Mathematics of The Big Four Casino Table Games - Mark Bollman

Mathematics of The Big Four Casino Table Games

Blackjack, Baccarat, Craps, & Roulette

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Buch | Hardcover
364 Seiten
2021
Chapman & Hall/CRC (Verlag)
978-0-367-74229-4 (ISBN)
95,95 inkl. MwSt
This book takes an in-depth look at the 4 biggest table games in casinos: blackjack, baccarat, craps, and roulette. It guides readers through the mathematical principles that underpin these games and provides insights that will be of huge interest to gamblers, casino managers, and students of mathematics.
Mathematics is the basis of casino games, which are the bedrock of a $100 billion/year industry. Mathematics of the Big Four Casino Table Games: Blackjack, Baccarat, Craps, & Roulette takes an in-depth look at the four biggest table games in casinos: blackjack, baccarat, craps, and roulette. It guides readers through the mathematical principles that underpin these games and their different variations, providing insights that will be of huge interest to gamblers, casino managers, researchers, and students of mathematics.

Features






A valuable teaching resource, replete with exercises, for any course on gambling mathematics



Suitable for a wide audience of professionals, researchers, and students



Many practical applications for the gambling industry

Mark Bollman is Professor of Mathematics and chair of the Department of Mathematics & Computer Science at Albion College in Albion, Michigan, and has taught 116 different courses in his career. Among these courses is "Mathematics of the Gaming Industry," where mathematics majors carefully study the math behind games of chance and travel to Las Vegas, Nevada, in order to compare theory and practice. He has also taken those ideas into Albion’s Honors Program in "Great Issues in Humanities: Perspectives on Gambling," which considers gambling from literary, philosophical, and historical points of view as well as mathematically. Mark has also authored Basic Gambling Mathematics: The Numbers Behind the Neon, Mathematics of Keno and Lotteries, and Mathematics of Casino Carnival Games.

Mark Bollman is Professor of Mathematics and chair of the Department of Mathematics & Computer Science at Albion College in Albion, Michigan, and has taught 116 different courses in his career. Among these courses is "Mathematics of the Gaming Industry," where mathematics majors carefully study the math behind games of chance and travel to Las Vegas, Nevada, in order to compare theory and practice. He has also taken those ideas into Albion's Honors Program in "Great Issues in Humanities: Perspectives on Gambling," which considers gambling from literary, philosophical, and historical points of view as well as mathematically. Mark has also authored Basic Gambling Mathematics: The Numbers behind The Neon, Mathematics of Keno and Lotteries, and Mathematics of Casino Carnival Games.

1. Essential Probability. 1.1. Elementary Ideas. 1.2. Addition and Multiplication Rules. 1.3. Combinatorics. 1.4. Random Variables and Expected Value. 2. Roulette 2.1 Roulette Basics. 2.2. History of Roulette. 2.3. New Wheels. 2.4. Electronic Roulette Games. 2.5. Roulette with Cards. 2.6. Side Bets. 2.7. Roulette Betting Systems. 2.8. Exercises. 3. Craps. 3.1. Craps Basics. 3.2. Hazard. 3.3. Street Craps. 3.4. Crooked Dice. 3.5. Controlled Shooting. 3.6. Variations. 3.7. Card Craps. 3.8. Side Bets. 3.9. Exercises. 4. Baccarat. 4.1. Baccarat Basics. 4.2. Card Counting in Baccarat. 4.3. Variations. 4.4. Side Bets. 4.5. Exercises. 5. Blackjack. 5.1. Blackjack Basics. 5.2. Basic Strategy. 5.3. Card Counting. 5.4. Variations. 5.5. California Games. 5.6. Side Bets. 5.7. Exercises. Answers to Selected Exercises. References.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series
Zusatzinfo 142 Tables, black and white; 25 Line drawings, black and white; 18 Halftones, black and white; 43 Illustrations, black and white
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 621 g
Themenwelt Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Angewandte Mathematik
Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Finanz- / Wirtschaftsmathematik
ISBN-10 0-367-74229-2 / 0367742292
ISBN-13 978-0-367-74229-4 / 9780367742294
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