Book 36. (1 results) Avengers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 27 | 82 | But such considerations are View more quotes about often">often unlikely to deter the zealous gambler. |
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Book 36. (7 results) Avengers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 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. |
| 27 | 84 | 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". |
| 27 | 85 | "It seems not," I said. |
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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".
"It seems not," I said.
- (Avengers of Gor)