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Whether you have only a distant recollection of high school algebra or use differential equations every day, this book offers examples of the impact of chance that will amuse and astonish.

Probabilities --- Chance --- Fortune --- Necessity (Philosophy)

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Offering a philosophical examination of the concept of luck and its relationship to knowledge, this text demonstrates how a more nuanced understanding of the relationship between knowledge and luck can enable us to see past some of the most intractable disputes in the contemporary theory of knowledge.

Knowledge, Theory of. --- Chance. --- Skepticism.

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Against a background of extraordinary growth in the popularity of betting and gaming across many countries of the world, there has never been a greater need for a study into gambling's most important factor - its economics.This collection of original contributions drawn from such leading experts as David Peel, Stephen Creigh-Tyte, Raymond Sauer and Donald Siegel covers such interesting themes as:*betting on the horses*over-under betting in football games*national lotteries and lottery fatigue*demand for gambling*economic impact of casino gamblingThis timely and comp

Gambling. --- Gambling --- Betting --- Chance, Games of --- Games of chance --- Gaming (Gambling) --- Games --- Casinos --- Wagers --- Economic aspects.

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Why do so many gamblers risk it all when they know the odds of winning are against them? Why do they believe dice are ""hot"" in a winning streak? Why do we expect heads on a coin toss after several flips have turned up tails? What's Luck Got to Do with It? takes a lively and eye-opening look at the mathematics, history, and psychology of gambling to reveal the most widely held misconceptions about luck. It exposes the hazards of feeling lucky, and uses the mathematics of predictable outcomes to show when our chances of winning are actually good. Mathematician Joseph Mazur tra

Gambling --- Chance --- Games of chance (Mathematics) --- Gambling problem (Mathematics) --- Game theory --- Betting --- Chance, Games of --- Games of chance --- Gaming (Gambling) --- Games --- Casinos --- Wagers --- Fortune --- Necessity (Philosophy) --- Probabilities --- Social aspects. --- Psychological aspects. --- Social problems --- Operational research. Game theory

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Random variables. --- Chance variables --- Stochastic variables --- Probabilities --- Variables (Mathematics)