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In such an arrangement the odds are clearly unfavorable to the player who, mathematically, has only one chance in four of winning. - (Avengers of Gor, Chapter 27, Sentence #81)

In these games, one generally draws marked ostraca from an urn, with one result or another. In one 'Urn Game', even numbers of red and black ostraca are placed in an empty urn. One chooses a color and then, if one draws two ostraca of that color from the urn, one doubles one's money. In such an arrangement the odds are clearly unfavorable to the player who, mathematically, has only one chance in four of winning. But such considerations are often unlikely to deter the zealous gambler. In gambling, more seems to be involved than mathematics, probability, and rationality. Who would not be pleased to receive two tarsk-bits for one tarsk-bit, or two gold staters for one gold stater? "There seems no clue here," said Thurnock, "as to where the corsairs will strike next". - (Avengers of Gor)