Talk:Theodore's Treasures/@comment-210.17.246.247-20120809040859/@comment-5116140-20120809043937

Each time you play, you get one of the three treasure boxes with probabilities p1 > p2 > p3. That is, the lowest treasure box1 is most probable, while the highest treasure box 3 is the least likely.

If you play a second time, and already got the lowest box, it is not the case that you get one of the other two treasure boxes. Each time you play it resets. So the most probable outcome on any play is box 1, the lowest. However the probabilities for the bigger treasure boxes are not zero and it always remains true that p1 +p2 +p3 = 100%

You can play 3 or even more times and only get the lowest box each time. Some lucky few do get the bigger treasures since p2 and p3 are not zero. Hope this helps.