The first and only book to make this research available in the West

Concise and accessible: proofs and other technical matters are kept to a minimum to help the non-specialist

Each chapter is self-contained to make the book easy-to-use

Three centuries ago Montmort and De Moivre published two books on probability theory emphasizing its most important application at that time, games of chance. This book, on the probabilistic aspects of gambling, is a modern version of those classics.