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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, Chapter 27, Sentence #84)

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. At one wall, to the left as one would enter, there were low tables, and, nearby, behind them, a counter at which light foods, paga, and ka-la-na might be obtained. At gambling houses, unlike taverns, free women, if escorted, were welcome. - (Avengers of Gor)