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C {\scriptsize H R I S T I A N I} \ H {\scriptsize U G E N I I} \\
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D E \\
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I N \\
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{\LARGE\it LUDO ALE\AE.} \\
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O R, \\
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I N \\
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{\LARGE\bf Games of Fortune;} \\
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C A R D S, D I C E, W A G E R S, \\
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Mathematically Demonstrated. \\
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Printed by S. K{\scriptsize EIMER} for T. W{\scriptsize OODWARD}, near \\
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\noindent
[This document consists of a reprint of an English translation of the first
book on probability theory ever published, viz.\ Christiaan Huygens'
\textit{De Ratiociniis in Ludo Aleae} which was published in Latin in 1657.
The reprint of the translation is complete. The original pagination
is indicated in square brackets.]
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[d1]
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T O\\
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{\LARGE Dr.} {\LARGE\it RICHARD MEAD},\\
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Physician to St. \textit{Thomas}'s\\
\indent Hospital and Fellow of\\
\indent the R{\scriptsize OYAL} S{\scriptsize OCIETY}.\\
\indent\textit{HONOURED SIR},\\
\noindent
\dropping{4}{W}\textit{HEN I consider the Subject
of the following papers, I can
no more forbear dedicating them
to Your Name, than I can refuse
giving my assent to any }Proposition\textit{ in
these }Sciences\textit{, which I have already seen
clearly demonstrated. The Reason is plain,
for as You have contributed to the greatest
Lustre and Glory to an very considerable part
of the }Mathematicks\textit{, by introducing them
into their noblest Province, the }Theory of
Physick\textit{ ; the Publisher of any Truths of
that Nature, who is desirous of seeing them
come to their utmost Perfection, nust of
course beg Your Patronage and Application
of them. By so prudent a Course as this, he
may perhaps see those }Propositions\textit{ which}
[d2]\textit{ it was his utmost Ambition to make capable
only of directing Men in the Management
of their Purses, and instructing
them to what Chances and Hazards they
might safely commit their Money ; turn'd
some time or other to a much more glorious
End, and made instrumental likewise
towards the securing their Bodies
from the Tricks of that too successful Sharper,
}Death\textit{, and countermining the underhand
Dealings of secret and over-reaching
}Distempers\textit{.\\
\indent THE most celebrated Endeavours of the
greatest }GENIUS\textit{ that ever appear'd before
in }Mathematical Learning\textit{, have been able
to carry it no farther, than to calculate by
its means the Motions of the }Heavenly Bodies\textit{
more exactly, explain the Mystery of
}Tides\textit{, The Doctrine of }Sounds\textit{ and }Light\textit{,
and other curious }Ph\oe nomena\textit{ in the
Works of Nature, which are without us:
But You, }Great Sir\textit{, have made this wonderful
Clew conduct us in Paths much more
intricate and obscure, and guide us thro'
the far more more curious and puzzling Labyrinths
of }Human Body\textit{ ; and have as far
out-done those noblest improvements, as the
glorious Frame of Man exceeds all the rest
of Nature's Works, and as the Knowledge
of ourselves is preferable to all other parts of
}Science\textit{ whatever. All our Hopes that this
Sort of Learning will meet with a warmer
and more welcome Reception from the present}
[d3]\textit{ and future Ages, than it has from those
past, are entirely owing to Your instructing
us in the true Value of }Mathematical
Disquisitions\textit{, and discovering to us their most
excellent Uses which our Ancestors were perfectly
ignorant of. The }Mathematicks\textit{ being
formerly believ'd of no further Service, than
as they assisted us in the Business of our Hands,
by directing our Mechanical Operations, or
diverted our Heads with pleasant and amusing
}Problems\textit{, where then but particular
Studies, and cultivated only by some few
as a necessary help to their employments,
and by fewer as a Diversion ; but since You, to
our extreme Surprize and Satisfaction, have
shown their scarce dream'd of Excellencies
in promoting the }Profession of Physick\textit{ almost
to a pitch of Certainty, and demonstrated
them capable, by a due Application of adding
Days and Years to the Length of our
Lives, they must now necessarily become the
general Concern of all Mankind and the
greatest Subject of their Admiration and Esteem.\\
\indent PERHAPS the few following }Propositons\textit{,
may to the World appear so foreign
to this Purpose, as to be thought perfectly
incapable of being directed to such a
mighty End. For what can there be in
common between the Value of a }Chance\textit{ in
a }Game\textit{, and the }Knowledge\textit{ and }Cure\textit{ of
a }Distemper\textit{? And how can the nicest Determination
of the former, any way influence}
[d4] \textit{or illustrate the latter? But these
apparent Inconsistencies, Sir, are not such
as can impose upon Your clearer Judgement,
at the Light of which they vanish like
Phantoms at the break of Day. You have
reconciled Truths that have seem'd to us
much more inconsistent than these, and even
demonstrated what the wiser part of Mankind
before, had always look'd upon as absurd
and impossible, That the State of our
Bodies on Earth, are subject to surprizing
Alterations and Changes from the various
Positions of those two heavenly ones, the
}SUN\textit{ and }MOON\textit{. So that we can
now talk of their Conjunctions, Oppositions,
and Quadratures, in relation to Human
Diseases, whithout being any longer
liable to the usual Reproaches of Ignorance
and Infatuation, justly chargeable
upon the old judicial }Astrology\textit{. Your late
learned Friend, Dr. }PITCAIRNE\textit{,
made no difficulty of lifting this Subject into
the Service of }Physick\textit{, when he gave
our }Third Proposition\textit{ a very honourable
Post in his }Dissertat. de Circulatione sanguinis\textit{,
and found it of Force enough to
overthrow and defeat for ever, that erroneous
and long standing Doctrine of }Secretion\textit{,
which supposes the Orifice of each Secretory
Duct to be of a different Figure, and as
admitting only those Particles of the Blood
that are of a similar Figure and Magnitude.
Yes, there is but too much Chance and}
[d5] \textit{Uncertainty in Human Constitutions, and
the Duration of this mortal Life ; and if
a proper Application of this Doctrine
might assist us to get a true and exact Value
upon that Uncertainty, perhaps the }Physicians\textit{
will not be the only Persons that are
like to benefit by it ; but the }Divines\textit{ likewise
may be furnish'd from thence with the
most convincing and, I think, only Arguments
they have left to make use of ; for
that eminent Body have so far improv'd in
their Admonitions and Reasonings with
Mankind, that nothing but Mathematical
Demonstration seems able to do them any
further Service. Such an Application as
this, together with all the Advantages the
other Parts of the }Mathematicks\textit{ can confer
upon the Science of }Physick\textit{, are what
we must only expect from Your Pen ; whenever
Your Hurry or Business will allow You
a few leisure Intervals, and a convenient
Opportunity to resume it.\\
\indent YOU have prophesy'd, Sir, in the Preface to
Your excellent Piece upon }Poisons\textit{, that the
true }Physician\textit{ shall hereafter be distinguish'd
from the }QUACK\textit{, not only by a perfect acquaintance
with the learned Languages,
but a considerable Proficiency likewise in the
}Mathematicks\textit{: and the Prognostick is
pretty surely grounded; for that happy Distinction
is not only foretold, but establish'd
by your Writings, the Pleasure of reading
which, will most certainly compleat that}
[d6] Prediction. \textit{ For the Veneration the World
pays to Your Works, is so equal to their
Value, that we find none desirous of being
accounted }Physicians\textit{, who have not first
made themselves thoroughly acquainted with
them ; and consequently none are like to be
so, without the Qualifications by You precribed.\\
\indent I have made no mention, Sir, of the
many Personal Obligations, I lie under to
You, and the singular Favours and Encouragement
I have met with at Your Hands, because
they cannot be imagin'd to have been
any Motives to this Address ; which is so
far from being able to discharge the smallest
of that great Debt, that on the part
of Mr. }HUYGENS\textit{, it is only my Duty,
and but Justice done You, and on my own,
a very considerable Addition to what I
already owe Your unlimited Goodness and
Generosity, and too great an Honour done
to,}\\
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\indent SIR,\\
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Your most Obedient,\\
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Obliged, and humble Servant,\\
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W. Browne.\\
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ADVERTISEMENT\\
TO THE\\
READER\\
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\dropping{3}{A}S alle Mathematical Studies in general
are unaccountably bewitching and
delightful to those that are once happily
engaged in them ; so that part which
considers and estimates our \textit{Expectations} of
\textit{Events} that are themselves \textit{uncertain}, and
depend entirely upon \textit{Chance} and \textit{Hazard},
cannot fail of giving a particular Pleasure
and Satisfaction. To reduce the unconstant
and irregular Proceedings of blind \textit{Fortune}
to certain Rules and Limits, and to set a definite
\textit{Value} upon her capricious \textit{Favours} and
\textit{Smiles}, seem to be Undertakings of so chim{\ae}rical
a Nature, that there is no Body but
must be delightfully surprized with that Art
which discovers them both really possible,
and with a little Application easily practicable\\
\indent But I think there is little need of saying in
Commendation either of the Subject, any thing
or of the Manner in which M. H{\scriptsize UYGENS} has
consider'd it ; the great scarcity of his little
[a2] Treatise upon it, and the general want
of a new Edition making that altogether
superfluous. The just value every one has
for his Performance this Way, as well as for
his other admirable Pieces, abundantly show
that they are sufficiently sensible of his Excellencies;
and is the greatest Commendation it
can possibly receive. Besides the Latin Editions
it has passed thro', the learned Dr. A{\scriptsize RBUTHNOTT}
publish'd an \textit{English} one, together
with an Application of the General Doctrine
to some particular \textit{Games} then most in use;
which is so entirely dispers'd Abroad, that
an Account of it is all we can now meet with.
A late \textit{French Author} has indeed illustrated this
Work, with a plentifull Number of Instances
where it may be servicable ; but all that he
has done serves only to demonstrate what an
inexhaustible Treasure this little Book of
M. H{\scriptsize UYGENS} contains, and how easily it will
satisfy every ones Occasions, that will but be
at the Pains to make use of it. Our excellent
Analyst M. D{\scriptsize E} M{\scriptsize OIVRE} likewise had wonderfully
improv'd the Subject, and besides
taking the different Dexterities of the Gamesters
into the Account, has much shorten'd the
Calculation, and made the whole more
general and compleat. But nothing can reflect
more Honour upon M. H{\scriptsize UYGENS} than this
last admirable Performance, which must needs
show us what an excellent Foundation that
learned Man laid, that cou'd support and
give Strenght to such a glorious Structure as
M. D{\scriptsize E} M{\scriptsize OIVRE} has rais'd upon it. M. D{\scriptsize E}
M{\scriptsize OIVRE'S} Piece therefore will be far
from lessening the Worth of M. H{\scriptsize UYGENS'S};
[a3] and the superficial Mathematicians will still
be glad to satisfy their enquiries by this last
Author's easy tho' more tedious Method, as
not being able to understand the other's more
comprehensive and general one; while those
of a greater depth, will with no less delight
first read M. H{\scriptsize UYGENS'S} Treatise, in order to
proceed with so much the greater Pleasure
afterwards to peruse M. D{\scriptsize E} M{\scriptsize OIVRE'S} Additions,
and to perceive by what just Steps and
Degrees the Subject has from these two Great
Men receiv'd both its first Consideration and
last Perfection.\\
\indent M{\scriptsize Y} Design in publishing this Edition, was
to have made it as Useful as possible, by an
Addition of a very large \textit{Appendix} to it, containing
a Solution of some of the most servicable
and intricate Problems I cou'd think
of, and such as have not as yet, that I know of,
met with a particular Consideration : But an
Information I have within these few Days
receiv'd, that M. M{\scriptsize ONMORT'S} \textit{French} Piece is
just newly reprinted at \textit{Paris} with very considerable
Additions, has made me put a Stop
to the \textit{Appendix}, till I can procure a Sight of
what has been added anew, for fear some
part of it may possibly have been honour'd
with the Notice and Consideration of that ingenious
Author. If the Reader is of Opinion
that I shou'd likewise till then, have deferr'd
the Publication of these few Pages, tho'
printed off ; and thinks much that he has not
either all that was design'd him or none at all;
or if he has any Exceptions to their appearing
in the \textit{English} Language, the Bookseller is the
only Person that is to answer for his not receiving
Satisfaction in both those Points.
\\
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\indent A large \textit{Appendix} to this Piece of Mr. H{\scriptsize UYGENS}
on the \textit{Value of Chances}; to be printed
and sold single, in order to be bound up with it.\\
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\dropping{5}{A}L{\scriptsize THOUGH} in Games depending entirely upon Fortune, the Success is always
uncertain; yet it may be exactly determin'd at the same time, how much more
likely one is to win than lose. As, if any one shou'd lay that he wou'd
throw the Number \textit{Six} with a single Die the first throw, it is indeed
uncertain whether he will win or lose; but how much more probability there
is that he shou'd lose than win, is presently determin'd, and easily calculated.
So likewise, if I agree with another to play the first Three Games for a
certain Stake, and I have won one of my Three, it is yet uncertain which of
us shall first get his third Game; but the Value of my Expectation and his
likewise may be exactly discover'd; and consequently it may be determin'd,
if we shou'd both agree to give over play, and leave the remaining Games
unfinish'd, how much more of the Stake comes to my Share than his;
[2] or, if another desired to purchase my Place and Chance, how much I might
just sell it for. And from hence an infinite Number of Questions may arise
between two, three, four, or more Gamesters: The satisfying of which being
a thing neither vulgar nor useless, I shall here demonstrate in few Words,
the Method of doing it; and then likewise explain particularly the Chances
that belong more properly to Dice.
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A{\scriptsize S} a Foundation to the following \textit{Proposition}, I shall take Leave to
lay down this Self-evident Truth: \textit{That my Chance or Expectation
to win any thing is worth just such a Sum, as wou'd procure me in the same
Chance and Expectation at a fair Lay}. As for Example, if any one shou'd put
3 Shillings in one Hand, without letting me know which, and 7 in the other,
and give me Choice of either of them; I say, it is the same thing as if he
shou'd give me 5 Shillings; because with 5 Shillings I can, at a fair Lay,
procure the same even Chance or Expectation to win 3 or 7 Shillings.
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P R O P.\enspace I.
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\textit{If I expect $a$ or $b$, and have an equal Chance of gaining either of
them, my Expectation is worth $\frac{a + b}{2}$.}
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[3]\quad T{\scriptsize O} trace this Rule from its first Foundation, as well as demonstrate
it, having put $x$ for the value of my Expectation, I must with $x$ be able to
procure the same Expectation at a fair Lay. Suppose then that I play with
another upon this Condition, That each shall stake $x$, and he that wins give
the Loser $a$. 'Tis plain, the Play is fair, and that I have upon this
Agreement an even Chance to gain $a$, if I lose the Game; or $2x - a$, if I
win it: for I then have the whole stake $2x$, out of which I am to pay my
Adversary $a$. And if $2x - a$ be supposed equal to $b$, then I have an even
Chance to gain either $a$ or $b$. Therefore putting $2x - a = b$, we have
$x = \frac{a + b}{2}$, for the Value of my Expectation. \textit{Q.E.I.}
T{\scriptsize HE} Demonstration of which is very easy: For having $\frac{a + b}{2}$, I can
play with another, who shall likewise stake $\frac{a + b}{2}$, upon Condition
that the Winner shall pay the Loser $a$. By which means I must necessarily
have an equal Expectation to gain $a$, if I am Loser, or $b$, if I am Winner;
for then I win $\frac{a + b}{2}$, the Whole Stake, out of which I am to pay
the Loser $a$. \textit{Q.E.D.}
I{\scriptsize N} Numbers. If I have an equal Chance to 3 or 7, then my Expectation is, by
this \textit{Proposition}, worth 5, and it is certain I can with 5, again
procure the same Expectation: For if Two of us stake 5 a piece upon this
Condition, That he that wins pay the other 3, 'tis plain the Lay is just
[4] and that I have an even Chance to come off with 3, if I lose, or 7 if
I win; for then I gain 10, and pay my Adversary 3 out of it. \textit{Q.E.D.}
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P R O P.\enspace II.
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\textit{If I expect $a$, $b$, or $c$, and each of them be equally likely
to fall to my Share, my Expectation is worth $\frac{a + b + c}{3}$.}
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T{\scriptsize O} calculate which, I again put $x$ for the value of my Expectation: Therefore
having $x$, I must be able, by fair Gaming, to procure the same Expectation.
Supposing then I play with two others upon this Condition, That every one of
us stake $x$; and I agree with one of them, that which soever of us Two wins,
shall give the loser $b$; and with the other, that which soever of us Two
wins, shall give the Loser $c$. It appears evidently, that the Lay is very
fair, and that I have by this means an equal Chance to gain $b$, if the first
wins; or $c$ if the second wins; or $3x - b - c$, if I win my self; for then
I have the whole Stake $3x$, but of which I give $b$ to one, and $c$ to the
other. But if $3x - b - c$ be supposed equal to $a$, then I have equal
Expectation of $a$, $b$, or $c$, Therefore putting $3x - b - c = a$, we
shall find $x = \frac{a + b + c}{3}$, for the value of my Expectation. \textit{Q.E.I.}
A{\scriptsize FTER} the same Manner, an even Chance to $a$, $b$, $c$ or $d$, will be found
worth $\frac{a + b + c + d}{4}$. And so on.
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\textit{If the number of Chances I have to gain $a$, be $p$, and the number of
Chances I have to gain $b$, be $q$, supposing the Chances equal; my
Expectation will then be worth $\frac{ap + bq}{p + q}$.}
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T{\scriptsize O} investigate this Rule, I again put $x$ for the value of my Expectation
which must consequently procure me the same Expectation in fair Gaming. I
take therefore such a Number of Gamesters as may, including my self, be equal
to $p + q$, every one of which stakes $x$; so that the whole stake is
$px + qx$, and all play with an equal Expectation of winning. With so many
Gamesters as are expressed by the Number $q$, I agree singly, that whoever of
them wins, shall give me $b$; and if I win, he shall have $b$ of me: And with
the rest, express'd by $p - 1$, I singly make this Agreement, That whoever of
them wins, shall give me $a$; and if I win, he shall receive $a$ of me. It
is evident, our playing upon this Condition is fair, no Body having any injury
done him; and that my Expectation of $b$ is $q$; my Expectation of $a$ is
$p - 1$; and my Expectation of $px + qx - bq - ap + a$ (\textit{i.e.}\ of
winning) is 1: for then I gain the whole Stake $px + qx$, out of which I must
pay $b$, to every one of the Gamesters $q$, and $a$ to every one of the
Gamesters $p - 1$, which together makes $bq + ap - a$. If therefore
$px + qx - bq - ap + a$ be equal to $a$, I shou'd have $p$ Expectations of
$a$ (for I had $p - 1$ Expectations of $a$, and
[6] 1 Expectation of $px + qx - bq - ap \leftarrow a$, which is now supposed
equal to $a$,) and $q$ Expectations of $b$; and consequently am again come to
my first Expectation. Therefore $px + qx - bq - ap + a = a$, and consequently
$x = \frac{ap + bq}{p + q}$, is the value of my Expectation. \textit{Q.E.I.}
I{\scriptsize N} Numbers. If I have 3 Expectations of 13 and 2 Expectations of 8, the value
of my Expectations wou'd by this Rule be 11. And it is easy to show, that
having 11, I cou'd again come to the same Expectations. For playing against
Four more, and every one of us staking 11; with Two of them I agree singly,
that he that wins shall give me 8; or to give him 8, if I win: And with the
other Two in like manner, that which soever wins, shall give me 13; or give
him so much if I win. The Play is manifestly fair, and I have just 2
Expectations of 8, if either of the Two that promis'd me 8 shou'd win; and 3
Expectations of 13, if either of the Two that are to pay me 13 shou'd win,
or if I win my self, for then I gain the whole Stake, which is 55; from which,
deducting 13, a piece for the last Two I bargain'd with, and 8 a piece for the
other Two, there remain 13 for my self. \textit{Q.E.D.}
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\textit{To come to the Question first propos'd, How to make a fair
Distribution of the Stake among the several Gamesters, whose Chances
are unequal? The best way will be to begin with the most easy Cases of
that Kind.}
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S{\scriptsize UPPOSING} therefore that I play with another upon this Condition, That he who
gets the first three Games shall have the Stake; and that I have won two of
the three, and he only one. I desire to know, if we agree to leave off and
divide the Stake, how much falls to my Share?
I{\scriptsize N} the first place we must consider the number of Games still wanting to
either Party: For it is plain, that supposing we had agreed the Stake shou'd
be deliver'd to him that shou'd win the first twenty Games, and I had won
nineteen of them, and the other only eighteen; my Chances wou'd have then
been just so much better than his, as it is in the present Case, where I am
supposed to have won two out of the three, and he only one: because in both
Cases there remains but one Game for me to win and two for him.
M{\scriptsize OREOVER} to find how to share the Stake, we must have regard to what would
happen, if both play'd on: For it is manifest, that if I win the next Game,
my Number is compleated, and the Stake, which call $a$, is mine. But if the
other gets the next Game, then both our Chances will be even, because we want
but one Game apiece, and each of them
[8] worth $\frac{1}{2}a$. But it is plain, I have an equal Chance to win or
lose the next Game; and consequently an equal Chance to gain $a$, or
$\frac{1}{2}a$; which by \textit{Prop.}\ 1.\ is worth half the Sum of them
both, \textit{i.e.}\ $\frac{3}{4}a$. \textit{Q.E.I.}
M{\scriptsize Y} Playfellow's Share, which of course must be the remaining $\frac{1}{4}a$,
might be first found after the same manner. From whence it
appears, That he who would play in my room, ought to give me $\frac{3}{4}a$
for my Chance; and consequently that whoever undertakes to win one Game,
before another shall win two, may lay 3 to 1 Odds.
\begin{center}
P R O P.\enspace V.
\end{center}
\noindent\hangindent=\parindent
\textit{Suppose I want one Game of being up, and my Adversary wants three;
How must the Stakes be divided?}
\smallskip
L{\scriptsize ET} us again consider what wou'd be the Consequence, if I shou'd get the next
Game; 'tis plain I should win the Stake, suppose a; but if the other shou'd
get it, he wou'd still want two Games and I but one; and consequently our Case
would be the same with that mention'd in the foregoing Proposition and my
Share, $\frac{3}{4}a$, as is there demonstrated.
[9] Therefore, since I have an equal Chance to gain $a$, or $\frac{3}{4}a$,
my Expectation must by \textit{Prop.}\ 1.\ be worth $\frac{7}{8}a$; and my
Adversary's Share, the remaining $\frac{1}{8}a$. So that my Chance is to his,
as 7 to 1. \textit{Q.E.I.}
A{\scriptsize ND} as the \textit{Solution} of the foregoing Case is necessary to solving
this last, so is the \textit{Solution} of this last necessary to solving
the following one, where I am supposed to want but one Game, and my Adversary
four; for then my Share will be found, after the same manner, to be
$\frac{15}{16}$ of the Stake, and his, $\frac{1}{16}$.
\begin{center}
P R O P.\enspace VI.
\end{center}
\noindent\hangindent=\parindent
\textit{Suppose I have two Games to get, and my Adversary three.}
\smallskip
T{\scriptsize HEREFORE} after the next Game, I shall want but one more, and he three (in
which Case my Share, by the foregoing \textit{Prop.}\ is $\frac{7}{8}a$) or
we shall want two a piece, and then my Share is $\frac{1}{2}a$, both our
Chances being equal. But I have an even Chance to win or lose the next Game,
and consequently have an equal Expectation of obtaining $\frac{7}{8}a$, or
$\frac{1}{2}a$, wch
[10] by \textit{Prop.}\ 1 is worth $\frac{11}{16}a$. So that eleven Parts of
the Stake fall to my Share, and five to his. \textit{Q.E.I.}
\begin{center}
P R O P.\enspace VII.
\end{center}
\noindent\hangindent=\parindent
\textit{Suppose I want two Games, and my Adversary four.}
\smallskip
T{\scriptsize HEREFORE} it will either fall out, that by winning the next Game, I shall
want but one more, and he four, or by losing it I shall want two, and he
shall want three. So that by \textit{Schol.\ Prop.}\ 5.\ and \textit{Prop.}\
6., I shall have an equal Chance for $\frac{15}{16}a$ or $\frac{11}{16}a$,
which, by \textit{Prop.}\ 1 is just worth $\frac{13}{16}a$. \textit{Q.E.I.}
\begin{center}
C O R O L L.
\end{center}
F{\scriptsize ROM} whence it appears, that he that is to get two Games, before another shall
get four, has a better Chance than he is to get one, before another gets two
Games. For in this last Case, namely of 1 to 2 his Share by Prop.\ 4 is but
$\frac{3}{4}a$, which is less than $\frac{13}{16}a$
\begin{center}
P R O P.\enspace VIII.
\end{center}
\noindent\hangindent=\parindent
\textit{Suppose now there are three Gamesters and that the first and second
want a game a piece, and the third wants two Games.}
\smallskip\noindent
[11]\quad T{\scriptsize O} find therefore the Share of the first Gamester, we must again
examine what he wou'd gain, if either he himself, or one of the other two
gets the next Game: If he gets it, he wins the whole Stake $a$; if the
second gets it, because he likewise wanted but one Game, he has the Stake,
and the first gets 0; and if the third gets it, then they will all three want one
Game a piece, and the Share of each of them will consequently be
$\frac{1}{3}a$. The first Gamester therefore has an equal Expectation of
gaining $a$, or 0, or $\frac{1}{3}a$, (since each has the same likelihood
of winning the next Game,) which, by \textit{Prop.}\ 2.\ is worth
$\frac{4}{9}a$. The Share of the second will be likewise $\frac{4}{9}a$, and
there will be $\frac{1}{9}a$ remaining for the third; whose Share might, after
the same manner, be found separately from the others, and theirs determin'd
by that. \textit{Q.E.I.}
\begin{center}
P R O P.\enspace IX.
\end{center}
\noindent\hangindent=\parindent
\textit{To find the several Shares of as many Gamesters, as we please, some of
which shall want more Games, others fewer; we must consider what he, whose
Share we want to find, wou'd gain, if he, or any one of the others wins the
next Game: Then adding together what he wou'd gain in all those particular
Cases, and dividing the sum by the Number of Gamesters, the Quotient gives
the particular Share required.}
\smallskip\noindent
[12]\quad S{\scriptsize UPPOSE}, for Example, there were three Gamesters $A$, $B$, and $C$,
and $A$ wanted one Game of being up, and $B$ and $C$ wanted two apiece, and I
desire to find the Share that $B$ has in the Stake $q$.
F{\scriptsize IRST} of all we must see what will happen to $B$, if either he, or $A$, or
$C$ wins the following Game.
I{\scriptsize F} $A$ wins it, he is up and consequently $B$ gets 0. If $B$ himself wins it,
he and $A$ will still want a Game apiece, and $C$ will want two; and
consequently $B$, by \textit{Prop.}\ 8. gets $\frac{4}{9}q$. But lastly, if
$C$ wins it, then $A$ and $C$ will still want one Game apiece, and $B$ will want
two; and consequently $B$, by
\textit{Prop.}\ 8.\ will in this Case get $\frac{1}{9}q$.
N{\scriptsize OW} the three several Gains of $B$ in all these particular Cases, which are
0, $\frac{4}{9}q$, and $\frac{1}{9}q$, added together make $\frac{5}{9}q$;
which Sum being divided by 3, the number of Gamesters, gives $\frac{5}{27}q$
for the Share of $B$. \textit{Q.E.I.}
T{\scriptsize HE} Demonstration of this is plain from \textit{Prop.}\ 2. For since $B$ has
an equal Chance to 0, $\frac{4}{9}q$ or $\frac{1}{9}q$, his Expectation is,
by that \textit{Prop.}\ worth $\frac{0 + \frac{4}{9}q + \frac{1}{9}q}{3}$
\textit{i.e.}\ $\frac{5}{27}q$. And 'tis evident, this Divisor 3, is the
Number of Gamesters. \textit{Q.E.D.}
\smallskip\noindent
[13]\quad B{\scriptsize UT} in order to find what any one will gain in every particular Case,
supposing himself or any of the rest should win the next Game; the more simple
and intermediate Cases must first be investigated. For as this last Case cou'd
not have been resolv'd without that
calculated in \textit{Prop.}\ 8.\ where the Games wanting were 1,1,2; so
likewise every single Person's Share, in case the Games wanting were 1,2,3,
cannot be found, without first determining the Case where the Games wanting
are 1,2,2 (which is already done in \textit{Prop.}\ 9.\ and that likewise where
the Games wanting are 1,1,3, which may, by \textit{Prop.}\ 8.\ be easily
calculated. And after this manner may be resolv'd all the Cases comprehended
in the following Table, and others, \textit{ad Infinitum}.
\bigskip
\noindent
[14]
\medskip\noindent
[This page set out landscape in the original]
\begin{center}
TABLE \textit{for Three Gamesters}
\end{center}
\[
\begin{array}{r}
\textit{Games wanting} \\
\textit{Shares.} \\
\ \\
\textit{Games wanting} \\
\textit{Shares.} \\
\ \\
\textit{Games wanting} \\
\textit{Shares.} \\
\ \\
\textit{Games wanting} \\
\textit{Shares.} \\
\ \\
\text{[Continuation of same} \\
\text{line in original]} \\
\
\end{array}
\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|}
1.\ 1.\ 2. & 1.\ 2.\ 2. & 1.\ 1.\ 3. & 1.\ 2. \ 3. \\
\mbox{$\frac{ 4.\ 4.\ 1.}{ 9.}$} & \mbox{$\frac{17.\ 5.\ 5.}{27.}$} &
\mbox{$\frac{13.\ 13.\ 1.}{27.}$} & \mbox{$\frac{19.\ 6.\ 2.}{27.}$} \\
\ & \ & \ & \ \\ \hline
1.\ 1.\ 4. & 1.\ 1.\ 5. & 1.\ 2.\ 4. & 1.\ 2. \ 5. \\
\mbox{$\frac{40.\ 40.\ 1.}{81.}$} & \mbox{$\frac{121.121.1.}{243.}$} &
\mbox{$\frac{178.58.7.}{243.}$} & \mbox{$\frac{542.179.8.}{729.}$} \\
\ & \ & \ & \ \\ \hline
1.\ 3.\ 3. & 1.\ 3.\ 4. & 1.\ 3.\ 5. & \\
\mbox{$\frac{65.\ 8.\ 8.}{81.}$} & \mbox{$\frac{616.82.31.}{729.}$} &
\mbox{$\frac{629.87.13.}{729.}$} & \\
\ & \ & \ & \ \\
2.\ 2.\ 3. & 2.\ 2.\ 4. & 2.\ 2.\ 5. & 2.\ 3. \ 3. \\
\mbox{$\frac{34.\ 34.\ 13.}{81.}$} & \mbox{$\frac{338.338.53.}{729.}$} &
\mbox{$\frac{353.353.23.}{729.}$} & \mbox{$\frac{133.55.55.}{243.}$} \\
\ & \ & \ & \ \\
& & 2.\ 3.\ 4. & 2.\ 3. \ 5. \\
& &
\mbox{$\frac{451.195.83.}{729.}$} & \mbox{$\frac{1433.635.119.}{2187.}$} \\
\ & \ & \ & \
\end{array}
\]
\bigskip
\noindent
[15]\quad A{\scriptsize S} to what belongs to D{\scriptsize ICE}, the Questions propos'd concerning
them are, In how many Times we may venture to throw \textit{Six}, or any
other Number, with a single Die, or two \textit{Sixes} with two Dice, or
three \textit{Sixes} with three Dice; and such-like.
T{\scriptsize O} resolve which, we must observe, First, That there are six several Throws
upon one Die, which all have an equal probability of coming up. That upon
two Dice there are 36 several Throws, equally liable to be thrown, for any
one of the six Throws of one Die may come up with every one of the six Throws
of the other; and so 6 times 6 will make 36 Throws. So likewise, that three
Dice have 216 several Throws; for the 36 Throws on the two Dice may happen
together with any one of the 6 Throws of the third Die; and so 6 times 36
will make 216 Throws. After the same manner, 'tis plain, four dice will
have 6 times 216, \textit{i.e.}\ 1296 Throws; and so on, may we calculate
the Throws upon any Number of Dice, taking always at the addition of every
Die 6 times the preceding Number of Throws.
I{\scriptsize T} is farther to be observ'd, that upon two Dice there is only one Throw that
can produce 2 or 12, and two Throws that can produce 3 or 11. For if we call
the Dice $A$ and $B$, 'tis plain, the throw 3 may be made up of the 1 of $A$
and 2 of $B$; or of the 1 of $B$ and 2 of $A$. So likewise will 11 be
produced by the 5 of $A$, and 6 of $B$; or by the 5 of $B$, and 6 of $A$.
The Number 4 may be thrown three Ways, by 1 of $A$ and 3 of $B$; or 3 of $A$
and 1 of $B$; or 2 of $A$ and 2 of $B$.
\smallskip\noindent
[16]\quad X may likewise be thrown three several Ways.
\smallskip
V or IX has 4 several Throws.
\smallskip
VI or VIII has 5 Throws.
\smallskip
VII has 6 Throws.
\[
\begin{array}{l}
\text{Upon 3 Dice,} \\
\text{the Numbers}
\end{array}
\
\left\{\begin{array}{r}
3 \text{\ or\ } 18 \\
4 \text{\ or\ } 17 \\
5 \text{\ or\ } 16 \\
6 \text{\ or\ } 15 \\
7 \text{\ or\ } 14 \\
8 \text{\ or\ } 13 \\
9 \text{\ or\ } 12 \\
10 \text{\ or\ } 11
\end{array}\right\}
\begin{array}{l}
\rotatebox{90}{may come up by}
\end{array}
\left\{\begin{array}{r}
1 \\
3 \\
6 \\
10 \\
15 \\
21 \\
25 \\
27
\end{array}\right\}
\begin{array}{l}
\rotatebox{90}{several Throws}
\end{array}
\] \\
\begin{center}
PROP.\ X.
\end{center}
\noindent\hangindent=\parindent
\textit{To find how many Throws one may undertake to throw the Number 6
with a single Die.}
\smallskip
I{\scriptsize F} any one wou'd venture to throw \textit{Six} the first Throw, 'tis plain
there is but 1 Chance by which he might win the Stake; and 5 Chances by which
he might lose it: For there are 5 Throws against him and only 1 for him. Let
the stake be called $a$. Since therefore he has one Expectation of $a$, and 5
Expectations of 0, his Chance is, by \textit{Prop.}\ 2.\ worth $\frac{1}{6}a$;
and consequently there remains to his Adversary $\frac{5}{6}a$. So that he
that wou'd undertake to throw \textit{Six} the first Throws, must lay only 1
to 5.
\smallskip\noindent
[17]\quad H{\scriptsize E} that wou'd venture to throw \textit{Six} once in two Throws, may
calculate his Chance after the following manner: If he throws \textit{Six}
the first Throw, he gains $a$; if the contrary happens, he has still another
Throw remaining, which by the foregoing Case, is worth $\frac{1}{6}a$.
But he has only 1 Chance to throw \textit{Six} the first Throw and 5 Chances to
for the contrary: Therefore before he throws, he has one Chance for $a$ and five
Chances for $\frac{1}{6}a$,
the Value of which, by \textit{Prop.}\ 3.\ is $\frac{11}{36}a$. And consequently
there remains $\frac{25}{36}a$, to the other that lays with him. So that
their several Chances, or the Values of their several Expectations, bear the
Proportion of 11 to 25, \textit{i.e.}\ less than 1 to 2.
H{\scriptsize ENCE}, after the same Method, the Chance of him who wou'd venture to throw
\textit{Six} one in three Throws, may be investigated and found worth
$\frac{91}{216}a$, so that he may lay 91 against 125; which is a little
less than 3 to 4.
H{\scriptsize E} who undertakes to throw it once in four Times, has a Chance worth
$\frac{671}{1296}a$, and may lay 671 to 625, \textit{i.e.}\ something more than
1 to 1.
H{\scriptsize E} who undertakes to throw it once in five Times, has a Chance worth
$\frac{4651}{7776}a$, and may lay 4651 against 3125, \textit{i.e.}\ something
less than 3 to 2.
\smallskip\noindent
[18]\quad H{\scriptsize E} who undertakes the same in 6 Throws has a Chance worth
$\frac{31031}{46656}a$, and may lay 31031 to 15625, \textit{i.e.}\ a little
less than 2 to 1.
A{\scriptsize ND} thus the \textit{Problem} be resolv'd in what Number of Throws we please.
\textit{Q.E.I.}
B{\scriptsize UT} it is possible for us to proceed after a more compendious Method, as
shall be shown in the following \textit{Proposition}, without which the Calculation
wou'd otherwise be much more prolix.
\begin{center}
PROP.\ XI.
\end{center}
\noindent\hangindent=\parindent
\textit{To find in how many Throws one may venture to throw the Number 12
with two Dice.}
\smallskip
I{\scriptsize F} any one shou'd pretend to throw 12 the first throw, 'tis plain he has but
one Chance of winning, \textit{i.e.}\ of gaining $a$; and 35 Chances of
losing, or gaining 0, because there are in all, 36 several Throws. And
consequently his Expectation, by \textit{Prop.}\ 3.\ is worth $\frac{1}{36}a$.
H{\scriptsize E} that undertakes to do it in two Throws, if it comes up in the first Throw,
will obtain $a$; and if it does not he has yet one Throw to come, which, by
what has been said before, is worth $\frac{1}{36}a$. But there is only one
Chance for throwing 12 the first Throw and 35 Chances against it:
Therefore since he has 1 Expectation of $a$ and 35 of $\frac{1}{36}a$, his
[19] Chance by \textit{Prop.}\ 3.\ is worth $\frac{71}{1296}a$; and his
Adversary's the remaining $\frac{1225}{1296}a$
F{\scriptsize ROM} these Two Cases we can determine the value of his Chance who ventures to
do the same in Four Throws, without considering the Chance of him that
undertakes to do it in Three.
F{\scriptsize OR} he that ventures to throw 12 once in four times throwing, if he does not
throw it the first or second time, gains $a$; and if the contrary happens, he
has still two Throws more, which, by what has been said before, are worth
$\frac{71}{1296}a$: For which Reason likewise, he must have 71 Chances for
throwing 12 in one of the two first, and 1225 Chances against it. Therefore
at his beginning to throw he has 71 Expectations of $a$, and 1225 Expectations of
$\frac{71}{1296}a$, which, by
\textit{Prop.}\ 2., are worth $\frac{178991}{1679616}a$: And the value of his
Chance that plays against him will be the remaining
$\frac{1500625}{1679616}a$. Which shows that their Chances are to one
another, as 178991 to 1500625.
F{\scriptsize ROM} which likewise, without calculating any other Cases for that Purpose,
may be found by the same Way of Reasoning, the worth of his Expectation who
undertakes to throw two \textit{Sixes} once in 8 Throws. And from thence the
worth of his Expectation [20] who ventures to do the same in 16 Throws. And
from the Expectation of this last being found, together with his also who
ventures it in 8 Throws, may be determined the value of his Expectation who
undertakes it in 24 Throws. In which Operation, because the principal
Question is, In what Number of Throws one may lay an even Wager to throw two
\textit{Sixes}; we may cut off some of the hindermost Figures from the long
Numbers that arise in the midst of the Calculations, and which wou'd otherwise
encrease prodigiously. And by this Means, I find he that undertakes it in 24
Throws wants something of an even Chance to win; and he that lays to do it in
25 Throws, has something the better side of the Wager.
\begin{center}
PROP.\ XII.
\end{center}
\noindent\hangindent=\parindent
\textit{To find with how many Dice one may undertake to throw two Sixes the
first Throw.}
\smallskip
T{\scriptsize HIS} is the same thing as if we wou'd know, in how many Throws one may
undertake to throw two \textit{Sixes} with a single Die. He that ventures
to do this in two Throws, has, by what has been demonstrated in
\textit{Prop.} 11. a Chance worth $\frac{1}{36}a$.
He that undertakes
it in three Throws, if he does not happen to throw one \textit{Six} the first
Throw, has yet two more to come, which as before, are worth $\frac{1}{36}a$.
But if the first Throw chance to be a \textit{Six}, he has two Throws more to
throw one \textit{Six}, which by \textit{Prop.}\ 10.\ are worth
$\frac{11}{36}a$.
[21] Now 'tis plain that there is one Chance for throwing a \textit{Six} the
first Throw, and five Chances to the contrary: So that before he throws, he
has one Chance for $\frac{11}{36}a$, 5 Chances of $\frac{1}{36}a$, which by
\textit{Prop.}\ 3., are worth $\frac{16}{216}a$, or $\frac{2}{27}a$. After
this manner, by continually taking one more throw, we find that we may in
10 Throws with one Die, or in one Throw with 10 Dice, undertake to throw two
\textit{Sixes}, and that with Advantage.
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\pagebreak
\begin{center}
PROP.\ XIII.
\end{center}
\noindent\hangindent=\parindent
\textit{Supposing I lay with another to take one Throw with a pair of Dice
upon these Terms, That if the Number 7 comes up, I shall win, and if 10 comes
up, he shall win; and after this Bargain made, we consent to draw Stakes by a
fair Division, according to the Value of our Chances in the present Contract:
To find what shall be our several Shares.}
\smallskip
B{\scriptsize ECAUSE}, of the 36 Throws upon two Dice, there are but 6 which consist of the
Number 7 a piece, and 3 which consist of the Number 10 a piece; there remain
27 Throws, which, if any one of them chance to come up, will make us neither
win nor lose, and consequently entitle each of us to $\frac{1}{2}a$. But
if none of those Throws shou'd happen, I have 6 Chances for winning $a$, or and
Chances of losing, or having 0, which by \textit{Prop.}\ 3.\ is as good as if
[22] I had $\frac{2}{3}a$. Therefore I have from the beginning 27 Chances for
$\frac{1}{2}a$ and 9 Chances for $\frac{2}{3}a$, which by \textit{Prop.}\ 3.\
is worth $\frac{13}{24}a$; and there remains to him that plays against me
$\frac{11}{24}a$.
\begin{center}
PROP.\ XIV.
\end{center}
\noindent\hangindent=\parindent
\textit{If my self and another play by turns with a pair of Dice upon these
Terms, That I shall win if I throw the Number 7, or he if he throws 6 soonest,
and he to have the Advantage of first Throw: To find the Proportion of our
Chances.}
\smallskip
S{\scriptsize UPPOSE} my Chance worth $x$, and call the Stake $a$; therefore his Chance will
be $= a - x$. 'Tis plain then, that whenever it comes to his Turn to throw, my
Chance ought to be $= x$. But when it is my Turn to throw, my Chance must be
worth something more. Let its Value, then, be express'd by $y$. Now because
of the 36 Throws upon a pair of Dice, 5 are made up of the Number 6 apiece,
and may make my Adversary win, and 31 of them are against him, \textit{i.e.}\
promote my Turn of throwing; I have, before he begins to throw, 5 Chances of
obtaining 0, and 31 Chances of obtaining $y$, which, by \textit{Prop.}\ 3.\
are worth $\frac{31}{36}y$. But my Chance from the beginning was supposed
worth $x$, and therefore $\frac{31}{36}y = x$, and consequently
[23] $y = \frac{36x}{31}$. It was further supposed that in my Turns of
throwing, my Chance was worth $y$. But when I'm to throw, I have 6 Chances
of gaining $a$, because there are 6 Throws of the Number 7 apiece, which
wou'd give me the Game; and 30 Chances, which will bring it to my Adversary's
Turn to throw, \textit{i.e.}\ make me gain $x$; which, by \textit{Prop.}\
3.\ are worth $\frac{6a + 30x}{36}$. And because this $= y$, which was
before found $= 36x$; therefore $\frac{6a + 30x}{36} = \frac{36x}{31}$.
From which Equation will be had $x = \frac{31}{61}a$, the Value of my
Chance. And by consequence my Adversary's will be worth $\frac{30}{61}a$,
so that the Proportion of my Chance to his is, as 31 to 30.
\medskip
\textit{For a concluding Ornament to this Work, we shall subjoin the following}
Problems.
\begin{center}
PROBLEM I.
\end{center}
$A$ and $B$ play together with a pair of Dice upon this Condition, That $A$
shall win if he throws 6, and $B$ if he throws 7; and $A$ is to take one
Throw first, and then $B$ two Throws together, then $A$ to take two Throws
together, and so on both of them the same, till one wins. The Question is,
\textit{What Proportion their Chances bear to one another?}
Answ. As 10355 to 12276.
\smallskip\noindent
[24]
\begin{center}
PROBLEM II.
\end{center}
T{\scriptsize HREE} Gamesters, $A$, $B$, and $C$, taking 12 Counters, 4 of which are white,
and 8 black, play upon these Terms: That the first of them that shall
blindfold choose a white Counter shall win; and $A$ shall have the first
Choice, $B$ the second, and $C$ the third; and then $A$ to begin again, and
so on in their Turns. \textit{What is the Proportion of their Chances?}
\begin{center}
PROBLEM III.
\end{center}
$A$ lays with $B$, that out of 40 Cards, \textit{i.e.}\ 10 of each different
Sort, he will draw 4, so as to have one of every Sort. And the Proportion of
his Chance to that of $B$, is found to be as 1000 to 8139.
\begin{center}
PROBLEM IV.
\end{center}
H{\scriptsize AVING} chosen 12 Counters as before, 8 black and 4 white, $A$ lays with $B$
that he will blindfold take 7 out of them, among which there shall be 3 black
ones. \textit{Quaere, What is the Proportion of their Chances?}
\begin{center}
PROBLEM V.
\end{center}
$A$ and $B$ taking 12 Pieces of Money each, play with 3 Dice on this
Condition, That if the Number 11 is thrown, $A$ shall give $B$ one Piece,
but if 14 be thrown, then $B$ shall give one to $A$; and he shall win
the Game that first gets all the Pieces of Money. And the Proportion of
$A$'s Chance to $B$'s is found to be, as 244,140,625 to 282,429,536,481.
\bigskip
\bigskip
\begin{center}
\textit{F I N I S.}
\end{center}
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