2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/131304In 1693, Isaac Newton answered a query from Samuel Pepys about a problem involving dice. Newton's analysis is discussed and attention is drawn to an error he made.Published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/088342306000000312 in the Statistical Science (http://www.imstat.org/sts/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)Statistics Theorytext