Gambling Odds and House Edge Across Global Games
A survey explains why gambling odds favor the house across games from craps and roulette to lotteries and the Irish Sweepstakes. It notes the long history of gambling, the rise of casinos, and uses figures from Reno Nevada and international sweepstakes to illustrate tax take, probabilities, and how bettors risk more than they realize. It cites Von Neumann on long term losses and outlines the ever present influence of organized crime and protection payments in the gambling economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babylonia
China
India
Monte Carlo
England
France
Germany
Baden-Baden
Hamburg
Belgium
Europe
Monaco
United States
New York State
Scotland Yard
British Home Office
Reno
Nevada
John von Neumann
Institute For Advanced Study
Princeton
Dhce
Eas
Western Newspaper Union
Anne Hutchinson and the roots of American civil liberty
Boston’s statue commemorates Anne Hutchinson praised for religious tolerance yet 1637 records branded her a dangerous imposter. Her banishment sparked early women’s gatherings and clubs, influencing American feminism and the nation’s constitutional values. Hutchinson’s story links Puritan trials to Rhode Island refuge and later claims in U S civil liberty.
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Statehouse
Boston
Massachusetts
Athaliah
Devels
Lathan
Anne Hutchinson
America
Women’s Clubs of America
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Rhode Island
Roger Williams
New York
United States
Around 1/5 the House Lasi Elimination of Odors Tips
Several kitchen hints from the WNU Service cover practical food care. Suggestions include using charcoal to remove odors in the refrigerator and keeping cauliflower white by adding sugar to the water. Additional tips discuss rhubarb with figs, cautious doubling of seasonings, cookie glaze, proper wrapping for storage, and preventing frosting from running.
Frocks with Stitch Flowers Pattern 5801
Embroider flowers onto dresses this spring and summer using wool silk floss or chenille. Transfer patterns 734 and 51% by 6 inches plus six motifs, with color suggestions and stitch illustrations. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept. in New York for pattern 5801.
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Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept
W. Fourteenth Street
New York
N. Y
Empty Victory
A brief, literary fragment reflects on the melancholy that follows a hard fought victory, contrasting triumph with the muted mood after battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Wellington
Artemus Ward: From Maine Printer to America’s Favorite Jester
Charles Farrar Browne born in 1834 in Maine created Artemus Ward while a Cleveland reporter. The humorist’s fictitious showman grew into a living legend, liked by Lincoln, influencing readers and even the Emancipation Proclamation era.
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Charles Farrar Browne
Artemus Ward
Maine
Browne
Cleveland
Ohio
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Hts
New York
Vanity Farr
Ward
Lincoln
White House
Stanton
America
England
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William Cutley
Sparks
Prof
von Neumann
Palm Beach
Joan of Arc
Rouen
Lasi
WNU
Riera
Kane
Philadelphia
Los
Chicago
Ora
Carl Warthan Chandler
Texas
Jewel
Cicero
Scott
Navy Tobacco
By Fred Neher
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