Extra Stuff: Gambling Ramblings

by Peter A. Griffin

Peter Griffin, renowned gambling mathematician and author of
The Theory of Blackjack, has explored the mathematics of gambling for more than two decades. Extra Stuff is a collection of his most famous magazine articles and papers.

Extra Stuff addresses many of gambling's abstract concepts--proportional wagering, considerations for games with variable payoffs, the effects of rebates on losses--as well as more mainstream...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0929712005
• ISBN13: 9780929712000
• Release Date: July 1991
• Publisher: Huntington Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.3"

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This is a well-written book about numbers, life, probability, humor, trading, and you-name-it, disguised as a series of articles about gambling odds. If you are a gambler, you must read this book. If you are not a gambler and you don't buy it, you're taking your chances anyway!