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| 27 | 80 | One chooses a View more quotes about color">color and then, if one draws two ostraca of that color from the urn, one doubles one's money. |
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| 27 | 77 | There were also 'Urn Games', playable for different amounts. |
| 27 | 78 | In these games, one generally draws marked ostraca from an urn, with one result or another. |
| 27 | 79 | In one 'Urn Game', even numbers of red and black ostraca are placed in an empty urn. |
| 27 | 80 | One chooses a color and then, if one draws two ostraca of that color from the urn, one doubles one's money. |
| 27 | 81 | In such an arrangement the odds are clearly unfavorable to the player who, mathematically, has only one chance in four of winning. |
| 27 | 82 | But such considerations are often unlikely to deter the zealous gambler. |
| 27 | 83 | In gambling, more seems to be involved than mathematics, probability, and rationality. |