"Penney's game" meaning in All languages combined

See Penney's game on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Etymology: Named after its inventor, Walter Penney. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Penney's game
  1. A game for two players in which each player selects an equally long sequence of heads or tails. The winner is the player whose sequence occurs first when a fair coin is tossed repeatedly.
    Sense id: en-Penney's_game-en-name-JyWW0noF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys

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