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As early as the 17th century attempts were made to analyze games of chance and parlour games. A multitude of these games continue to be with us today, and in some (such as roulette) the outcome is purely accidental, in others (such as bridge) it depends on chance and the players’ behaviour, while a third group (such as chess) is completely controlled by skill.
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Gellert, W., Gottwald, S., Hellwich, M., Kästner, H., Küstner, H. (1975). Game theory. In: Gellert, W., Gottwald, S., Hellwich, M., Kästner, H., Küstner, H. (eds) The VNR Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6982-0_44
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