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r/askmath•

This situation came up in another game we were playing but I've stripped out all of the things specific to the game to create a generalized problem. (Blood on the Clocktower was the real game if anyone wants to know the actual situation I can post it in comments.)

In this scenario, the game is in State 1 or State 2, and neither player has any idea what state the game might be in. If your goal is to min-max your own score, and the scenario is only played once, does either A or B have an optimal strategy?

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r/askmath•

So the Canadian Lotto Max is at it's highest jackpot right now, $70 mill with est. 58 $1m overflow draws (called Maxmillions draws). Each $5 play gets you 3 sets of numbers, which can each win a prize in the main draw and/or one of the 58 overflow draws. I'm struggling to do the math, taking into account the value of the overflow draws and the chance of a prize being shared, but based on the posted odds it does seem to be close to profitable. Details of the lottery structure can be found here: https://www.olg.ca/en/lottery/play-lotto-max-encore/about.html Can anyone tell me the EV of a $5 play of 3 numbers given a $70 million

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r/loseit•

I am male 5'5", 30 years old. SW: 505lbs. I lost between 3-6lbs/week since starting in December. I don't know what I did wrong. I've been logging every single thing that goes into my mouth as accurately I can using my Fitbit, including weighing my portions. My Fitbit says that my daily deficit is about 3100 calories but that number seems kind of high given I'm not consistently losing 5+/week. I've asked my GP if there could be problems with my metabolism but he didn't notice any flags on my bloodwork. If I was If 1700cal/day isn't enough to consistently lose weight at my size then I don't see how I can possibly sustainably lose weight.

UPDATE: I decided to try and weigh myself again the nex

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