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		<title>Online Gambling</title>
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By 					Joe Boggs

Online casinos
There are a large number of online casinos, in which people can play casino games such as Roulette, Blackjack, Craps, and many others. These games are played against the &#8220;house&#8221;, which makes money due to the fact that the odds are slightly in its favour. Some unscrupulous sites have been proven to [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>Online casinos</strong></p>
<p>There are a large number of online casinos, in which people can play casino games such as Roulette, Blackjack, Craps, and many others. These games are played against the &#8220;house&#8221;, which makes money due to the fact that the odds are slightly in its favour. Some unscrupulous sites have been proven to offer rigged games, which are less mathematically fair than they appear.</p>
<p><strong>Online poker</strong></p>
<p>There are a large number of online poker rooms which offer various games of Poker, most commonly Texas hold &#8216;em, but also Omaha, Seven-card stud, and other game types. Players play against each other, with the &#8220;house&#8221; making its money through the &#8220;rake&#8221;.</p>
<p><strong>Online sports betting</strong></p>
<p>Several major bookmakers offer fixed-odds gambling over the internet, with gamblers typically betting on the results of sporting events.<br />
A relatively new internet innovation is the bet exchange, which allows individuals to place bets with each other (with the &#8220;house&#8221; taking a small commission).</p>
<p><strong>Funds Transfers</strong></p>
<p>Typically, gamblers upload funds to the online gambling company, make bets or play the games that it offers, and then cash out any winnings. European gamblers can often fund gambling accounts by credit card or debit card, and cash out winnings directly back to the card.<br />
Because of the questionable legality of online gambling in the United States, however, U.S. credit cards frequently fail to be accepted. However, a number of intermediary companies &#8211; such as Firepay, Neteller, and Moneybookers &#8211; offer accounts with which (among other things) online gambling can be funded. Casino operators and online poker rooms often offer incentives for using these &#8216;alternative payment methods&#8217;.<br />
Payment by cheque and wire transfer is also common.</p>
<p><strong>General legal issues</strong></p>
<p>Online gambling is legal and regulated in many countries including the United Kingdom and several nations in and around the Caribbean Sea.<br />
The United States Federal Appeals Courts has ruled that the Federal Wire Act prohibits electronic transmission of information for sports betting across state lines. There is no law prohibiting gambling of any other kind.<br />
Some states have specific laws against online gambling of any kind. Also, owning an online gaming operation without proper licensing would be illegal, and no states are currently granting online gaming licenses.<br />
The government of the island nation of Antigua and Barbuda, which licenses Internet gambling entities, made a complaint to the World Trade Organization about the U.S. government&#8217;s actions to impede online gaming.</p>
<p>The Caribbean country won the preliminary ruling but WTO&#8217;s appeals body has partially reversed that favorable ruling in April, 2005. The appeals decision effectively allowed state laws prohibiting gambling in Louisiana, Massachusetts, South Dakota and Utah. However, the appeals panel also ruled that the United States may be violating global trade rules because its laws regulating horse-racing bets were not applied equitably to foreign and domestic online betting companies. The panel also held that certain online gambling restrictions imposed under US federal laws were inconsistent with the trade body&#8217;s GATS services agreement.</p>
<p>In March 2003, Deputy Assistant Attorney General John G. Malcolm testified before the Senate Banking Committee regarding the special problems presented by online gambling. A major concern of the United States Department of Justice is online money laundering. The anonymous nature of the Internet and the use of encryption make it especially difficult to trace online money laundering transactions.</p>
<p>In April 2004 Google and Yahoo!, the internet&#8217;s two largest search engines, announced that they were removing online gambling advertising from their sites. The move followed a United States Department of Justice announcement that, in what some say is a contradiction of the Appeals Court ruling, the Wire Act relating to telephone betting applies to all forms of Internet gambling, and that any advertising of such gambling &#8220;may&#8221; be deemed as aiding and abetting. Critics of the Justice Department&#8217;s move say that it has no legal basis for pressuring companies to remove advertisements and that the advertisements are protected by the First Amendment. As of April 2005, Yahoo! has provided advertising for &#8220;play money&#8221; online gaming.</p>
<p>In February 2005 the North Dakota House of Representatives passed a bill to legalize and regulate online poker and online poker cardroom operators in the State. Testifying before the State Senate, the CEO of one online cardroom, Paradise Poker, pledged to relocate to the state if the bill became law. However, the measure was defeated by the State Senate in March 2005. Jim Kasper, the Representative who sponsored the bill, plans a 2006 ballot initiative on the topic.</p>
<p><strong>Problem gambling</strong></p>
<p>Because the internet brings gambling right into a player&#8217;s home, there is concern that online gambling increases the level of problem gambling. In the United States, the link between availability and problem gambling was investigated in 1999 by the National Gambling Impact Study, which found that &#8220;the presence of a gambling facility within 50 miles roughly doubles the prevalence of problem and pathological gamblers&#8221;. If this finding is correct, it is reasonable to expect that easy access to gambling online would also increase problem gambling.</p>
<p>That same report noted the possibility that &#8220;the high-speed instant gratification of Internet games and the high level of privacy they offer may exacerbate problem and pathological gambling&#8221;. Bernie Horn, of the National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling, testified before Congress that the availability of online gambling &#8220;magnifies the potential destructiveness of the addiction&#8221;.</p></div>
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		<title>Poker chips and poker games</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
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Poker is generally a game of short-term luck and long-term skill it also tests a player’s intellect and strategy. It is played strictly against other players. The main object of this game is to win money and every person who is interested in quick time money of gambling participate actively in the poker [...]]]></description>
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<p><span><span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Poker is generally a game of short-term luck and long-term skill it also tests a player’s intellect and strategy. It is played strictly against other players. The main object of this game is to win money and every person who is interested in quick time money of gambling participate actively in the poker game, nearly 50 million Americans actively participate in the game of poker every year. Poker is incredibly becoming a popular gambling game world wide and this game is also being played online for the sake of entertainment as well as for the money. Most often winning is highly skilled by having the best hand, however unlike most other casino games &#8220;bluffing&#8221; is an integral part of the game. In resent years it has become a big time gambling business. The statistics says that more than 70 million standard decks of playing cards are sold every year And the other interesting aspects of poker is poker chips. The famous types of poker chips are clay poker chips, plastic poker chips and composite poker chips. Depending up on there usage and demand there are sold in market. These poker chips are sold in market in terms of 300,500,700 and 1000 poker chips sets depending on the number of players in the game. In order to available Best designed and best quality poker chips in the market visit this site: &#8211; uptodatecoupons.com . </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Types of poker game: &#8211; Texas Holdem, Omaha, Seven-Card Stud, Five Card Draw, Caribbean Stud poker, 1) Texas holdem:-A round of Holdem consists of four betting rounds. Each player receives two cards face down (known as hole cards), and five community cards are dealt face-up for all players to use. The player with the highest five-card poker hand at showdown wins the pot.2) Omaha Hi: &#8211; The game consists of four betting rounds. Each player in a game of Omaha Hi is dealt four cards face down (hole cards), and five community cards are dealt face up for all players to share. Each player must combine exactly two of their hole cards with three community cards to make the best possible five-card poker hand.3) Seven card stud:- is another popular version of poker, played between two and eight players. Betting in Seven Card Stud consists of an initial ante, followed by five betting rounds. Each player in a game of stud receives three cards face down, and four cards that must be exposed for all players to see. The goal of Seven-Card Stud is to make the best five-card poker hand with the given seven cards.4) Five Card Draw: &#8211; is one of the oldest known variations of poker. Betting in Five Card Draw consists of an initial Ante, followed by two rounds of betting. Each player in a game of Draw receives five cards face down, and may discard or draw up to five cards after the first betting round. The player with the highest five-card poker hand at showdown wins the pot.5) Caribbean stud poker: &#8211; All of the poker variations mentioned so far involves betting against other players. Caribbean Stud is different- in this game, everyone plays against the casino or house, which acts as a bank (dealer). The house pays out all winning bets. To win a round of Caribbean Stud, a player must beat only the dealer’s hand- players in the game do not compete between each other. This all the above variation of poker games has its own rules of playing And there are different types of poker players depending upon there style of playing they are Tight-passive player is one that won&#8217;t raise or call unless they have a very strong hand, Loose passive players also known as calling stations, Tight-Aggressive these players will only bluff occasionally, Loose-Aggressive Some of the most famous poker players are loose aggressive. Each of this above players has there own style of playing and game approach. Apart from this the mostly used </span></span></span></p>
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		<title>The Right Online Casinos To Play</title>
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<p>Online gambling has become one of the most economically and wealthy industries worldwide. There are countless online casinos where you can push your luck through playing variety of games including poker and blackjack. In an immense competitive field, some of <a href="http://www.betterbettingonline.com/gambling_101.html">FREE online gambling</a> sites offer different games and attractive benefits in order to lure your business. With regards on this matter, It&#8217;s understandable that you must be cautious before downloading certain particular casino sites software.</p>
<p>In updating humdrum of Today&#8217;s life, some people have no longer time to go in Land-based Casinos in Las Vegas or other gambling joints nearby because of busy life in work and other businesses. Some gamblers also doesn&#8217;t have the opportunity to experience land-based casino fever because of expensive trip and high cost expenditure while in the land-based Casinos. As we deal on the concerns of some Casino gamblers, Casino operators come up to the point of building new networks of worthwhile gambling fever via Internet known as <a href="http://www.betterbettingonline.com/">Online casinos</a>. People thanking online casinos because they&#8217;re conveniently indulge in poker, blackjack, and other forms of casino games online. With the safety and comfort playing in their homes, they are now enjoying poker in front of their computer.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s easy to find the right gambling place in Internet Casino because of the various gambling websites that caters to the gambler&#8217;s need for their real excitement. Choosing a particular game is likewise very easy as most online casinos offers variety of options.</p>
<p>So how do you know if a certain online casino is right for you? I will recommend one a portal which there are many casino gaming sites are available. of the many casino portals available. In this portal, it was listed the reputable casinos and there are some contents on it that serves as information about the choices on offer which help you make your mind up.</p>
<p>There are many portals to choose from but you are safer sticking to well established sites where the owners have survived by giving out genuinely useful information and have built up a reputation for sound advice.</p>
<p><strong>REGISTRATION PROCEDURE</strong></p>
<p>The decisive thing to look out for this, is one that the online casino sites will do a good enough identity check to you while keeping your personal information covered. Some sites do this by asking for only basic information like name and account information then provides you with a user name and a password either user defined or administrator defined to use for accessing services. Others on the other hand, only requires the player&#8217;s chosen user name and email address and gives an administrator defined password.</p>
<p><strong>CASINO SUPPORT</strong></p>
<p>The best online casinos shall offer customer support seven days a week and 24 hours a day. You can able to contact support personnel of online casinos through toll-free telephone, e-mail, live chat, or fax. Check if they offer your quick responses.</p>
<p><strong>GAMING LICENSE AND SOFTWARE</strong></p>
<p>Online casinos uses gaming software like Microgaming, PlayTech, and Cryptologic. Such software requires casinos to sign long-term contracts. Therefore, casinos offering such game software are long-standing and dependable casinos.</p>
<p>In the gaming license, online casinos should ideally be from Kahnawake in Canada, Australia, Costa Rica, Netherlands Antilles, United Kingdom, and West Indies. This ensures fair and sure payouts. Do not play at online casinos with licenses from Eastern Europe. You must check if your country and state allows online gambling and playing at online casinos.</p>
<p><strong>MONEY SECURITY AND PAYOUTS</strong></p>
<p>With legitimate casinos, you are assured of funds security. Reputable casinos use tested money transfer methods that tested to be reliable. Some of the top casinos also allow transfers using major credit cards and bank checks, allowing for easier and much more reliable fund disbursal.</p>
<p>Common among such payment and deposit methods are FirePay, NETeller, bank transfers, and others. Also, check the time within which you can withdraw your winnings.</p>
<p>Undoubtedly, online casinos must have payouts. Look for those casinos that offer good payout and have a wide variety of bonuses offered. One thing to avoid is sites that offers incredulous winnings for meager start ups. These sites are often potentially marked with 201Cfraud201D all over and can lead you to lose more money than you want to.</p>
<p>Because of the convenience and safety that it offers, online gambling has become highly popular. With free casino gambling, people can take full advantage of the benefits that casino games can offer. Only then, will people realize how exciting and lucrative online gambling truly is?</p>
<p>People must be careful when gambling in online games. They must conduct some research in order to find the best online casino gambling. The best place to do this is on the Internet.</p>
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Online casinos have come a long ways since the kick off of <a href="http://www.betterbettingonline.com/gambling_101.html">online gambling</a>. The advancement of online casinos has been outstanding and players feel extensively pleased by betting.</p>
<p>Playing with a boundless and top-notch casino games all comes to one plain and simple inkling: either you win or you lose.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.betterbettingonline.com/">Online casinos</a> offers amusement and excitement at any time of the day. The fastest growing industries, online gambling sites are simply a computer generated replica of a traditional casino likewise with the games and rules giving the player the choice of an excellent casino game varieties.</p>
<p><strong>THE BASICS</strong></p>
<p>Once you singled out where you want to play, click the 201Cdownload201D button to download the software. When the download starts, choose 201Copen201D and then follow the installation instructions.</p>
<p>Once you&#8217;ve downloaded the software, click the casino icon to start the casino, verify your install, and ask you whether you want to play for real or fun.</p>
<p>You will need to register your details before you can start playing for real money. Then simply click the 201Ccashier201D or 201Cbanking201D button in the software to make a deposit. And away you go !</p>
<p>Remember, when you start seeking casino games, many of these need to be downloaded first. This only happens the first time you pick a game. It is done to ensure that your initial software download is as fast as possible.</p>
<p><strong>ONLINE GAMBLING PRECAUTIONS</strong></p>
<p>There are certain precautions that should be taken when playing at an online casino:</p>
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<li>If you ever get an e-mail or a phone call from someone claiming to be associated with an online casino, payment processor or credit card company, do not present any personal information.</li>
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<li>Another precaution you should take beforehand would be to set a budget and stick to it, using a credit card would be a much safer and smarter choice. You don&#8217;t have to send your bank details to each online casinos that you play at. The fewer people that handle your banking info, the safer you are.</li>
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<li>You can create your passwords from scratch or use password generation tools such as RoboForm to create passwords for you. You can even write your passwords down and then keep it in a secure place.</li>
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<li>Always keep an eye on your gambling habits. If you ever spend money that was set aside for a different purpose, you may have a gambling problem. Take a step back and evaluate your gambling habits every once in a while and look for negative inclinations of time and money you spend gambling.</li>
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<p>Online gambling is simply an development of casino into the modern age. You should know that the higher the odds are, the better the casino. Online casinos give out regular reports of the payouts for their games and which can show exactly what each game paid out. Nowadays anyone with internet connection can log on to an online gambling site, wager real money and win real money just like in a traditional casino. Happy gambling!</p>
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<p><span name="KonaFilter"><span name="KonaFilter"><font size="2"><font size="2">If you play poker online a lot, there are several informational products that you can avail to win online poker game easily. </font></font><font size="2"><font size="2">  There are various types of informational products that can provide you with a chance of winning money in your <a href="http://www.onlinegambling.co.uk/free-online-poker-game.jsp">online poker game</a> without actually cheating. A hand on this information is more like getting an inside tip in a horse race.    </font></font></span></span></p>
<p><font size="2"><font size="2"> There are various websites that sell such informational products. If there are some that come with links to informational videos; others come with literature on tips and tricks on playing poker better. </font></font></p>
<p><font size="2"><font size="2"> And the range of information can inform you on the points of how to the use of poker calculators the right way, how poker software (like, the number generator) work; other than the exciting tricks to help you see the other players’ hole cards. If you think this information is not enough for you, there are many such sites that allow you to get a chance to build your very own customized boot. These customizable option work as ‘tags’ and let you stay informed about everything latest around poker. The websites help you to do this by providing you with step by step instructions. </font></font></p>
<p><font size="2"><font size="2"> Leave alone specialized websites and their information products. Google, Yahoo, MSN or any other popular search engine and the storehouse of information, too can be the perfect sources of information that you require about the game of poker. </font></font></p>
<p><font size="2"><font size="2"> There are hundreds of .pdf and text files that can help you with graphical documents on how to play poker better. With exciting tips addressing various areas of a game of poker, you’d have the opportunity to know the game from the perspectives of a professional and use it to beat others next time you place a bet. </font></font></p>
<p><font size="2"><font size="2"> Be it via an effective search or just giving a glance over the poker sites with requisite information, if you require information and want to benefit from it in an online poker challenge, opportunities welcome with wide stretched hands. </font></font></p>
<p><font size="2"><font size="2">  Now, benefit from being informed.     </font></font></p>
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		<title>Winning Tips For Online Roulette Play</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
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In an online roulette game, the wheel includes numbers from 1 to 37/38. American wheel includes two zeros and 38 numbers whereas European wheels has only one zero and 37 numbers.  Players can bet in the game of roulette until the dealer concludes the betting time. Practice is the key to get [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>by <a href="http://www.amazines.com/view_author.cfm?authorid=8960&amp;Author=Anirban&amp;20Bhattacharya">ANIRBAN BHATTACHARYA</a></p>
<p><span name="KonaFilter"><span name="KonaFilter"><font size="2"><font size="2">In an online roulette game, the wheel includes numbers from 1 to 37/38. American wheel includes two zeros and 38 numbers whereas European wheels has only one zero and 37 numbers. </font></font><font size="2"><font size="2"> Players can bet in the game of roulette until the dealer concludes the betting time. Practice is the key to get perfection and that is why one should continue with free roulette play online so as to overcome the weak points that hinder a player to achieve win in online roulette game. By opting to free roulette play, players can know how to place winning bets in the game. </font></font></span></span></p>
<p><font size="2"><font size="2"> Free roulette play is the perfect means available to get expertise in placing inside bets and outside bets on right time and in right amount. Players can <a href="http://www.onlinegambling.co.uk/free-online-roulette-game.jsp">play roulette online</a> to avoid the financial loss which incurs when one gambles in real money roulette game.     </font></font></p>
<p><font size="2"><font size="2">  Here are major winning tips that need to be considered while playing free roulette play:    </font></font></p>
<p><font size="2"><font size="2"> Roulette sniper is the best means available to learn ways of how of to play roulette online. Roulette sniper is easy to download and with it one can continue practice playing roulette online. </font></font></p>
<p><font size="2"><font size="2">  Players can maximize chances of win by choosing European roulette wheel with one zero.    </font></font></p>
<p><font size="2"><font size="2"> Players should fix a target that means today they will win only up to a certain amount and once they get that amount, they will quit from the game. Fixing a target can help players from getting completely swayed away in the roulette game thereby losing money. </font></font></p>
<p><font size="2"><font size="2"> It is advisable for the players to pre decide their bankroll before hand and they should stick to the bankroll so as to achieve maximum win in the game. </font></font></p>
<p><font size="2"><font size="2">  Even money bets and columns are considered as perfect odds for a perfect win.    </font></font></p>
<p><font size="2"><font size="2"> Players should avoid single number bets and number 5 combinations in the roulette play as they are considered as worse odds which can lead players in to defeat in an online roulette play. </font></font></p>
<p><font size="2"><font size="2"> Players should opt for bets having lower odds and playing black or red can maximize the players chance to win in the online roulette play. </font></font></p>
<p><font size="2"><font size="2"> In the game of roulette, win or defeat depends on how much expertise you get in the game. So continue practice playing roulette online for achieving desired skills and expertise in the game. </font></font></p>
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		<title>Poker Tells &#8211; How to Figure Out What Your Opponent is Thinking</title>
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Poker is not a game of luck as some amateurs may view it, but rather, a game of mind and skill. The key idea behind any sort of poker game is that a player may only view his or her own cards. This factors in the idea behind poker being a game of [...]]]></description>
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<p><font size="2">Poker is not a game of luck as some amateurs may view it, but rather, a game of mind and skill. The key idea behind any sort of poker game is that a player may only view his or her own cards. This factors in the idea behind poker being a game of cunning and deceit. </font>One of the most underestimated skills in poker is the ability to read body language. These are known as &#8220;Poker Tells&#8221;, and can often give away exactly what a player is thinking. Being able to read poker tells is most useful in heads up playing, as it is easier to notice exactly what one opposing player is doing, as opposed to worrying about five or six people.</p>
<p>Aside from being able to detect what another player might be thinking, knowledge of body language can also conceal what a player may be thinking. Knowledge of body language good may prove to be a valuable offense, but can definitely be a poker player&#8217;s best defense.</p>
<p>Body language is almost 100% subconscious, and even trained professionals can only control about half of these subconscious ticks or signals. For example, while tapping a foot may mean something, pupil dilation may mean another. What this leads to is the idea that even trained professionals can give off poker tells&#8211;indicating that it&#8217;s a skill that is not to be underestimated.</p>
<p>Now, you may be saying to yourself, &#8220;professionals probably don&#8217;t really give off noticable tells&#8221;. And you wouldn&#8217;t be too far off from the truth. They do, however, give off tells that if detected for a milisecond can tell a player that his or her hand is better than an opponents. Now that is definitely information I like to know when I play poker.</p>
<p>Overall, body language will never &#8211; no matter how skillful be able to tell you that an opponent may have pocket sevens. Sometimes players may give off mixed signals as well, or reveal cards that may be 100% unpredictable at the time. Reading body language, however, definitely gives an edge to the player, and can give valuable advice as to whether to fold, call, or bet in any situation.</p>
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		<title>Gambling is an exercise for your mind</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The example of Blaise Pascal, the famous French mathematician of 17th century, proves that gambling might be not so much a purpose as means.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>by Arthur Prudent<br />
The example of Blaise Pascal, the famous French mathematician of 17th century, proves that gambling might be not so much a purpose as means. It can be an excellent exercise for mind, as in case with Pascal and another French mathematician &#8211; Fermat, who invented calculations, now known to us as theory of probabilities.</p>
<p>&#8220;Theory of probabilities was created when Pascal and Fermat started playing gambling games&#8221;, stated one of their contemporaries.</p>
<p>These two scientists did sums on theory of probabilities by correspondence and the relevant material was obtained during their visits to the gambling house at leisure. Later this correspondence resulted in Pascal&#8217;s treatise, &#8220;completely new composition on accidental combinations which govern the gambling games&#8221;.</p>
<p>In his work Pascal almost completely casts out phantoms of luck and chance from gambling games, substituting them with cold statistic calculations based on the arithmetic mind. It&#8217;s difficult for us to imagine what riot the invention made among the gamblers. We treat theory of probabilities as something trivial, though only specialists are sound on its details, but everyone understands its main principle. But in the times of the French mathematician, the minds of all gamblers were absorbed with such notions as &#8220;divine intent&#8221;, &#8220;lap of Fortune&#8221; and other things that only enhance the obsession by the game adding extra mystical tones to the games. Pascal without any hesitation opposes his thesis to such attitude to the game &#8220;Fluctuations of happiness and luck subordinate to considerations based on fairness and which aim irrevocably to give every player what actually is owing to him&#8221;.</p>
<p>In Pascal&#8217;s hands mathematics became fabulous art of foreseeing. It is more than just amazing that unlike Galileo, the French scientist did not make numerous tiring experiments on multiple throwing dice that tool a great deal of time. In Pascal&#8217;s opinion, the unique feature of the art of mathematic consideration compared to the common statistics is that it obtains its results not from the experiments but is based on &#8220;mind foreseeing&#8221;, i.e. on intellectual definitions. As a result &#8220;preciseness of mathematics is combined with uncertainty of chance. Our method borrows its awkward name &#8211; &#8220;mathematics of chance&#8221; from this ambiguity&#8221;. Another curious name followed Pascal&#8217;s invention &#8211; &#8220;method of mathematical expectation&#8221;.</p>
<p>Staked money, wrote Pascal, no more belonged to gamester. However, losing nth sum of money, players also gain something in return, though most of them do not even guess it. In fact, it is something absolutely virtual, you cannot touch it neither put into your pocket and to notice it &#8211; the gambler should possess certain intellectual ability. We are talking about the acquired &#8220;right to expect regular gain a chance can give according to the initial terms &#8211; stakes&#8221;.</p>
<p>Somebody will say that it is not so encouraging. However seeming dryness of this formulation ceases when you just pay your attention to word combination &#8220;regular gain&#8221;. Expectation of gain turns out to be quite justified and fair. It&#8217;s another matter that a more hot-tempered person is more likely to pay his attention to the word &#8220;chance&#8221; and &#8220;can give&#8221; (and consequently it might also be otherwise).</p>
<p>Using his method of &#8220;mathematical expectation&#8221;, the French scientist thoroughly calculates particular values of &#8220;right for gain&#8221; depending on different initial terms. Thus a completely new definition of right appears in mathematics which differs from the similar definitions of law or ethics.</p>
<p>&#8220;Pascal&#8217;s triangle&#8221; or where theory of probabilities fails. Pascal summed up the results of these experiments in the form of the so-called arithmetic triangle consisting of numerical numbers. If you can apply it, you can precisely foresee probability of different gains.</p>
<p>For common people &#8220;Pascal&#8217;s triangle&#8221; looked more like magic tables of kabbalists or like a mystic Buddhist mandala. Failure to understand the invention by the illiterate public in 17th century touched the rumour that &#8220;Pascal&#8217;s triangle&#8221; helped to forecast world catastrophes and natural disasters of the remote future. Indeed presentations of theory of probabilities in the form of graphic tables or figures and moreover proved by the real game caused almost religious sensations in uneducated gamblers.</p>
<p>Though we should not mix theory of probabilities with what it is not by its definition. &#8220;Pascal&#8217;s triangle&#8221; fails to foresee the future deal in one particular case. Eyeless destiny governs such things- and Pascal never debated it. Theory of probabilities becomes useful and can be applied only in relation to the long series of chances. Only in this case, number probabilities, series and progressions, constant and known in advance can influence the decision of a clever gambler in favor of a particular stake (card, lead, etc.)</p>
<p>Pascal&#8217;s invention is even more amazing if to take into account that its famous triangle was known to Muslim mathematician of certain religious orders many centuries ago. It is absolutely true that European Pascal could not obtain this information from anywhere.</p>
<p>All this once again proves that mathematical patterns of any process are the same regardless of time and space and whims of the so called Fortune. Awareness of this fact enraptured by Pythagoreans, philosophers who deeply and emotionally perceived it at that time.</p>
<p>One to thirty-five. Pascal more and more often faced similar complications connected with the game that caused controversies in gambling houses and aristocratic mansions in France of that time. Among them there was a problem proposed to young Blaise by one of his aristocratic friends.</p>
<p>The problem concerned dice. It was desired to find how many series of throws is theoretically necessary so that the chances to win (two sixs) will dominate the probability of all other outcomes taken together. All this is not so difficult as a beginner may presume. It is easy to notice that in the game with two bones there are only 36 combinations of numbers and only one gives double six. After such explanation it is clear for any sensible person that with one-time throw there is only one chance to thirty-five to win.</p>
<p>The result of these simple calculations can cast down many fans of dice, but on the other hand, the rapture of those lucky ones throwing double six is staggering. Because they know the exact devil number of opposite outcomes that opposed their luck!</p>
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