The book of proposition bets : using mathematics to reveal the odds of friendly (and not-so-friendly) wagers / Owen O'Shea.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Shea, Owen, 1956- author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gambling systems.

Chance.

Probabilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 145 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Guilford, Connecticut : Prometheus Books, [2021]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

The 3 half-dollars bet

The proposition of choosing 3 cards

1 which is a spade

from a deck of 52 cards

The proposition bet that of the first 3 different face cards (king, queen, jack, in any order) you come across in dealing 1 card at a time from a shuffled deck, 2 of those 3 face cards will be of the same suit

The classic proposition bet involving the 4 aces and 2 kings

The game of chuck-a-luck

The proposition involving the turning over of as many $5 bills as possible

The proposition that you secretly write the names of any 3 cards from 1 entire suit of cards, and the con artist will then

in 3 guesses

attempt to name at least 1 of your 3 chosen cards

The 3 kings, 3 queens and 3 jacks proposition bet

The proposition bet involving 2 half-dollars, 1 of which is 2-sided

The proposition bet involving the turning over of the top 10 cards of a shuffled deck and betting that there is an ace among those top 10 cards

The proposition bet of turning up the top 6 cards of a deck and stating that there will be a queen or a jack among those 6 cards

The proposition bet that there will be an ace, king, queen or jack on top of at least 1 of 3 heaps cut from a shuffled deck

The proposition bet involving 10 cards of one suit

The proposition bet involving 2 fair 6-sided dice

The proposition that when 2 shuffled decks of cards are dealt simultaneously, at the rate of 1 card at a time, at least 2 cards, 1 from each deck, will match

The classic betting proposition involving 5 red cards and 2 black cards

The deceptive proposition that you will NOT roll exactly a 6 in three consecutive rolls of 1 die

The proposition bet involving the dealing of 6 cards from a shuffled deck and stating that you will obtain a pair amongst those 6 cards

The proposition bet that you deal 13 cards from a shuffled deck and that there will not be a card among your 13 cards higher than a

The proposition bet that if you secretly write any 5 letters of the English alphabet the hustler can

in 5 guesses

guess at least 1 of the letters you have written down

The proposition bet that if the hustler is allowed 7 guesses, she will guess the name of at least 1 of the 7 of 50 states of the USA that you have secretly written down

The proposition bet that if the hustler is allowed 6 guesses, he will guess the name of at least 1 of 6 of 32 counties on the island of Ireland that you have secretly written down

The classic proposition bet that if 25 cards are dealt from a pack of 52 cards, 5 pat hands can be assembled from those 25 cards

The proposition bet that if 3 cards are selected from a shuffled deck exactly 2 of the cards will be of a similar suit

The proposition bet involving 2 red cards and 2 black cards

The classic betting proposition bet concerning 3 cards

The probability that 2 cards of a similar rank are lying next to each other in a shuffled deck

The proposition bet that if you select any 2 cards from a shuffled deck 1 of the 2 cards you choose will either be an ace, king, queen, jack or ten

The proposition bet that if 12 people secretly write the name of any playing card that at least 2 of the people will write the name of the same card

The matching birthday proposition bet

with a subtle difference

Cover the Spot

The proposition bet that you match exactly 3 of 4 cards with 3 of 4 corresponding envelopes

The proposition bet that if 5 dice are rolled there will be exactly one pair among the top faces of the 5 dice

A famous old dice hustle

The proposition bet involving guessing the numbers from 00 to

The proposition bet involving guessing a specific two-digit number from 00 to

A surprising hustle with playing cards

The proposition bet involving 4 nontransitive dice

The hustler asks you to shuffle a normal deck and to then turn up the top 4 cards The con artist then bets you $10

giving you odds of 5 to 1 in your favor

that at least 2 of the 4 cards you turn up will be of the same suit

The dollar-bill bet

The proposition bet that you will choose the king or jack before choosing a queen

The magic square proposition bet

The proposition bet that the hustler will throw 1 pair when rolling 4 dice

The proposition bet that you to select 2 aces or 2 kings from 4 aces and 4 kings

The hustler proposes that you toss a fair coin 6 times He bets

at odds of 7 to 5 in your favor

that you will NOT get 3 heads and 3 tails

The proposition bet that you will not roll 7 with 2 dice 6 consecutive times before you roll a

The con lady proposes that you toss a fair coin 4 times and bets that you will not get 2 heads

The old swindle known as the game of thirty-one

The proposition bet that in tossing a fair coin repeatedly the sequence TAILS, HEADS, HEADS, will appear before the sequence HEADS, HEADS, TAILS.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 145).

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Online version: O'Shea, Owen, 1956- Book of proposition bets

ISBN:

9781633886759

1633886751

Publisher Number:

40030723817

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