At the Lucky Duck casino Nick, the dealer, was sitting at a green felt table and practicing fancy acrobatic shuffles with a deck of cards when suddenly one card flew away and sailed into a nearby plant bed with some petunias and foliage.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll bet ya 100 bucks you can\u2019t figure out if da card dat just flew away from your deck is a red or a black one,\u201d said Carmine, the floor overseer who happened to be walking by and observe the event.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re on,\u201d said Nick, \u201con one condition.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s dat,\u201d replied Carmine with some suspicion.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat I draw 13 cards from the deck at random,\u201d said Nick.<\/p>\n
\u201cOk, sure,\u201d said Carmine, \u201cno problem, Nick, go ahead an pull dem.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nick then drew 13 cards at random from the deck and they all turned out to be black cards.<\/p>\n
Then Nick pulled out a calculator, a notepad and a pen and got busy making some calculations.<\/p>\n
After some minutes had passed Nick proudly announced: \u201cThe card is red, Carmine, go and check it out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carmine walked over to the flower bed and picked up a red card.<\/p>\n
\u201cJeez, Nick, how did ya figger dat out?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGive me the 100 bucks and buy me a beer and I\u2019ll tell you all about how to make a pretty sure bet,\u201d said Nick.<\/p>\n
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Can you figure out how Nick knew that the card most likely was a red one?<\/em><\/p>\nShare this:<\/h3>