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  2. Odds and evens (hand game) - Wikipedia

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    Even-Odd as an early form of roulette. This game was known by the Greeks (as artiazein) and Romans (as ludere par impar).In the 1858 Krünitzlexikon it says: [3] "The game Odds and Evens was very common amongst the Romans and was played either with tali, tesseris, or money and known as "Alea maior", or with nuts, beans and almonds and known as "Alea minor"."

  3. Odds and evens - Wikipedia

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    Odds and evens (hand game), a two-player guessing game using fingers; Odds and evens (patience), a solitaire variant of the card game Royal Cotillion; Odds and Evens (film), a 1978 Italian action-comedy movie; Parity (mathematics), the concept of odd and even integers

  4. Odd and Even - Wikipedia

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    The game of Patriarchs does not involve building by 2s, but is in essence the same game as Odd and Even. Odd and Even is also closely related to Royal Cotillion, which has very similar game-play but has a reserve of sixteen cards. This in turn is closely related to Contradance (Cotillion) and the single-deck game Captured Queens (Quadrille ...

  5. Even money - Wikipedia

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    Even money is also known as 50–50. In professional gambling, even money bets typically do not have odds that are indeed 50–50. Therefore, successful gamblers have to examine any bets they make in light of the odds really being even money. [1] For example, in roulette, betting on red or black is an even money bet. However, the presence of ...

  6. Matching pennies - Wikipedia

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    Matching pennies is a non-cooperative game studied in game theory. It is played between two players, Even and Odd. Each player has a penny and must secretly turn the penny to heads or tails. The players then reveal their choices simultaneously. If the pennies match (both heads or both tails), then Even wins and keeps both pennies.

  7. Morra (game) - Wikipedia

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    Matching pennies - a game of chance, using coins instead of fingers. Rock paper scissors - a hand-game of chance, in which each player has three options. Spoof (game) - a game of chance, in which each player has to guess the total number of coins held by all players. Horsengoggle - a hand-game of chance, used to select a single person from a group.

  8. List of Martin Gardner Mathematical Games columns - Wikipedia

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    About two new and two old mathematical board games 1963 Nov: A mixed bag of problems 1963 Dec: How to use the odd-even check for tricks and problem-solving 1964 Jan: Presenting the one and only Dr. Matrix, numerologist, in his annual performance 1964 Feb: The hypnotic fascination of sliding-block puzzles: 1964 Mar

  9. Counting-out game - Wikipedia

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    Several simple games can be played to select one person from a group, either as a straightforward winner, or as someone who is eliminated. Rock, Paper, Scissors, Odd or Even and Blue Shoe require no materials and are played using hand gestures, although with the former it is possible for a player to win or lose through skill rather than luck.