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Kelly Criterion – how to calculate optimal bet siz...
Fortune's Formula by William Poundstone is a fun read on the origin of the Kelly criterion, as well as the role of gangsters and bookies in the funding of the early communications infrastructure in the US.
ArtWomb
on June 9, 2021
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Thanks! I'm looking for "history of probability" mass market books and this looks spot on ;)
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