If the scores were 9000, 6000, 1000 we'd call it an "exactly two-thirds scenario". Scores of 12000, 6000, 1000 should be called an "exactly one-half scenario".a special case of the two-thirds scenario in which a trailing player with a score at least three-quarters the score of the leading player going into Final Jeopardy! safely can, and therefore should, wager to cover a $0 bet by the leader.
Rename the "lock-tie"?
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Re: Rename the "lock-tie"?
It should be called the "exactly one-half scenario". Note that a "three-quarters scenario" (for example) is defined as: