Pass the Pigs is a simple party game.

What are the odds of the various positions?  I threw the pair of pigs a  442 times (2 x 221)  on a clean, flat piece of granite at 68 deg F, and got the following results:

• Side (pink = no dot) = 35.2%  (156)
• Side (with black dot) = 29.1% (129)
• Standing (Trotter) = 7.7% (34)
• Back (razorback) = 24.6% (109)
• Nose (snouter) = 2.2% (10)
• Ear/nose (leaning jowler) = 0.6% (3)
• Back/ear = 0.2% (1)

The final position "Back/ear" is very rare,  but can be thrown on my set.  It is almost the back (razorback) position, but slightly tilted to the side (so the black dot is upwards a bit).   It is not mentioned in the game rules, and on my pigs it has a probability of about 1/3%.    Even site A below which had 1,688 throws did not mention this position.  I can only get it with one of my two pigs:  even using my fingers to position the pig.  Apparently one of my pigs is a special pig that can achieve this mystical back-ear position.  Like a super yoga master.

How do my results compare with other results posted on the internet?

Other pass-the-pig probability sites:

A) http://www.derepas.com/petco/

B) http://www.members.tripod.com/~passpigs/prob.html

C)  http://turing.cs.gettysburg.edu/~tneller/nsf/pig/pig.pdf

Of the above sites, site (A) looks the most reliable, and it agrees well with my own measurements.