In game theory, the optimal strategy is often a stochastic one. In those games, if you play deterministically there’s always a way for your opponent to gain an

In game theory, the optimal strategy is often a stochastic one. In those games, if you play deterministically there’s always a way for your opponent to gain an advantage; playing randomly from a particular distribution is strictly better for you. cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategy_(game_theory)#Mixed_strategy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategy_(game_theory)#Mixed_s...