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The game is described by four real numbers \\(a, c_A, b\\) and \\(c_B\\) such that \\(0\\leq a\\leq c_A\\) and \\(0\\leq b\\leq c_B\\) (\\(\\infty\\) is possible for \\(c_A\\) and \\(c_B\\)). Player \\(A\\) chooses (a distribution of) a nonnegative random variable \\(X\\) with expectation \\(E(X)=a\\) and values bounded from above by \\(c_A\\), \\(0\\leq X\\leq c_A\\). Simultaneously Player \\(B\\) chooses (a distribution of) a nonnegative random variable \\(Y\\) with expectation \\(E(Y)=b\\) and values bounded from above by \\(c_B\\), \\(0\\leq Y\\leq c_B\\). The choices of \\(X\\) and \\(Y\\) are independent. The payoff function (from \\(B\\) to \\(A\\)) is defined by \\(H(X,Y) = P(X>Y) - P(X<Y)\\) where \\(P\\) denotes probability.  The results of this paper are closely to the ones of \\textit{S. Hart} in [Int. J. 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