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Coin-matching game

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A coin-matching game (also a coin smackPorter, Thomas J. Jr. (November 28, 1969). Con Artists Show Diversified Skills. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette or smack gameAssociated Press (January 11, 1963). 3 sentenced; they picked wrong man. The Spokesman-Review) is a confidence trick in which two con artists set up one victim. [1]

14 relations: Cheating, Coin, Confidence trick, Extortion, Game theory, Herman Chernoff, Hush money, Matching pennies, Perfect information, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The New York Times, The Spokesman-Review, Two-player game, Zero-sum game.

Cheating

Cheating is the receiving of a reward for ability or finding an easy way out of an unpleasant situation by dishonest means.

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Coin

A coin is a small, flat, (usually) round piece of metal or plastic used primarily as a medium of exchange or legal tender.

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Confidence trick

A confidence trick (synonyms include con, confidence game, confidence scheme, ripoff, scam and stratagem) is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their confidence, used in the classical sense of trust.

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Extortion

Extortion (also called shakedown, outwrestling and exaction) is a criminal offense of obtaining money, property, or services from an individual or institution, through coercion.

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Game theory

Game theory is "the study of mathematical models of conflict and cooperation between intelligent rational decision-makers".

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Herman Chernoff

Herman Chernoff (born July 1, 1923, New York) is an American applied mathematician, statistician and physicist formerly a professor at MIT and currently working at Harvard University.

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Hush money

Hush money is a slang term for a form of bribery in which one person or party offers another an attractive sum of money or other enticement, in exchange for remaining silent about some illegal, stigmatic, or shameful behavior, action, or other fact about the person or party who has made the offer.

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Matching pennies

Matching pennies is the name for a simple game used in game theory.

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Perfect information

In economics, perfect information is a feature of perfect competition.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, also known simply as the "PG", is the largest daily newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Spokesman-Review

The Spokesman-Review is a daily broadsheet newspaper in the northwest United States, based in Spokane, Washington, that city's only daily publication.

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Two-player game

A two-player game is a multiplayer game that is played by just two players.

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Zero-sum game

In game theory and economic theory, a zero-sum game is a mathematical representation of a situation in which each participant's gain or loss of utility is exactly balanced by the losses or gains of the utility of the other participants.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coin-matching_game

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