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Sandy Wood
Brain Game: There Was a Farmer…
by Sandy Wood - September 12, 2008 - 6:30 AM

THE ANSWER:

They believe that is has nothing to do with the numbers called, but simply the fact that a player who plays the same cards all the time begins to “learn” which numbers appear on them and which don’t. This makes it less likely that those players would ”miss” any matching number when it was called. Over a long period of time, that tiny difference adds up to a few more won games, slightly increasing their odds.

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  1. I thought it was going to be a monkey-at-a-typewriter thing. oh well.

    posted by Will on 9-12-2008 at 6:44 am

  2. That was my guess, but I am not quite sure I would call that a “brain game.” Perhaps this should have gone into “Guess the Interesting Theory” section.

    posted by Chris on 9-12-2008 at 8:37 am

  3. We can call it a “mental exercise.” Or perhaps we can just call it Bruce.

    posted by Sandy on 9-12-2008 at 9:12 am

  4. Because the paint marks stay on the cards from round to round?

    reCaptcha: habit fighters

    Those poor nuns…

    posted by Codius on 9-12-2008 at 1:49 pm

  5. People who can select their cards do so for a simple statistical reason. One of the ways to get a BINGO is the “four corners,” and when BINGO “pros” make sure that all their cards have different numbers in these locations. That way, they increase their chance of hitting the corners with a wider range of numbers.

    Thanks to my Mom for this insight into BINGO dominance.

    posted by Dave on 9-12-2008 at 3:05 pm

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