Once a machine that issues randomly sequenced numbers is plugged in, does a genius have a better chance than you? 'The indisputable reason for following basic strategy,' the author writes, 'is that the mathematicians and the computers have proven it's the right way to go.' Mathematical theories, however, are commonly destroyed in the real gambler's world, where fate and intuition reign and, for example, the chances that dice will come up 'snake eyes' three times (a 1/10,000 shot) does not improve with the player's intelligence. on the other hand, casino gambling involves games of chance with a built-in return for the establishment.
Only the top two percent of scorers on a standardized intelligence test qualify for membership in American Mensa, Ltd.
