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"Bill Graham" wrote in message
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William Sommerwerck wrote:
As I'm working, "Let's Make a Deal" is on. A woman has four rolls of
a die to get 10 points or more. She gets 8 on the first two rolls.
So... does she or the host say "No need to roll again?" No! She
actually rolls the die!


Of course she rolls the die. She has to, because she needs to get ten, and
she only has eight. So, by the rules of the game she has to keep rolling
until she gets the ten she needs, or runs out of rolls. Getting a good
start is not the same as winning.


I think you miss the point, in this case it's "Not possibly being able to
lose (unless the dice are fixed!) is not the same as winning".
They MUST show her getting 10 so the "arithmetically challenged people"
mentioned in the header can understand what's gong on. Besides they probably
had more air time to fill! :-)

Trevor.