Math

January 12th, 2011

Roulette is a simple game that seems beatable, which is what the casino wants you to think.  There is a wheel with 38 numbers: 18 red, 18 black, and 2 green zeros. You can bet on any combination of numbers and/or colors, with payouts varying based on the odds of the ball landing on that [...]

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March 22nd, 2010

Gotta love March Madness… all the games, the buzzer-beaters, the upsets, the cinderellas.  And I’ll admit it, unless it’s a Husky game, I don’t even follow college basketball until Selection Sunday.  Then it’s bracketology time! With some websites offering big prizes for correct brackets, including CNN SI’s $10 million prize, I thought that someone with [...]

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