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- catalog abstract "An introduction to how chance works and the role it plays in everyday life discusses the chances of winning the lottery, the potential of making a living as a gambler, and the possibility of the universe as a predictable machine.".
- catalog contributor b11567848.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description "An introduction to how chance works and the role it plays in everyday life discusses the chances of winning the lottery, the potential of making a living as a gambler, and the possibility of the universe as a predictable machine.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Lotteries, luck, and unlikely events -- The laws of chance -- The many faces of chance -- Using chance to get information -- Roulette : a civilized way to lose -- Craps : a relentless ride through the rapids of risk -- Slot machines and video poker : Pavlov lives on -- Blackjack : a game you (or someone) can win -- Zero-sum games : the abstraction of hardball -- Prisoner's dilemma : a game with cooperation -- War games : NATO versus Yugoslavia.".
- catalog extent "154 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0716735601".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : W.H. Freeman,".
- catalog subject "519.2 21".
- catalog subject "Chance Popular works.".
- catalog subject "Probabilities Popular works.".
- catalog subject "QA273.15 .O75 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "Lotteries, luck, and unlikely events -- The laws of chance -- The many faces of chance -- Using chance to get information -- Roulette : a civilized way to lose -- Craps : a relentless ride through the rapids of risk -- Slot machines and video poker : Pavlov lives on -- Blackjack : a game you (or someone) can win -- Zero-sum games : the abstraction of hardball -- Prisoner's dilemma : a game with cooperation -- War games : NATO versus Yugoslavia.".
- catalog title "What are the odds? : chance in everyday life / Mike Orkin.".
- catalog type "Popular works. fast".
- catalog type "text".