http://excitemate.com/blog/1306 Everything about gangster and mafia games! Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:32:16 +1000 hourly 1 http://excitemate.com/blog/1306/comment-page-1#comment-2128 valeccorso Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:44:48 +0000 http://excitemate.com/blog/1306#comment-2128 With 10 players, and 2 mafia, the odds of getting the mafia in any given round is 20%. 2 rounds in a row and the chances drop to 4%. 3 rounds and it falls further to .8 %. Finally the odds of getting mafia four rounds in a row is a miniscule .016%, a virtually statistcal impossibility. With 10 players, and 2 mafia, the odds of getting the mafia in any given round is 20%. 2 rounds in a row and the chances drop to 4%. 3 rounds and it falls further to .8 %. Finally the odds of getting mafia four rounds in a row is a miniscule .016%, a virtually statistcal impossibility.

]]> http://excitemate.com/blog/1306/comment-page-1#comment-2127 jgoulden Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:33:52 +0000 http://excitemate.com/blog/1306#comment-2127 Johnny is right: the odds of being in the mafia are the same from game to game. It doesn't matter if Teddy was mafia three games in a row: his chances of getting it again are the same in each game. Now, it's true that three in a row is more likely than four in a row - but once you've had three in a row, it doesn't REDUCE your chance to draw a jack a fourth time. Johnny is right: the odds of being in the mafia are the same from game to game. It doesn’t matter if Teddy was mafia three games in a row: his chances of getting it again are the same in each game. Now, it’s true that three in a row is more likely than four in a row – but once you’ve had three in a row, it doesn’t REDUCE your chance to draw a jack a fourth time.

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