- Description
- 1 online resource (xvii, 277 p.) : ill.
- Uniform Title
- What's luck got to do with it? (Online)
- Alternative Title
- What's luck got to do with it? (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-266) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2009045799
- OCLC
- ssj0000431024
- Author
Mazur, Joseph.
- Title
What's luck got to do with it? [electronic resource] : the history, mathematics, and psychology behind the gambler's illusion / Joseph Mazur.
- Imprint
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2010.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-266) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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