The owners of gambling casinos are keen to attract

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The owners of gambling casinos are keen to attract inexperienced poker players because, on average, these people lose money to the casino, which increases the casino’s profits. This is because the average inexperienced player does not have sufficient skill at the game to win.

Which one of the following can be inferred from the above argument?

(A) There is always an element of chance when playing poker.
 (B) The probability of winning a game of poker increases with
 experience.
 (C) Casinos make extremely large profits.
 (D) Inexperienced players lose more money than they expect to
 when playing poker at casinos.
 (E) All games played at casinos involve an element of risk.

I dont know the answer and I'm confused between B and D and a bit more inclined towards D. Please help here & if possible provide the answer please.
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abhi0697 · Answer

Answer should be B.

D talks about player's expectations. B correctly infers the intended meaning of the argument.

Vips0000 · Answer

Casino owners prefer inexperienced players because "an average inexperienced player does not have sufficient skill at the game to win". or it means "that low experience = low skill = low chances of winning" . The only inference that could be made from this is that, with more experience chances of winning would be more (reverse causality).
Ans B explains the same thing.

point D has "expect to" which doesnt help this option. a simple statement "Inexperienced players lose more money than do experienced players, when playing poker at casinos." should have been a correct choice.

Hence Ans B it is.

sidhu09 · Answer

Given : Casinos attract inexperienced poker players bcoz on average these ppl lose money to the casino.
This is because of the inexperience player does not have sufficient skill at game to win.
ie Low experience lead to low skill which ultimately leads to losing money.

(A) There is always an element of chance when playing poker. -  Too generalized a statement - Incorrect 
(B) The probability of winning a game of poker increases with experience. -  Since skill develops with more experience so does the chances of winning - Correct 
(C) Casinos make extremely large profits. -  Casinos making profits by attracting the inexperienced poker players is given in the premise. No info on other kinds of profits that casinos make - Out of scope - Incorrect 
(D) Inexperienced players lose more money than they expect to when playing poker at casinos. -  If the above statement is true, then there is a less chance of winning money in casinos by inexperienced ppl. Losing money to casino has nothing to do with the expectations of the inexperienced players - Incorrect 
(E) All games played at casinos involve an element of risk. -  Again a too generalized a statement to make - Incorrect

Hope this helps.

abhishekdadarwal2009 · Answer

The owners of gambling casinos are keen to attract inexperienced poker players because, on average, these people lose money to the casino, which increases the casino’s profits. This is because the average inexperienced player does not have sufficient skill at the game to win.

Which one of the following can be inferred from the above argument?

(A) There is always an element of chance when playing poker. 
the element of chance is not provided in the premise
 (B) The probability of winning a game of poker increases with experience. 
Correct inference because the 
 (C) Casinos make extremely large profits. 
not discussed
 (D) Inexperienced players lose more money than they expect to when playing poker at casinos. 
the expectation of the player does not matter ehr in the given argument.
 (E) All games played at casinos involve an element of isk. 
true but it is not discussed in the argument.

saurabh9gupta · Answer

hi  Bunuel  - please add the OA to this question.

Bunuel · Answer

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Done.

Ilishar · Answer

The owners of gambling casinos are keen to attract inexperienced poker players because, on average, these people lose money to the casino, which increases the casino’s profits. This is because the average inexperienced player does not have sufficient skill at the game to win.

Which one of the following can be inferred from the above argument?

(A) There is always an element of chance when playing poker.  generally true but not relevant to experienced or inexperienced people discussed in the passage. 
(B) The probability of winning a game of poker increases with
experience. true as  skill increases with experience, increasing the chances of winning 
(C) Casinos make extremely large profits.  out of scope 
(D) Inexperienced players lose more money than they expect to
when playing poker at casinos.  irrelevant 
(E) All games played at casinos involve an element of risk.  generally true but not relevant to experienced or inexperienced people discussed in the passage.

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