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Basketball Bet
James bets Paul $1.00 that he could guess the score of the basketball game before it starts. Paul agrees, but loses the bet. Why did Paul lose the bet?
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James said the score would be 0-0 and he was right. "Before" any basketball game starts, the score is always 0-0.Hide Answer Show Answer
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surely there would be no score at all until the game started. it wouldn't offically be nil nil until the game had started. it would just be two teams waiting to start, on the starting whistle it would then become nil nil. so he would lose the bet as a score can not be obtained until the match has started.
dood. thats what he just sed.
no he said the SCORE was 0-0. before a match begins there isn't a SCORE at all.
another way of looking at it. Is that He only bet that he could guess the score of the game not guess correctly therefore he wins in two ways> nice way to win a bet!!
I agree with mad-ade, and bee also has a point. There is *no* score before the game starts, but neither was James required to guess correctly.
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