That's good news, right?
Most players don't get this news. Most get the news that the winning ticket has been sold elsewhere.
Say, that there is a next step in this game. The angel reveals the number you diced.
Now, if you play it many times, do you think you will dice 6 in 50% or in about 17% of the cases?
Now, if you play it many times, do you think you will dice 6 in 50% or in about 17% of the cases?
There's a slight complication here in that, when you do this the second time, the angels can choose whether or not your twin rolled a six the first time or not. I don't know how much this matters.
I saw this conundrum at Alexander Pruss's blog and I thought LWers might enjoy discussing it: