id: 05724260
dt: a
an: 2010c.00416
au: Krech, Ireneusz; Tlustý, Pavel
ti: Waiting time for series of successes and failures and fairness of random
    games.
so: Billich, Martin (ed.) et al., Teaching mathematics. Innovation, new trends,
    research. Proceedings from the 15th Slovak-Czech-Polish mathematical
    school, Spišské, Podhradie, Slovakia, June 4‒8, 2008. Ružomberok:
    Catholic University, Pedagogical Faculty (ISBN 978-80-8084-418-9/pbk).
    Scientific Issues, 159-163 (2009).
py: 2009
pu: Ružomberok: Catholic University, Pedagogical Faculty
la: EN
cc: K50
ut: Penney-ante game; random variables
ci: 
li: 
ab: Summary: In the article, a concrete random game is analyzed. Using the mean
    of the waiting time of a particular random variable, it is possible to
    determine, if the given random game is fair.
rv: Adam Plocki (Krakow)