Monty Hall Problem Simulator

Once I read about the Monty Hall Problem in high school, I became pretty interested in exploring it. Didn't do much other than try to understand it intuitively and create a simulator to kind of "prove out" the solution.

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import java.util.Random;
public class monteHall {

	/**
	 * @param args
	 */
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub

		Random generator = new Random();
		int placer=0;
		int chooser=0;
		int i=0;
		int f=0;
		double wins=0;
		double losses=0;
		double ratio =0;
		String positions[] = new String[3];
		placer=generator.nextInt(3);
		
		while(f<100){
			placer=generator.nextInt(3);
			
			positions[placer]="goat";
			placer=placer+1;
			if(placer==3){
				placer=0;}
			positions[placer]="goat";
			placer=placer+1;
			if(placer==3){
				placer=0;}
			positions[placer]="car";
			
		
			chooser=generator.nextInt(3);
		
	if(positions[chooser]=="goat"){
		wins++;
	}	
	if(positions[chooser]=="car"){
		losses++;
	}	
		f++;
	}
		ratio=(wins/(wins+losses))*100;
		System.out.println(ratio+"%");
	}
}