In old gangster movies on TV, you often hear of "number runners" or the "numbers racket." This numbers game, which is still played today, involves betting $1 on the last three digits of the number of stocks sold on a particular day in the future as reported in The Wall Street Journal. If the payoff is $800, what is the expectation for this numbers game?

In old gangster movies on TV, you often hear of "number runners" or the "numbers racket." This numbers game, which is still played today, involves betting $1 on the last three digits of the number of stocks sold on a particular day in the future as reported in The Wall Street Journal. If the payoff is $800, what is the expectation for this numbers game?

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A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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