# The Odds of Finding a Set in The Card Game SET

DevFeed: [The Odds of Finding a Set in The Card Game SET](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-odds-of-finding-a-set-in-the-card-game-set-40542.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<http://norvig.com/SET.html>)

Published: 2010-04-28T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Peter Norvig](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/peter-norvig.md>)

Topics: [math](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/math.md>), [Simulation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/simulation.md>)

Tags: [card](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/card.md>), [color](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/color.md>), [game](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/game.md>), [number](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/number.md>), [results](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/results.md>), [set](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/set.md>), [simulation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/simulation.md>)

## AI overview

An analysis of why the odds of finding no SET in the card game SET change during play. A simulation shows that the chances differ substantially between a freshly dealt layout and layouts reached after SETs are repeatedly removed and replaced, suggesting the instruction booklet's odds do not describe the course of an actual game.

## Source excerpt

Correcting an error in the instruction booklet for the card game SET