Calculated bets

Computers, gambling, and mathematical modeling to win

Steve S. Skiena

248 pages, parution le 21/10/2003

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Résumé

This is a book about a gambling system that works. It tells the story of how the author used computer simulations and mathematical modeling techniques to predict the outcome of jai-alai matches and bet on them successfully - increasing his initial stake by over 500% in one year!

His results can work for anyone: at the end of the book he tells the best way to watch jai-alai, and how to bet on it. With humor and enthusiasm, Skiena details a life-long fascination with computer predictions and sporting events. Along the way, he discusses other gambling systems, both successful and unsuccessful, for such games as lotto, roulette, blackjack, and the stock market. Indeed, he shows how his jai-alai system functions just like a miniature stock trading system.

Do you want to learn about program trading systems, the future of Internet gambling, and the real reason brokerage houses don't offer mutual funds that invest at racetracks and frontons? How mathematical models are used in political polling? The difference between correlation and causation? If you are curious about gambling and mathematics, odds are this book is for you!

The making of a gambler
What is Jai-Alai?
Monte Carlo on the Tundra
The impact of the Internet
Is this bum any good?
Modeling the playoffs
Engineering the system
Putting my money where my mouth is
How should you bet?
Projects to ponder
For further Readings
Index

L'auteur - Steve S. Skiena

SUNY, Stony Brook, NY, USA

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	Steve S. Skiena
Parution	21/10/2003
Nb. de pages	248
Format	15 x 22,7
Couverture	Broché
Poids	345g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521009621
ISBN13	978-0-521-00962-1