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Casinos often employ shills in order to create an environment of fun and excitement for customers. Shills are outgoing people who are paid to sit in the casino and play casino games. When shills are on duty, customers experience a livelier casino floor and are more likely to play casino games and to play for longer periods of time. Although casinos retain any money that shills win in card games such as poker, they allow shills to keep any money they win at slot machines while they are on duty. Therefore, shills should be able to keep any money they win playing "Chicken," a new game in which a live chicken chooses the cards that a player will receive.

The conclusion above would be drawn more logically if which of the following premises were to be added to the argument?

A) Winnings from card games are generally larger than winnings from slot machines.
B) Employees are more likely to win at "Chicken" than at slot machines.
C) Card games attract more gamblers to casinos than do slot machines.
D) In the experience of most casino owners, "Chicken" is more marketable than slot machines are.
E) In terms of the amount of luck versus skill involved in winning, "Chicken" is more nearly comparable to slot machines than to card games.

Only1 · Accepted Answer

As per the argument:

Shill Plays card game -> doesn't get the winning amount.

Shill plays slot m/c-> gets the winning amount.

Shill plays chicken -> gets the winning amount.
That means chicken n slot M/c are similar in a way.

Only option E provides that information. Hence correct.

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MidhilaMohan · Answer

Option e as it the only option that explains how chicken game is similar to slot machine
Hence e

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Vary · Answer

E is the clear winner here. It compares the 'Chicken' Game with the Slot machines in terms of Shills keeping the winning amount with themselves.

Hellion · Answer

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qoksar · Answer

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AtomCarbon95 · Answer

Option C is  red herring  here because it does kind of explain why shills can keep the money won from slot machines and not from Card Games. However, since this question asks about evaluation rather than strengthing or weakening the argument, we need to focus what is the missing piece which explains the last statement after "Therefore".

Nrj0601 · Answer

Official Explanation

Identify the Question Type:

This question asks for an additional premise, or evidence, to make the conclusion more likely to be true. This is a Strengthen question.

Untangle the Stimulus:

The casinos have two categories of games: card games, in which shills forfeit all winnings, and slot machines, in which shills keep all winnings. The conclusion states that shills should keep winnings from "Chicken."

Predict the Answer:

For this conclusion to follow logically from the evidence, "Chicken" must be more like a slot machine than like a card game. Look for the answer choice that gives evidence that it is.

Evaluate the Choices:

(E) gives a reason that "Chicken" is more like slots than card games games-it's based on luck rather than skill. Therefore, it's the correct answer.

(A) gives a reason why casinos would not want to let shills keep winnings from card games, but this tells nothing about whether "Chicken" should be treated like a slot machine rather than a card game.

(B) is the opposite of the prediction; it shows a difference between "Chicken" and slots rather than a similarity.

(C) does not help categorize "Chicken"; in fact, it doesn't even mention it. Thus, it would do nothing to strengthen a conclusion about such a game.

Finally, (D) provides another difference between slot machines and "Chicken". Such a difference would contradict the author's assumption rather than strengthen it.

TAKEAWAY: When the right answer needs to compare two things, eliminate any answer that doesn't mention one of them.

Paras96 · Answer

A) Winnings from card games are generally larger than winnings from slot machines.
 - This option discusses the relative sizes of winnings from card games and slot machines. While it might provide some context about the profitability of different games, it does not directly address the issue of whether shills should be allowed to keep their winnings from "Chicken," a new game introduced in the argument. Therefore, it is not particularly relevant to the argument's conclusion.

B) Employees are more likely to win at "Chicken" than at slot machines.
 - This option directly addresses the specific game of "Chicken" and suggests that employees (shills) are more likely to win at "Chicken" compared to slot machines. This supports the argument's conclusion that shills should be allowed to keep their winnings from "Chicken."

C) Card games attract more gamblers to casinos than do slot machines.
 - This option discusses the attraction of card games and slot machines to gamblers but does not provide any information about the game of "Chicken." It is not directly relevant to the argument's conclusion.

D) In the experience of most casino owners, "Chicken" is more marketable than slot machines are.
 - This option talks about the marketability of "Chicken" compared to slot machines but does not provide a direct reason why shills should be allowed to keep their winnings from "Chicken." It is more focused on the business aspect of the games.

E) In terms of the amount of luck versus skill involved in winning, "Chicken" is more nearly comparable to slot machines than to card games. 
 - This option addresses the key point that "Chicken" is more like a game of luck, similar to slot machines, than a game of skill like card games. This premise supports the conclusion that shills should be allowed to keep their winnings from "Chicken" because it implies that "Chicken" is primarily a game of chance, similar to slot machines, where employees are already allowed to keep their winnings.

Option (E) does indeed provide a logical basis for the argument's conclusion and is the most relevant choice to strengthen it.

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