enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Odds and evens (hand game) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odds_and_evens_(hand_game)

    Even-Odd as an early form of roulette. This game was known by the Greeks (as artiazein) and Romans (as ludere par impar).In the 1858 Krünitzlexikon it says: [3] "The game Odds and Evens was very common amongst the Romans and was played either with tali, tesseris, or money and known as "Alea maior", or with nuts, beans and almonds and known as "Alea minor"."

  3. Labouchère system - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labouchère_system

    The Labouchère System is meant to be applied to even money Roulette propositions such as Even/Odd, Red/Black or 1–18/19–36. When any of these bets are made in the game of Roulette, a spin resulting in a "0" or "00" results in a loss, so even though the payout is even money, the odds are clearly not 50/50.

  4. Game of chance - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_chance

    Roulette is a game of pure chance; no strategy can give players advantages, the outcome is determined purely by which numbered pocket a ball randomly falls into. A game of chance is in contrast with a game of skill. It is a game whose outcome is strongly influenced by some randomizing device.

  5. Red dog (card game) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_dog_(card_game)

    Suit is irrelevant. A wager is placed, and two cards are placed face up on the table, with three possible outcomes: If the cards are consecutive in number (for example, a four and a five, or a jack and a queen), the hand is a push and the player's wager is returned. If the two cards are of equal value, a third card is dealt. If the third card ...

  6. Discover the best free online games at AOL.com - Play board, card, casino, puzzle and many more online games while chatting with others in real-time.

  7. Gambling mathematics - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling_mathematics

    The mathematics of gambling is a collection of probability applications encountered in games of chance and can get included in game theory.From a mathematical point of view, the games of chance are experiments generating various types of aleatory events, and it is possible to calculate by using the properties of probability on a finite space of possibilities.

  8. Even money - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Even_money

    In professional gambling, even money bets typically do not have odds that are indeed 50–50. Therefore, successful gamblers have to examine any bets they make in light of the odds really being even money. [1] For example, in roulette, betting on red or black is an even money bet. However, the presence of the green 0 and the 00 means that ...

  9. Mathematics of bookmaking - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics_of_bookmaking

    E.g. £100 each-way fivefold accumulator with winners at Evens ( 1 ⁄ 4 odds a place), 11-8 ( 1 ⁄ 5 odds), 5-4 ( 1 ⁄ 4 odds), 1-2 (all up to win) and 3-1 ( 1 ⁄ 5 odds); total staked = £200 Note: 'All up to win' means there are insufficient participants in the event for place odds to be given (e.g. 4 or fewer runners in a horse race).