Optimal Strategies and Rules for the Game of Horse

DOI10.1090/NOTI2487MaRDI QIDQ5097679zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Daniel Rosenthal, Jeffrey S. Rosenthal

Publication date 31 August 2022

Published in Notices of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.06560

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Probabilistic games; gambling (91A60)

Abstract: We investigate the probability of scoring a point when playing the basketball shooting game called "Horse". We show that under the Traditional Rules, it is optimal to choose very easy shots. We propose alternative rules called Pops Rules, and show that they lead to more difficult optimal shots, and thus to a more interesting game.

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