Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The Making of a Gambler
- 2 What Is Jai Alai?
- 3 Monte Carlo on the Tundra
- 4 The Impact of the Internet
- 5 Is This Bum Any Good?
- 6 Modeling the Payoffs
- 7 Engineering the System
- 8 Putting My Money Where My Mouth Is
- 9 How Should You Bet?
- 10 Projects to Ponder
- Glossary
- For Further Reading
- Index
3 - Monte Carlo on the Tundra
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 August 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The Making of a Gambler
- 2 What Is Jai Alai?
- 3 Monte Carlo on the Tundra
- 4 The Impact of the Internet
- 5 Is This Bum Any Good?
- 6 Modeling the Payoffs
- 7 Engineering the System
- 8 Putting My Money Where My Mouth Is
- 9 How Should You Bet?
- 10 Projects to Ponder
- Glossary
- For Further Reading
- Index
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- Calculated BetsComputers, Gambling, and Mathematical Modeling to Win, pp. 40 - 67Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2001