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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Mazur, Joseph.     Subjects     Games of chance (Mathematics)     Chance -- Psychological aspects.     Gambling -- Social aspects.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Mazur, Joseph.       by title:      What's luck got to d...         MARC Display

What's luck got to do with it? : the history, mathematics, and psychology behind the gambler's illusion / Joseph Mazur. by Mazur, Joseph. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2010. Subjects Games of chance (Mathematics)   Chance -- Psychological aspects.   Gambling -- Social aspects. ISBN:  9780691138909 (hardcover : alk. paper) : 0691138907 (hardcover : alk. paper) Description:  xvii, 277 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. 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. Requests:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 519.27 Ma Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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