The football pool problem for 7 and 8 matches |
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| Authors: | Hiram Fernandes Edgar Rechtschaffen |
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| Institution: | Institute of Mathematics, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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| Abstract: | A method to bet on a football lottery with N games in such a way as to guarantee second prize, with the least number of forecasts (bets) is described. It is shown that for N = 7, second prize is guaranteed with 225 bets; for N = 8, second prize is achieved with 567 bets. |
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