TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mazur,Joseph
TI  - What's luck got to do with it?: the history, mathematics, and psychology behind the gambler's illusion 
SN  - 9780691138909 (hardcover : alk. paper)
AV  - QA271 .M39 2010
U1  - 519.2/7 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Princeton, N.J.
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Games of chance (Mathematics)
KW  - Chance
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Gambling
KW  - Social aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-266) and index; The history -- Pits, pebbles, and bones : rolling to discover fate -- The professionals : luck becomes measurable -- From coffeehouses to casinos : gaming becomes big business -- There's no stopping it now : from bans to bookies -- Betting with trillions : the 2008 world economic calamity -- The mathematics -- Who's got a royal flush? : one deal as likely as another -- The behavior of a coin : making predictions with probability -- Someone has to win : betting against expectation -- A truly astonishing result : the weak law of large numbers -- The skill/luck spectrum : even great talent needs some good fortune -- The analysis -- Let it ride : the house money effect -- Knowing when to quit : psychomanaging risk -- The theories : what makes a gambler? -- Hot hands : expecting long runs of the same outcome -- Luck : the dicey illusion
ER  -