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A World Record in Atlantic City and the Length of the Shooter’s Hand at Craps

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA

    S. N. Ethier

  2. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4K1, Canada

    Fred M. Hoppe

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Ethier, S.N., Hoppe, F.M. A World Record in Atlantic City and the Length of the Shooter’s Hand at Craps. Math Intelligencer 32, 44–48 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-010-9158-3

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