands on tails.

Students play a simple roulette wheel game. The wheel contains 18 black spaces, 18 red spaces, and 2 green spaces. The students can bet pieces of candy on either landing on black or red on the wheel. If the opposite color or green is landed on they lose.

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Sariah Kim · Answer 1

Based on the definition of a fair game being one in which your chance of winning equals your chance of losing, the first and last game are not fair. There is a greater chance to lose than there is to win.

Based on the definition of a fair game being one in which each person has the same chance of winning, all of the games are fair. Each game is set up to allow each person to have the same probability of winning.