index 277 shooter (dice), 146­47, 149, 154, 206, 220, 226 shooter (marbles), 157­59, 226 short runs, 57, 136 skew, 103, 136, 179 skill, 198; analysis of opponent and, 160­63; blackjack and, 131­32, 138, 143­46, 150­51, 154; cheating and, 131­32; courage and, 160; craps and, 131, 143­49; gin rummy and, 160; hot hand fallacy and, 205­8; illusion of ran- domness and, 205­6; marbles and, 159; memory and, 160; money management and, 160; poker and, 132­34, 138, 146, 150­51; psychological deception and, 160; roulette and, 131­32, 150, 154; slots and, 131, 149­53; sports and, 131, 139, 205­6; Ungar and, 160­63 Skinner, B. F., 190, 198 slots, 166, 179; addiction and, 196­97; betting value of, 149; computerized, 150; expectation and, 208­12; Foxwoods and, 209; gambler's psyche and, 190­92, 196­ bailouts and, 62, 64, 66, 214; hedge funds and, 11, 55­57, 61, 65­71, 224; inflation and, 62­63; Kerviel and, 60­61, 63, 65; law of large numbers and, 213­14; Leeson and, 132; master- of- the-universe notions and, 59, 62, 65; poker analogy and, 59; selling long and, 226; selling short and, 56, 60­62, 66­67, 226; wishful thinking and, 60 sub-prime crisis, 60, 64­67, 70, 226 suckers, 134, 205, 214 superego, 155, 182 superstitions, xvi, 1, 5, 195­98 tabula lusoria (table of play), 8­9 Tartaglia's triangle, 240 tau (Egpytian game), 8, 236 teases, 158, 202 Thorp, Edward, 143­45 Tolstoy, Leo, 44, 186­87 tote, 138­39, 226 Toyota Prius, 61, 87­88 trente- et- quarante, 44, 223