Chapter 77. Fun and games: Simulating gambling and sporting-event probabilities

Questions answered in this chapter:

Image What is the probability of winning at craps?

Image In five-card draw poker, what is the probability of getting three of a kind?

Image Going into the 2003 NCAA men’s basketball Final Four, what was the probability of each team winning the tournament?

Gambling and following sporting events are popular pastimes. I think gambling and sports are exciting ...

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