{ "item_title" : "Mathematics of the Big Four Casino Table Games", "item_author" : [" Mark Bollman "], "item_description" : "Mathematics is the basis of casino games, which are the bedrock of a $100 billion/year industry. Mathematics of the Big Four Casino Table Games: Blackjack, Baccarat, Craps, & Roulette takes an in-depth look at the four biggest table games in casinos: blackjack, baccarat, craps, and roulette. It guides readers through the mathematical principles that underpin these games and their different variations, providing insights that will be of huge interest to gamblers, casino managers, researchers, and students of mathematics.FeaturesA valuable teaching resource, replete with exercises, for any course on gambling mathematicsSuitable for a wide audience of professionals, researchers, and studentsMany practical applications for the gambling industryMark Bollman is Professor of Mathematics and chair of the Department of Mathematics & Computer Science at Albion College in Albion, Michigan, and has taught 116 different courses in his career. Among these courses is Mathematics of the Gaming Industry, where mathematics majors carefully study the math behind games of chance and travel to Las Vegas, Nevada, in order to compare theory and practice. He has also taken those ideas into Albion's Honors Program in Great Issues in Humanities: Perspectives on Gambling, which considers gambling from literary, philosophical, and historical points of view as well as mathematically. Mark has also authored Basic Gambling Mathematics: The Numbers Behind the Neon, Mathematics of Keno and Lotteries, and Mathematics of Casino Carnival Games.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers1.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/0/36/774/090/0367740907_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "39.99", "online_price" : "39.99", "our_price" : "39.99", "club_price" : "39.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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