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The perfect bet : how science and math are taking the luck out of gambling / Adam Kucharski

by Adam Kucharski

This history of gambling explores how mathematicians and scientists have developed strategies to overcome the house edge. It examines the ways in which betting theories have influenced mathematical and scientific breakthroughs over the past five centuries.

Accession 18263 ISBN 9781541697232 Publisher Basic Books
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