The history
Pits, pebbles, and bones : rolling to discover fate
The professionals : luck becomes measurable
From coffeehouses to casinos : gaming becomes big business
There's no stopping it now : from bans to bookies
Betting with trillions : the 2008 world economic calamity
The mathematics
Who's got a royal flush? : one deal as likely as another
The behavior of a coin : making predictions with probability
Someone has to win : betting against expectation
A truly astonishing result : the weak law of large numbers
The skill/luck spectrum : even great talent needs some good fortune
The analysis
Let it ride : the house money effect
Knowing when to quit : psychomanaging risk
The theories : what makes a gambler?
Hot hands : expecting long runs of the same outcome
Luck : the dicey illusion.