Book 36. (1 results) Avengers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 27 | 79 | In one 'Urn View more quotes about game">Game', even numbers of red and black ostraca are placed in an empty urn. |
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Book 36. (7 results) Avengers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 27 | 76 | A skilled game master can, by sleight of hand, should he be so minded, remove the tarsk-bit from the cup and, if challenged, seem to retrieve it from beneath a different cup. |
| 27 | 77 | There were also 'Urn Games', playable for different amounts. |
| 27 | 78 | In these games, one generally draws marked ostraca from an urn, with one result or another. |
| 27 | 79 | In one 'Urn Game', even numbers of red and black ostraca are placed in an empty urn. |
| 27 | 80 | One chooses a color and then, if one draws two ostraca of that color from the urn, one doubles one's money. |
| 27 | 81 | In such an arrangement the odds are clearly unfavorable to the player who, mathematically, has only one chance in four of winning. |
| 27 | 82 | But such considerations are often unlikely to deter the zealous gambler. |
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A skilled game master can, by sleight of hand, should he be so minded, remove the tarsk-bit from the cup and, if challenged, seem to retrieve it from beneath a different cup.
There were also 'Urn Games', playable for different amounts.
In these games, one generally draws marked ostraca from an urn, with one result or another.
In one 'Urn Game', even numbers of red and black ostraca are placed in an empty urn.
One chooses a color and then, if one draws two ostraca of that color from the urn, one doubles one's money.
In such an arrangement the odds are clearly unfavorable to the player who, mathematically, has only one chance in four of winning.
But such considerations are often unlikely to deter the zealous gambler.
- (Avengers of Gor)