Although the major gambling casinos do not maintain statist… - Richard Arnold Epstein

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Although the major gambling casinos do not maintain statistical records on the results of games of Craps, one event has been recorded-that wherein a young man achieved 28 consecutive "passes" at the Desert Inn Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada (June 10, 1950). Odds against such an event are 400 million to 1.

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Richard Arnold Epstein (born 5 March 1927), also known under the pseudonym E. P. Stein, is a notable American game theorist.

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Coin matching and finger flashing were among the first formal games to arise in the history of gambling. The class of Morra games extends back to the pre-Christian era, although not until comparatively recent times have game-theoretic solutions been derived.

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