Ship Investor game: Practise your bet sizing intuition
Ship Investor game: Practise your bet sizing intuition launched on March 4, 2021 with 12 votes, #1,475 of 3,696 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.
In plain words
Ship Investor is a game designed to help players develop better intuition around bet sizing. Launched in 2021, it offers a practical way to practice decision-making through betting scenarios. The game is aimed at anyone interested in improving their judgment in wagering situations, whether for personal interest or skill development. It provides an interactive learning environment focused on the core mechanic of sizing bets appropriately.
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From the sources
The year is 1721. You are a rich person, and you want to put your wealth to use. You are approached by various people who buy goods in one part of the world, and sell them in another. They want you to finance some of their initial purchase and transportation costs, in exchange for a share of the revenue. Unfortunately, this being 1721, a significant fraction of shipments end up on the sea floor, or stolen by pirates, or gets lost to corrupt locals. You will be presented with a few shipments to finance, of varying value, ordered from low to high. They all have the same return relative to financing cost – your job is just to pick the most attractively sized suggestion. All proposed shipments…from static.loop54.com
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