Calculated Bets: Computers, Gambling, and Mathematical Modeling to Win

Preface Acknowledgements 1. The making of a gambler 2. What is Jai Alai? 3. Monte Carlo on the Tundra 4. The impact of the internet 5. Is this bum any good? 6. Modeling the payoffs 7. Engineering the system 8. Putting my money where my mouth is 9. How should you bet? 10. Projects to ponder Glossary For further reading Index.