Introduction to Gambling Theory Know the Odds - Paperback
Introduction to Gambling Theory Know the Odds - Paperback
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by William R. Parks (Author)
ABOUT THE BOOK: "Introduction to Gambling Theory - Know the Odds!" is a valuable 32 page concise summary in easy to understand language about the applications of probability theory to coin tossing, rolling dice and playing cards. This is a self-teaching guide with practical examples, exercises and answers. The three forms of gambling are sumarized and are important to gain valuable insight into how probability can be used to predict possible successful outcomes in gambling games. Questions are listed in exercises at the end of each section and the answer key is conveniently located after each exercise. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: William Parks, B.S., M.S., Ed.M., taught secondary level mathematics in private and public high schools in New York for five years. He taught community college mathematics and computer science for 25 years in New York, Tennessee, Maryland and Arizona. He was a computer science degree program developer at four colleges: SUNY Colleges at Buffalo and Fredonia, Elon University and D'Youville College. He was technical editor for "Personal Computing" and "PC AI" magazines. He also authored the following available at amazon.com: "Sets, Numbers and Flowcharts," "Introduction to Logic," "Computer Number Bases," and "Boolean Algebra and Switching Circuits."
