Furthermore,
Mary, the ha-ha bettor is not playing against some dumb, clucking capon. Ginger,
along with 14 other rotating hens (some of her understudies won't work either
late-swing or graveyard shift) is well educated, reward-trained, that is, using
methods popularized by psychologist B.F. Skinner, at the Boger Chicken University
in Springdale, Arkansas.
Known as the
"Tic-Tac-Toe Chicken Challenge,” this specific tic-tac-toe match-up
has casino patrons challenging a chicken in Tic-Tac-Toe for $10,000. The object
of the game remains the same as what we all learned as kids: the first player
to get three marks in a row wins; but the house has a built-in advantage (they
wouldn't have it any other way, of course) since the chicken always goes first.
Another understated casino edge is that the chicken is probably smarter than a
lot of people we all know.
If you ever
plan to join the line of daily contenders at either casino, if you don't mind,
Mary, the historical odds will have me betting on the chicken. Ginger has played
for more than three years at the Tropicana and has lost only five times.
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