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August 13th, 2016 at 2:50:06 PM permalink
It is time for part three of four in our series of August 2016 Vegas field trials. This time the name of the game is Color War and the casino is the Palace Station.

The game is like betting red or black in roulette. However, it is based on picking the color in majority in seven Player cards. However, there is a catch. If the player would otherwise win, but the dealer cards have at least six of the opposite color, then the win is turned into a push.

Throw in a side bet for good measure that pays if the color split is 6/1 or 7/0 either way.

Please click the link above and let me know what you think. As always, I welcome questions, comments, and especially corrections. The amateur mathematicians on the forum may enjoy doing the math themselves as homework.

The question for the poll is -- you guessed it -- would you play Color War?
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August 13th, 2016 at 3:13:37 PM permalink
Whoever is in charge of selecting games at Palace Station needs his/her head examined. Of all the games I've seen and been pitched over the years, this might be one of the lamest.


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August 13th, 2016 at 3:22:50 PM permalink
At first I thought it was a racial thing. They couldn't come up with a better name?
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August 13th, 2016 at 3:36:42 PM permalink
The red/black analysis and color bonus analysis combinations are correct as they appear; they are not being rounded.

You can confirm the total through brute force: (52)C(7) x (45)C(7) = 13 x 17 x 47 x 46 x 45 x 44 x 43 x 7 x 41 x 40 x 13; change (46 x 45) to (23 x 90) and move the terms ending in 0 to the end, and you get 13 x 17 x 47 x 23 x 44 x 43 x 7 x 41 x 13 x 40 x 90; change 40 x 90 to 36 x 100, and you get 13 x 17 x 47 x 23 x 44 x 43 x 7 x 41 x 13 x 36 x 100. Excluding the 100, no pairs of terms can be combined to get a multiple of 10 as it requires a multiple of 5, so the result ends in exactly two zeroes.

Quote: darkoz

At first I thought it was a racial thing. They couldn't come up with a better name?

I am under the impression that "color war" refers to an activity at summer camps where everybody in the camp is divided into two or more teams, each identified by a color, and they compete against each other in various activities. The elementary school I went to (and at least one of the two others in the same district) did something similar, but it wasn't called "color war" (although the team names were the school colors) and only lasted one day.
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August 13th, 2016 at 4:15:26 PM permalink
I think the game's name here implies "as easy (simple) as Casino War, using colors."
It could be thought of as "Heads or Tails War" with 7 out of 52 coins or Boolean bits.

There is a public domain red or black side bet for Pai Gow poker, very similar, not very popular.
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August 13th, 2016 at 7:03:56 PM permalink
Quote: darkoz

At first I thought it was a racial thing. They couldn't come up with a better name?




Yeah, no sh*t, I thought this might be about Ferguson or something. Stupid name.
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August 13th, 2016 at 7:34:12 PM permalink
Quote: Paigowdan

I think the game's name here implies "as easy (simple) as Casino War, using colors."

I was thinking the same thing.

I wouldn't play it of course, but I think anyone that would play casino war would at least look at this and perhaps try it.
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August 13th, 2016 at 7:36:01 PM permalink
Does it get worse than this?
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August 13th, 2016 at 8:28:05 PM permalink
Quote: SM777

Does it get worse than this?


On rare occasion.
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August 14th, 2016 at 7:38:36 AM permalink
Quote: bobbartop

Yeah, no sh*t, I thought this might be about Ferguson or something. Stupid name.



Agreed. Worst game name since Die Rich.
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August 14th, 2016 at 8:04:06 AM permalink
Quote: Zcore13

Whoever is in charge of selecting games at Palace Station needs his/her head examined. Of all the games I've seen and been pitched over the years, this might be one of the lamest.


ZCore13



This was developed by a student in the UNLV table game innovation course, as part of its gaming program. I'm sure that helped big time as far as gaining a trial.

I'm not sure what truth there is to it, but some people on linkedin are informing the inventor that the "exact game" was described identically in a book called Chance & Luck.
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August 14th, 2016 at 8:17:43 AM permalink
Wow! This looks extremely boring. There has to be a student with a better idea than this...
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August 14th, 2016 at 9:02:46 AM permalink
Quote: RonC

Wow! This looks extremely boring. There has to be a student with a better idea than this...



There are elementary school students with better game ideas than this.
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August 14th, 2016 at 9:10:24 AM permalink
Quote: Mission146

There are elementary school students with better game ideas than this.



It's still on the floor in Las Vegas.............
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August 14th, 2016 at 9:12:32 AM permalink
Quote: mrsuit31

It's still on the floor in Las Vegas.............



It has to be a friend or relative of the Table Games Director. There is no other explanation.

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August 14th, 2016 at 9:45:37 AM permalink
Quote: Zcore13

Of all the games I've seen and been pitched over the years, this might be one of the lamest.

Of all the dolts wandering the casino floor looking for something other than boozing to do, this just might appeal to their alcohol fogged brains.
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August 14th, 2016 at 9:48:11 AM permalink
Quote: FleaStiff

Of all the dolts wandering the casino floor looking for something other than boozing to do, this just might appeal to their alcohol fogged brains.



Trust me, I judge games based on that being one of the criteria. It still fails.


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September 26th, 2016 at 12:43:40 PM permalink
The end date for the trial was yesterday according to the NGCB list. I wonder how the game did....
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September 26th, 2016 at 2:36:52 PM permalink
Quote: mrsuit31

I'm not sure what truth there is to it, but some people on linkedin are informing the inventor that the "exact game" was described identically in a book called Chance & Luck.

That book was published in 1887. The game is on the floor in 2016.

There's a lesson about patience in there somewhere.
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September 26th, 2016 at 2:41:29 PM permalink
Quote: MathExtremist

Quote: mrsuit31

I'm not sure what truth there is to it, but some people on linkedin are informing the inventor that the "exact game" was described identically in a book called Chance & Luck.

That book was published in 1887. The game is on the floor in 2016.

There's a lesson about patience in there somewhere.


Maybe someone can bring back Faro,with a sidebet and a few tweaks to the pay schedule.
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September 26th, 2016 at 5:40:54 PM permalink
Quote: Hunterhill


Maybe someone can bring back Faro,with a sidebet and a few tweaks to the pay schedule.



You know, I one proposed that idea on the job, saying that re-offering the game with a good humdinger mechanism to offer the game, shoe-dealt and straight up with a good side bet, with house edges of 0.6% to 2.0% - might make for a good offering, now.

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October 11th, 2016 at 4:03:55 PM permalink
Quote: Zcore13

Trust me, I judge games based on that being one of the criteria. It still fails.


ZCore13



Your right, it got pulled after two weeks...

Link to article including an interview with color war inventor and the outcome of the trial
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October 11th, 2016 at 4:16:53 PM permalink
I like how the inventor says:
Quote:

“Two weeks is not enough time to prove anything,” said Lee,



I only needed 2 minutes. :)


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October 11th, 2016 at 4:31:12 PM permalink
It will take him 20 years to drop from "more than 2 weeks" to 2 minutes.
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October 11th, 2016 at 5:48:46 PM permalink
Quote: Zcore13

I like how the inventor says:

"Two weeks is not enough time to prove anything, Lee said"

I only needed 2 minutes. :)


ZCore13


My reaction if I was him...
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October 11th, 2016 at 10:03:11 PM permalink
Quote: Wizard

Agreed. Worst game name since Die Rich.



Did you forget WhoopAss poker? Some casinos wouldn't take it because of its name.
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