This game is from outer space, look at this ...
What I just did was a transcription of the geometric verification (
illustration 3 of 5) into binary numbers. Each pentagram line is a 4 digit binary number:
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GREEN DOT = 1
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WHITE DOT = 0
First I converted all 5 pentagram lines in normal order (12345) and then reversed (54321). So first, you "draw" a star and then reverse the process starting from the same point (at the bottom of the pentagram).
Normal:
LINE 1 (Loose Card) => [binary 1111] = [decimal 15]
LINE 2 (Duplicate) => [binary 0111] = [decimal 7]
LINE 3 (Quick Run) => [binary 0101] = [decimal 5]
LINE 4 (Fourth Kind) => [binary 0001] = [decimal 1]
LINE 5 (Royalty Flush) => [binary 0000] = [decimal 0]
Reversed:
LINE 1 => [binary 0000] = [decimal 0]
LINE 2 => [binary 1000] = [decimal 8]
LINE 3 => [binary 1010] = [decimal 10]
LINE 4 => [binary 1110] = [decimal 14]
LINE 5 => [binary 1111] = [decimal 15]
What is easy to notice:
15 + 0 = 15
7 + 8 = 15
5 + 10 = 15
1 + 14 = 15
0 + 15 = 15
Number "15" isn't coincidental. It's the number of core cards within the hand rankings rectangle and also the number of line segments in the pentagram. I wonder if this thing goes anywhere further ... I hope not