Here's an example: if I were to tell you, let's play a little coin toss game, and I'm going to flip a coin, and if it comes up heads, I'm going to pay you 10 dollars, but you have to pay four dollars for the privilege of playing with me, most of you would say, sure, I'll take that bet. Because you know that the odds of you winning are one half, the gain if you do is 10 dollars, that multiplies to five, and that's more than I'm charging you to play. So, the answer is, yes.
Evo primjera: Kada bih vam rekao, 'ajmo igrati jednu igru s novčićima. Ja ću baciti novčić, ako padne glava dat ću vam 10 dolara, ali mi morate platiti četiri dolara da bi ste igrali sa mnom. Većina vas bi rekla: može, prihvaćam okladu. Zato što znate da su izgledi za pobjedu jedna polovina, dobit u tom slučaju je 10 dolara, što ispadne pet, što je više nego što vam naplaćujem za igru. Dakle, odgovor je: da.