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SteveSak
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August 28th, 2015 at 10:44:42 AM permalink
This is with a doubt my absolute favorite gambling side. What a tremendous wealth of information!!

I would like to know how the number of decisions per hour in craps is calculated. I have typically seen a number that was 30% of the the rolls per hour.

What is the math behind arriving at this 30% number?

Steve in Newbury Park
MathExtremist
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August 28th, 2015 at 11:08:31 AM permalink
There are about 3.376 rolls per passline decision, on average; 1/3.376 is about 30%. The math behind the 3.376 number is a good exercise though -- do you know how to calculate it?
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mustangsally
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August 28th, 2015 at 11:27:58 AM permalink
nice question for fun math (math IS fun)
i ask you back
Why you want to know the math?

ok
Donald Catlin (such a nice man, imo, and funny too, like Ed Sullivan funny)
answered this way back in
5 January 2000
wow!

http://catlin.casinocitytimes.com/article/how-long-is-a-craps-roll-1240

"Okay, we're ready to roll.
First let us calculate the expected number of rolls for a Pass Line decision.
To do this we will calculate the expected number of rolls for each of the possible things that will lead to a Pass Line decision and weight each one by the probability that it occurs."

EventProbabilityExpected RollsProduct
Craps/Natural 12/361 12/36
Point 4 3/361 + 36/93/36 + 3/9
Point 5 4/361 + 36/104/36 + 4/10
Point 6 5/361 + 36/115/36 + 5/11
Point 8 5/361 + 36/115/36 + 5/11
Point 9 4/361 + 36/104/36 + 4/10
Point 10 3/361 + 36/93/36 + 3/9
Totals1.1 + 392/165


so that 30% is close to 165/557
i due agree

now the distribution
the chance that on roll X (or by roll X) the craps game ends (round - pass line is resolved)
1/3 chance on the 1st roll or the come out roll
1 in 15 that the round requires more than 8 rolls
I have seen 20 rolls to a decision. point was 4 and it lost.
rollends on Nth rollends by Nth rollstill no decision1 in
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10.3333333330.3333333330.6666666671.50
20.1882716050.5216049380.4783950622.09
30.1347736630.6563786010.3436213992.91
40.0965673110.7529459110.2470540894.05
50.06925710.8222030110.1777969895.62
60.0497177150.8719207270.1280792737.81
70.0357251280.9076458550.09235414510.83
80.0256953610.9333412160.06665878415.00
90.0184993250.951840540.0481594620.76
100.0133314870.9651720270.03482797328.71
110.0096166450.9747886730.02521132739.66
120.0069437020.9817323740.01826762654.74
130.0050185750.986750950.0132490575.48
140.0036307030.9903816530.009618347103.97
150.0026291790.9930108320.006989168143.08
160.0019057530.9949165850.005083415196.72
170.0013826970.9962992820.003700718270.22
180.0010041490.9973034320.002696568370.84
190.0007299220.9980333540.001966646508.48
200.0005310760.998564430.00143557696.59
210.0003867540.9989511840.001048816953.46
220.0002819060.999233090.000766911,303.93
230.0002056650.9994387550.0005612451,781.75
240.0001501750.999588930.000411072,432.67

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https://goo.gl/mySruK

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