mercredi 16 février 2011

Really funny stuff - Poker Anyone? (15 pics)

Really funny stuff - Poker Anyone? (15 pics): "Here are some instructions on how to build a great poker table. All you need is some wood for a table top, some legs, some felt, chips and cards and with these instructions you’ll be playing poker with your buddies in no time."

How I Beat Scratch-Off Lottery Tickets - Joshua Green - Personal - The Atlantic

How I Beat Scratch-Off Lottery Tickets - Joshua Green - Personal - The Atlantic: "Scratchers are a simple odds game. The tickets come in packs of a couple hundred. Watching alchies scratch tickets all day, you eventually realize that there are a more or less fixed number of winners per pack. You also realize that if the ten tickets just scratched were losers, there's a pretty decent chance one of the next ones will be a winner. So I fell into the habit of buying a couple tickets anytime I witnessed an alchie on a losing streak. I'd scratch 'em off in front of the poor guy, and more often than not, I'd win a few bucks."

vendredi 11 février 2011

Poker face busted? Our eye position betrays the numbers we have in mind, new study

Poker face busted? Our eye position betrays the numbers we have in mind, new study: "It will be harder to lie about your age or your poker hand after new research by the University of Melbourne, Australia has revealed that our eye position betrays the numbers we are thinking about."

vendredi 4 février 2011

RFID poker gets DIY kit, automated card counting now available at home (video) -- Engadget

RFID poker gets DIY kit, automated card counting now available at home (video) -- Engadget: "When Andrew Milner built himself an RFID-equipped poker table and the automated video overlay system to match, it was certainly a labor of love."

jeudi 3 février 2011

Joan Ginther: Texas Lottery Winner for Fourth Time - ABC News

Joan Ginther: Texas Lottery Winner for Fourth Time - ABC News: "Joan Ginther might be the first person with an answer to that question."

Cracking the Scratch Lottery Code | Magazine

Cracking the Scratch Lottery Code | Magazine: "Fundamentally, he believes that creating impregnable tickets is extremely difficult, if not impossible. “There is nothing random about the lottery,” he says. “In reality, everything about the game has been carefully designed to control payouts and entice the consumer.” Of course, these elaborate design elements mean that the ticket can be undesigned, that the algorithm can be reverse-engineered. The veneer of chance can be peeled away."