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The Casino Game

Author(s): 
Dean Clark, Charles Smith, Lisa Chen

Dean Clark
(dclark.math@juno.com)
Charles Smith
(charles.smith@uri.edu)
Lisa Chen 
(chen@uri.edu)

University of Rhode Island

This Java applet consists of a game with three concentric wheels onto which the students place three copies of the numbers 0 through 6. The wheels are spun and payoffs are made for sums of 7 and 11. Probability and expected value questions are explored.

SOFTWARE SPECIFICATIONS:

Browsers: Should work with generic browser

Plugins : Java

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Dean Clark, Charles Smith, Lisa Chen, "The Casino Game," Convergence (June 2004)