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threes_co · 09-12-2010, 08:32 PM

I have won 13 coin tosses in a row. What is wrong w/ my system? Is this a bug, or have I just been getting extremely lucky?

JaymeeAwesome · 09-12-2010, 08:43 PM

You would think that you would have a 50/50 shot with only two chances, but since you get to choose before every 50/50 chance the odds are skewed. It's very possible to have a streak of 13.

oneamongthefence · 09-12-2010, 09:23 PM

Do you always receive the ball?

threes_co · 09-12-2010, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by albert_24


	Do you always receive the ball?

No. I always elect to kick.

Exonerated · 09-13-2010, 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by ace23


	No. I always elect to kick.

The CPU always elects to receive.

hampshire2012 · 09-13-2010, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by jaymee13


	You would think that you would have a 50/50 shot with only two chances, but since you get to choose before every 50/50 chance the odds are skewed.* It's very possible to have a streak of 13.*

Please please please tell me you are joking with this statement.

And if you interested, the chances of winning 13 times in a row is 1 in 8192. Which given the amount of games of madden that get played it is actually quite likely it will happen to someone.

I am 100% the coin toss is fair, it is like the easiest thing to program into a game.

Vitch · 09-13-2010, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by hampshire2012


	Please please please tell me you are joking with this statement. And if you interested, the chances of winning 13 times in a row is 1 in 8192. Which given the amount of games of madden that get played it is actually quite likely it will happen to someone. I am 100% the coin toss is fair, it is like the easiest thing to program into a game.

But, if you win twelve in a row, the odds of winning the next one is still 50/50.

hampshire2012 · 09-13-2010, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Vitch


	But, if you win twelve in a row, the odds of winning the next one is still 50/50.

Correct (not that I need to tell you that!) I was trying to make the point that a) 13 coin toss wins in a row is not actually as unlikely as it may seem, and that b) there absolutely no way that the coin toss logic is unfair.

09-12-2010, 08:32 PM	#1
threes_co Banned OVR: 21 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Houston, TX	Coin Tosses I have won 13 coin tosses in a row. What is wrong w/ my system? Is this a bug, or have I just been getting extremely lucky?

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JaymeeAwesome Dynasty Guru OVR: 16 Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Woburn, MA Posts: 4,163 Blog Entries: 3	You would think that you would have a 50/50 shot with only two chances, but since you get to choose before every 50/50 chance the odds are skewed. It's very possible to have a streak of 13. __________________ - Madden 15 Sliders: Realistic Game Stat Sliders for Madden 15 Madden 15 Dynasty: The NFL Reborn...

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