Atheism and the Paranormal

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@adrian

I'll accede to your superior knowledge. I was quoting from memory of a statistics course I took as part of a business diploma,in 1973. Good chance I've gone and gotten confused again.

My point was that few people understand how odds work. One should avoid playing poker with a statistician.

I simply do not gamble,not even raffle tickets .I will donate directly to any charity I want to support. Here the best popular gambling game is scratch tickets,with odds of 8:1 of getting your money back.

Australia has arguably the world's fairest gambling game; 'Two up',with even odds.

Two-up is a traditional Australian gambling game, involving a designated 'Spinner' throwing two or three coins into the air. Traditionally, these coins are pennies. Incidentally, their weight size and surface design make them ideal for the game. Weight and size make them stable on the 'kip' and easy to spin in the air. Decimal coins are generally considered to be too small and light and they don't 'fly' so well. The design of pennies that date pre 1939 had the sovereign's head on the obverse (front) and the reverse was totally covered in writing making the result very easy and quick to see. Pennies can often be observed being used at games on Anzac Day, as they are brought out specifically for this purpose each year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-up

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It is not at all that the wiki explanation for the common fallacy is flawed, just that posting wiki links discredits your ability to provide cogent rebuttal yourself.

What?

Pippy your opinion about credibility and about $5 will get you a half decent cup of coffee