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the history, mathematics, and psychology behind the gambler's illusion

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Princeton University Press
Language
English
Pages
277

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Subjects
Social aspects, Gambling, Games of chance (Mathematics), Chance, Psychological aspects, Gambling / Social aspects, General, GAMES, Mathematics, Chance / Psychological aspects

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Table of Contents

The history
Pits, pebbles, and bones : rolling to discover fate
The professionals : luck becomes measurable
From coffeehouses to casinos : gaming becomes big business
There's no stopping it now : from bans to bookies
Betting with trillions : the 2008 world economic calamity
The mathematics
Who's got a royal flush? : one deal as likely as another
The behavior of a coin : making predictions with probability
Someone has to win : betting against expectation
A truly astonishing result : the weak law of large numbers
The skill/luck spectrum : even great talent needs some good fortune
The analysis
Let it ride : the house money effect
Knowing when to quit : psychomanaging risk
The theories : what makes a gambler?
Hot hands : expecting long runs of the same outcome
Luck : the dicey illusion.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-266) and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
519.2/7
Library of Congress
QA271 .M39 2010

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvii, 277 p. :
Number of pages
277

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Open Library
OL24379501M
Internet Archive
whatsluckgottodo00mazu
ISBN 10
0691138907
ISBN 13
9780691138909
LCCN
2009045799
OCLC/WorldCat
466341420

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