Example. Ten players each play a session starting with $100. Nine finish with $80. One hits an edge slot and finishes with $500.
- Mean: (9 × 80 + 500) / 10 = $122
- Median: $80
The mean says the group made money. Nine out of ten players lost $20.
High-variance games like high-risk Plinko produce exactly this pattern: rare huge wins lift the mean, while most sessions end below it. When a simulation shows the median well below the mean, that's the typical player's experience showing through.
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The simulator shows median and mean ending balance side by side.