| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 330 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
What is probability? -- Lotteries -- Football pools, premium bonds -- One coin, many games -- Dice -- Games with few choices -- Waiting, waiting, waiting -- Let's play best of three -- TV games -- Casino games -- Bookies, the Tote, spread betting -- This sporting life -- Lucky for some--miscellanea -- Appendix I. Counting -- Appendix II. Probability -- Appendix III. Averages and variability -- Appendix IV. Goodness-of-fit tests -- Appendix V. The Kelly strategy -- Solutions to test yourself quizzes -- Literature cited |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-326) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Probabilities -- Popular works.
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| Genre/Form |
Popular works.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0585129428 (electronic bk.) |
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9780585129426 (electronic bk.) |
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