With punters preparing to mark Anzac Day with a game of two-up, a mathematician from The Australian National University (ANU) has revealed some of the game's statistical secrets.
Mathematics
Apr 22, 2022
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Start-up Unikrn is turning up the heat on tournament-level video games with an online platform for betting on who will be victorious.
Software
Jun 19, 2015
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Sitting in a bar, you start chatting to a man who issues you a challenge. He hands you five red and two black cards. After shuffling, you lay them on the bar, face down. He bets you that you cannot turn over three red cards. ...
Mathematics
Jan 17, 2018
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Winning in a casino is difficult enough when you have the house edge to contend with, but there are people who want to make it even harder. There are legitimate ways that other players can make life difficult for you, even ...
Other
Apr 11, 2018
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(Phys.org) —As the annual NCAA men's basketball tournament—commonly known as "March Madness"—ramps up, fans wonder if their team will be included in the tournament and, if so, where they will be seeded.
Mathematics
Mar 21, 2014
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Scientists at the University of Dundee have reported a major breakthrough in targeting the causes of many diseases, using a `kiss of death' to destroy proteins which had previously been regarded as 'undruggable'.
Biochemistry
Mar 13, 2017
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When bookmakers set the over/under line for NFL games they tend to give weight to the number of points a team scored in its immediate previous game. But that statistic is a poor predictor of the number of points to be scored ...
Mathematics
Nov 7, 2011
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This year's U.S. midterms are on a razor's edge.
Political science
Nov 9, 2022
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Consumers are more likely to participate in online betting if it's called "gaming" rather than "gambling," according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Social Sciences
Sep 10, 2013
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Online bookmakers such as the one behind the multi-million sponsorship of Real Madrid can be banned by individual EU states, Europe's top court said Tuesday in a landmark ruling set to hit the industry.
Internet
Sep 8, 2009
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