Statistics and Gambling
摘要
Statistics can broadly be defined as the science of decision-making in the face of (random) uncertainty. Gambling has the same definition, except in the narrower domain of a gambler making decisions that affect his fortune in games of chance. It is hardly surprising, then, that the two subjects are closely related. Indeed, if the definitions of “game”, “decision”, and “fortune” in the context of gambling are sufficiently broadened, the two subjects become almost indistinguishable.