| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 330 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-326) and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Probabilities -- Popular works.
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Probabilities. |
| Genre/Form |
Popular works.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Haigh, John, Dr. Taking chances. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©1999 0198502923 (DLC) 98039018 (OCoLC)39671115 |
| ISBN |
0585129428 (electronic book) |
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9780585129426 (electronic book) |
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0198502923 |
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