Penney's game

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Named after its inventor, Walter Penney.

Proper noun[edit]

Penney's game

  1. A game for two players in which each player selects an equally long sequence of heads or tails. The winner is the player whose sequence occurs first when a fair coin is tossed repeatedly.