Today as it is February and a Thursday it’s time for a monopoly column. This week we look at the number seven.
Ah magic number seven. Seven is the most important number to consider when you are playing monopoly. Seven is the most likely number you will roll. And while I’ve seen lots and lots of complicated ways of explaining why this is true in the end it’s quite simple.
6 + 1 = 7
The highest roll of one die and the lowest of the other will produce a 7. Reduce one die by 1 and add 1 to the other side and you’ll get seven up until:
1 + 6 = 7
No other combination of dice numbers has as many in between iterations.
This simple fact is the reason that, so called, “death rows” are so effective.
I encourage you to build a “death row” as soon as possible.
