Creator of "What Are The Odds" Wayne Hoffman

Creator of "What Are The Odds" Wayne Hoffman
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Born	November 20, 1981 Reading, Pennsylvania
💼 Occupation	Mentalist, Magician, Illusionist,
🌐 Website	www.waynehoffman.com

What Are The Odds is a game of chance invented by mentalist Wayne Hoffman in 2004 in Reading, Pa. Inspired by the creator's thought reading show, the game became popular in 2013 and has been featured in many publications. It was featured by The Tab in 2014 It appeared on WikiHow in 2017 and also appeared online in various websites What Are The Odds was popularized by American Gymnast Sofi Dossi on her YouTube Channel on December 2nd 2017 and famous Vine star Jake Paul on May 7th, 2016

Official Rules

What Are The Odds is a game of dares that can be played amongst any number of players. There are no turns and it is played at any random time a player initiates a game. What Are The Odds is a game of strict honor. The initiator of a round will challenge another player to a dare by saying the phrase "What are the odds..." followed by a challenge. The challenge is typically something the other player would not want to do. The challenges are created by the players and can be very creative. An example challenge may be "Chug your beer" or "Take your shirt off in public." They can range from mild to severe and are typically inspired by circumstances evident to the challenging player such as "What are the odds you jump in that swimming pool with your clothes on?" The challenges have two limiting rules that are typically unspoken and agreed upon. These rules include the agreement that the challenge cannot put the other player at risk of death or long-term imprisonment. After the challenger asks "What Are the Odds" followed by the dare, the challengee (person being challenged) must decide a range of numbers that represent how little the person would want to participate in the proposed activity. The higher the range, the less the person wants to do it. The lower the range, the more likely the player would accomplish the task. For example, 1 in 100 or 1 in 5. After the player being challenged creates their odds and says them aloud, both the challenger and challengee think of a number between the given range. The challenger, as a rule, must ask the player they are challenging whether or not they have a number in mind. After the challengee affirms they have a number in mind, the challenger counts backward from 3 to 1. After the challenger says "one", both players say their thought-of number at the same time. If both players say the same number, the person who was challenged MUST perform the challenge. If they do not match then neither player has to perform the challenge. If the challenged player stalls and says their number after the challenger, the round is repeated but the odds are cut in half. This rule was implemented to prevent cheating and encourage fair play.

House Rules

Many "house rules" have been created in various countries since the game's inception and are subject to the agreement of the players. Some of these house rules include "Not allowed to ever give odds higher than 1 in 100." It is advised to ask players if they have any house rules before agreeing to participate.

Other Rules

If a player gives odds they are bound by a code of ethics that does not allow them to refuse to perform the task if the numbers match. If they attempt to do so, they are banned from playing for life. If a player does not want to do the task, they cannot give any odds. If they do so, they are disqualified from playing for the evening.

Notable Challenges

As described in an article by Tom Jenkins, two students from Newcastle ended up in Amsterdam after a night of drinking. Nick and Ed, both sophomore students, gave the odds of 1 in 3 they’d go to Amsterdam. They both landed on 3 and made the trip to Amsterdam.

Nick said: “We were saying to each other, ‘don’t think about it, don’t think about it, just do it’.

“We never thought we’d actually do it.”

Here is a list of verified Youtube Channels who have posted videos of What Are The Odds

TheCheernastics2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PuN6DOuHc4 Nate Garner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0aRbYE1A0g Martinez Twins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpIsyG-qeeA Reaction Bro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGyqle-pVPg JustKiddingParty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMp2d5c-74M AwesomenessTV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FRG8U6Huvk Beau Bros: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqCyMwOLvik

References

This article "What Are The Odds (Game)" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:What Are The Odds (Game). Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.

Odds	Challenge	Severity	Environment	Notes
1 in 5	Chug a beer	Easy	Bar	Most common
1 in 20	Say Something Embarrassing To A Stranger	Mild	In Public	Somewhat Common
1 in 50	Eat A Disgustng Item (Bugs, Food off the floor, Etc.	Medium	Anywhere	Cannot make the person die
1 in 100	Undress in Public	Hard	In Public	Must avoid long-term imprisonment

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