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[BrandonFG]

Would Blackjack be a good analogy? If the dealer and I both get an 18, I don't collect but I don't lose my bet either.

It reminds me of the CS contestant who got three or four pushes in a row, and I wanna say he went Bust. It made for an interesting blooper but it still feels like bad television.

[Kevin Prather]

Would Blackjack be a good analogy? If the dealer and I both get an 18, I don't collect but I don't lose my bet either.

I think Baccarat is a better comparison in this case because Blackjack is your hand versus an adversary. Baccarat is you choosing between two possibilities, not unlike the Higher/Lower decision.

[Steve Gavazzi]

but my wife (who was at one point a math teacher) says it shouldn't be, because it's neither higher nor lower, which was the bet. I don't agree, but she makes a fair point.

She's logically right, but there's no situation where a game show can come out looking good because they didn't provide a correct answer and then took money away from the contestant.