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Originally Posted by orlok
So much for needing hints... It is indeed a connections wall from Only Connect, my favourite quiz show (and I have a thing for Victoria Coren, rather emgbarrasingly  ).
All correct, so over to you pdurrant. |
Only Connect is a rather good quiz show. The only other quiz show on TV I like at the moment is
Pointless, where the aim is to get an answer to a question that no-one else (in a survey of 100 random people) got.
OK, a question! Hmm....
OK, a probability and gambling question
I have £155 pounds at a (European) casino with a roulette table.
I need to have £160 by the time I leave the casino for reasons that we needn't go into.
Because this is a puzzle, we'll ignore any other ways I might get another £5 and assume that I have to try to get it by playing at roulette.
What strategy gives me the best odds of getting £160 or more? And what are the chances that I'll succeed if I follow this strategy?