| Article ID: | iaor1999322 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 34 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Start Page Number: | 974 |
| End Page Number: | 987 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1997 |
| Journal: | Journal of Applied Probability |
| Authors: | Ferguson Thomas S., Melolidakis Costis |
| Keywords: | probability |
Two players with differing amounts of money simultaneously choose an amount to bet on an even-money win-or-lose bet. The outcomes of the bets may be dependent and the player who has the larger amount of money after the outcomes are decided is the winner. This game is completely analyzed. In nearly all cases, the value exists and optimal strategies for the two players that give weight to a finite number of bets are explicitly exhibited. In a few situations, the value does not exist.