Of the laws of chance, or, a method of calculation of the hazards of game, plainly demonstrated, and applied to games at present most in use; which may be easily extended to the most intricate cases of chance imaginable. The fourth edition, revis'd by John Ham. By whom is added, a demonstration of the gain of the banker in any Circumstance of the game call'd Pharaon; and how to determine the odds at the Ace of Hearts or Fair Chance; with the arithmetical solution of some questions relating to lotteries; and a few remarks upon Hazard and Backgammon - Huygens, Christiaan (printed for B. Motte and C. Bathurst, at the Middle-Temple Gate in Fleet-Street, 1738)
A translation, by John Arbuthnot, of 'De ratiociniis in ludo aleae'
Keywords: Game theory; Games of chance (Mathematics); Probabilities