Our semi-regular pub quiz ends with the jackpot round - one team competes in a luck-driven “higher/lower” ("Play Your Cards Right"-style, but no Bruce Forsyth) card game to win a jackpot. I’d never seen anyone *win* the jackpot - so was curious to work out what the chances actually are and what the optimal strategy might be (to the extent that there *is* any useful strategy beyond the obvious) with some #MonteCarlo analysis in #Python. https://www.eclecticstacks.com/post/play-your-cards-right-jackpot-game-monte-carlo/