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What's Luck Got to Do with It? : The History, Mathematics, and Psychology of the Gambler's Illusion /
Why do so many gamblers risk it all when they know the odds of winning are against them? Why do they believe dice are "hot" in a winning streak? Why do we expect heads on a coin toss after several flips have turned up tails? What's Luck Got to Do with It? takes a lively and eye-openin...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.