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Old 11-13-2007, 07:34 PM
MtDon MtDon is offline
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Default Re: The Unsinkable Titanic Thompson. Question about odds on page 142

Is the section you quote a quote of what Thompson said, or is it the author's explanation of the corrsct odds?

If it is a quote of what Thompson said, then some of the odds should be incorrect, in Thompson's favor. That is one of the ways a con man makes money betting.

It would also explain the odd statement that "Your best bet is throw the dice four times."
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