Mathematics of Casino Carnival Games

Mathematics of Casino Carnival Games is a focused look at Pell, Rouleno, Street Dice, and many other games that have had a short life in casinos and the mathematics at their foundation.

List of contents

1. Mathematical Background. 2. Mathematics and Casino Game Design. 3. Wheel And Ball Games. 4. Card Games. 5. Dice Games. A. Answers to Selected Exercises

About the author

Mark Bollman is Professor of Mathematics and chair of the Department of Mathematics & Computer Science at Albion College in Albion, Michigan, and has taught 113 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 and Mathematics of Keno and Lotteries.

Summary

Mathematics of Casino Carnival Games is a focused look at Pell, Rouleno, Street Dice, and many other games that have had a short life in casinos and the mathematics at their foundation.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Bollman, Mark (Albion College Bollman, Bollman Mark
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.10.2020
• EAN: 9780367348656
• ISBN: 978-0-367-34865-6
• No. of pages: 318
• Series: AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Games, quizzes; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Miscellaneous; MATHEMATICS / General, MATHEMATICS / Applied, MATHEMATICS / Recreations & Games, MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / Bayesian Analysis, game theory, Probability & statistics, Applied mathematics, Mathematical logic, Probability and statistics, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Gambling / Table, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Gambling / Track Betting, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Gambling / General, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Gambling / Lotteries