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2. Martingale (betting system) - Wikipedia

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   The simplest of these strategies was designed for a game in which the gambler wins the stake if a coin comes up heads and loses if it comes up tails. The strategy had the gambler double the bet after every loss, so that the first win would recover all previous losses plus win a profit equal to the original stake.

3. Martingale (probability theory) - Wikipedia

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   Originally, martingale referred to a class of betting strategies that was popular in 18th-century France. [1] [2] The simplest of these strategies was designed for a game in which the gambler wins their stake if a coin comes up heads and loses it if the coin comes up tails. The strategy had the gambler double their bet after every loss so that ...

4. St. Petersburg paradox - Wikipedia

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   In the case of the St. Petersburg paradox, the doubling strategy was compared with a constant bet strategy that was completely random but equivalent in terms of the total value of the bets. From this comparison, it is shown that a random constant bet strategy obtains better results with a probability that tends to 50% as the number of bets ...

5. Double or nothing - Wikipedia

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   Before the initial bet is repaid, Person A and Person B agree to a second bet, also in the amount of $5 because the bet was doubled or "Double or Nothing". If person A wins bet 2, they are owed $10 total from Person B. $5 from the first bet + $5 from the second = $10 total. If person B wins bet 2, person B no longer owes any money to person A.

6. NFL odds: Are double-digit favorites worth betting in Week 8?

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   Double-digit favorites are 8-3 this year, covering at a 72% rate. The defending champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers are 3-0 in this spot after embarrassing the Bears, 38-3, as 12-point favorites.

7. Betting strategy - Wikipedia

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   A betting strategy (also known as betting system) is a structured approach to gambling, in the attempt to produce a profit. To be successful, the system must change the house edge into a player advantage — which is impossible for pure games of probability with fixed odds, akin to a perpetual motion machine. [ 1 ]

8. Is legal sports gambling a risky bet for Americans? - AOL

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   The end of a near-total national ban on sports betting has brought a massive windfall to sports books and state budgets, but some experts fear it will also lead to a major increase in gambling ...

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