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Isn't this comment wrong? (If I got it wrong, please feel free to close the PR).

The pass/fail probabilities for an SPRT test depend on the drift and variance of the LLR. These properties are directly influenced by the variance of game outcomes, which is heavily dependent on the draw ratio. Therefore, the Logistic model's performance is affected by the draw ratio.

With the new comment, we clarify that the main benefit of the Normalized model is stabilizing the expected test duration, rather than making the test entirely independent of the auxiliary data.

No functional change

@ppigazzini ppigazzini assigned ppigazzini and unassigned ppigazzini Aug 14, 2025
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