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If that was true, he'd have the entire book on the website, instead of excerpts.

• hyperbovine 17y ago
  That's a fair point. OTOH a lot of people who take the trouble to write a book would like to see it in print, and almost all publishers forbid you from releasing the manuscript in alternate forms once it has been published. Also, for somebody with his skill set, there are many shorter paths to riches than writing MAA monographs. If you just read even the preface to this book ( http://books.google.com/books?id=UvWGgaE4ZA8C&lpg=PP1&dq=calculated%20bets&pg=PR11#v=onepage&q&f=false http://books.google.com/books?id=UvWGgaE4ZA8C&lpg=PP1&#3... ), it is obvious that his motivation for writing it has everything to do with a lifelong fascination with mathematical modeling and sincere desire to share that with others, and nothing to do with making money from gambling returns. The gambling was merely meant to put his model to the test in a way that penalized failure. It's all right there in the book. But hey, why consult the text when we can all sit around grousing online about what his intentions might have been?