Pressing the score estimate more than once gives a different estimate each time. I think this is a bug. I see there was a post in August 2014 stating the same behaviour.
No bug, that’s just exactly why it is called an estimate…
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Score estimate is not deterministic. It has a random component.
The purpose of the estimator is, in my view:
- to give OGS feature parity with other Go servers and appease people who like to compare things quantitatively
- to give confused beginners some sense of having something comforting to hold on to in the face of I-don’t-know-what’s-going-on-panic (like a plush toy)
- to give Nova developers an outlet for coding a fancy estimator (before OGS) and now for aspiring programmers to fantasize about writing their own (just better)
For you as a player, I advise you to learn and practice counting. 
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I can count just fine! but estimates should not change if the data remains the same. Add a stone,- fine you expect a different estimate but if all you do is hit the estimate score button and get a different estimate- that’s just confusing.
The score estimator has to guess what might happen in the game. It’s not just counting, because the game isn’t finished yet and could go anyone of about a billion ways, even close to the end.
So it uses probability to ESTIMATE the likely outcome. The dice rolls different each time.
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