The Book of Proposition Bets: Using Mathematics to Reveal the Odds of Friendly (and Not-So-Friendly) Wagers

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 The 3 Half-Dollars Bet
2 Choosing 3 Random Cards with No Spade
3 First 3 Face Cards Being the Same Suit
4 The 4 Aces and 2 Kings Proposition
5 The Game of Chuck-a-Luck
6 Turning Over as Many $5 Bills as Possible
7 Guessing 3 Cards Written Down
8 The 3 Kings, 3 Queens, and 3 Jacks Proposition Bet
9 Proposition with 2 Half-Dollars
10 Turning Over 10 Cards and Betting There Is an Ace
11 Jack or Queen in Top 6 Cards in Deck
12 An Ace or Face Card on Top of 1 Out of 3 Stacks
13 Proposition Involving 10 Cards of 1 Suit
14 Proposition Involving 2 Fair, 6-Sided Dice
15 Matching Cards from 2 Simultaneously Dealt Decks
16 Classic Proposition with 5 Red Cards and 2 Black Cards
17 Rolling One 6 in 3 Consecutive Die Rolls
18 Dealing 6 Cards That Include a Pair
19 Dealing 13 Cards with at least 1 Card Higher Than a
20 Writing Down 5 Letters with at Least 1 Being Identified
21 Proposition That 1 of 7 Guesses (U.S. States) Will Be Correct
22 Proposition That 1 of 6 Guesses (Irish Counties) Will Be Correct
23 Proposition to Select 5 Pat Hands from 25 Cards
24 Proposition That Exactly 2 of 3 Cards Will Be the Same Suit
25 Proposition Involving 2 Red Cards and 2 Black Cards
26 Classic Betting Proposition with 3 Cards
27 Probability That 2 Cards of the Same Rank Are Together in a Deck
28 Proposition That There Will Be a 10 or Face Card in 2 Cards
29 Proposition That 2 of 12 People Will Guess the Same Card
30 Matching Birthday Proposition Bet
31 Matching Birthday Proposition Bet with a Subtle Difference
32 Cover the Spot
33 Proposition to Match Exactly 3 of 4 Cards to Corresponding Envelopes
34 Proposition That There Will Be Exactly 1 Pair Out of 5 Dice
35 A Famous Old Dice Hustle
36 Proposition Bet Involving Guessing the Numbers 0 to
37 Proposition of Guessing a Specific 2-Digit Number
38 A Surprising Hustle with Playing Cards
39 Bet Involving 4 Nontransitive Dice
40 Proposition That 2 of 4 Cards Are from the Same Suit
41 The Dollar Bill Bet
42 Proposition of Choosing the Queen before a King or Jack
43 The Magic Square Proposition
44 Proposition of Throwing 1 Pair When Rolling 4 Dice
45 Choosing 2 Aces or 2 Kings from 4 Aces and 4 Kings
46 Proposal That Out of 6 Coin Tosses There Will Not Be 3 Heads and 3 Tails
47 Proposal to Not Roll a 7 in 6 Consecutive Rolls of 2 Dice Before Rolling a
48 Proposal of Tossing a Fair Coin 4 Times without Getting 2 Heads
49 The Swindle Known as the Game of
50 Proposition That Tails, Heads, Heads Will Appear before Heads, Heads, Tails
51 Brief History of Probability Theory and Some Example Scams
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