A Curious Coin-Flipping Game
A Curious Coin-Flipping Game
Three players have , , and unbiased coins. The players simultaneously flip coins.
l
m
n
• If the result is three heads or three tails, nobody wins or loses on that toss.
• If the result is either two heads and one tail or one head and two tails, then the two players whose coins matched give those coins to the third player.
Tosses are continued until one of the players has no more coins. This Demonstration shows simulations of this game. The histogram is a fixed image.