Luck, Logic, and White Lies: The Mathematics of Games; 2nd ed.

On examples of the Chuk-a-luck three-dice game of chance and several card games, the probabilities, expectations, variances, and standard deviations of random variables and their sum are considered. Part I "Games of Chance" consists of 17 chapters on probability approach, about which the famous physicist R. Feynman said that "The theory of probability is a system for making better guesses" (p. 3). The book presents mathematical explanation of problems related to playing games of chance, combinatorial and strategic games, with descriptions of their historical perspectives and recreational aspects. [Extracted from the article]