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outsidein on Jan 23, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: A pair of dice which never roll 7 (2004)

Why not simply take the dice result not literally, but as index to a mapping table there 2 or 12 is swapped with 7?

outsidein on Jan 23, 2022 | [–]

Or use 1 dice 1..6 and one dice 5..10

The result should be (excel syntax) mod(d1+d2;12)+1. You can adjust the lowest start number of dice 2 to control which result gets the highest probability

abdulhaq on Jan 23, 2022 | [–]

that would change the probability distribution of the remaining numbers, which is to be avoided

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