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an explainer on the mathematics of chance

Method · Updated 17 August 2026

How these guides are written

Every figure on this site is derived from the stated rules of a game, and the working is printed beside the result.

A bordered key-result plate showing a result above the arithmetic that produces it
The device used throughout: a result, a rule, and the arithmetic that connects them.

Derived, not collected

Every probability, expected value and edge published here is computed from the stated rules of the game being described, using elementary probability. Nothing is taken from an operator's figures, a commercial specification or a market report. Where a figure depends on an assumption -- a wheel with 37 pockets, a six-deck shoe, a stated 96 per cent return -- the assumption is written into the same sentence as the result, so a reader can check the arithmetic or substitute their own numbers.

The working is printed

Each guide carries a bordered result box in which the result sits on one line and the arithmetic that produces it sits on the next. This is the only claim to authority the site makes. There is no testing programme behind these pages, no laboratory, and no assessment of anything commercial; there is a calculation, and it is shown.

What this site is not

It is not an operator, a bookmaker, a comparison service or a directory. It names no gambling company, rates nothing, links to no offer, and carries no promotional material of any kind. It certifies nothing, despite the domain name. It does not describe how to play any game, does not suggest that gambling is a way to make money -- the arithmetic on these pages says the opposite -- and offers no play-money or demonstration games.

What appears on this site and what does not
ElementOn this siteWhy
Derived probabilities and edgesYescomputed from stated rules
Printed arithmetic beside each resultYesso the figure can be checked
Named operators, brands or productsNothis is not a comparison service
Offers, prices, promotions or links to playNonothing here promotes gambling
Ratings, testing claims or certificationNono testing programme stands behind these pages
Play-money or demonstration gamesNothe subject is the arithmetic, not the play

Corrections and consistency

Terms are defined once in the glossary and used consistently. Where two guides state the same figure they state it identically, and where a figure depends on a rule variant, the variant is named. Update stamps record when a page last changed.

What this does not tell you

The guides describe long-run averages computed from stated rules. They cannot describe an individual session, and they are not a description of the law or practice in any jurisdiction.

How these guides are worked out

Every figure on this site is derived from the stated rules of the game it describes, using elementary probability, and the arithmetic is printed beside the result so that a reader can check it. No gambling company, product or offer is named, rated or linked anywhere on the site, and nothing here is certified or assessed. These guides explain how the games work and why the arithmetic favours whoever sets the terms; they do not explain how to play, and they treat gambling as a subject rather than an activity to take up.

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