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Trente et quarante (“thirty and forty” in French) is an elegant card game that dates at least as far back as the 17th century and is still played in Monte Carlo. It has been studied by Poisson, De Morgan, Bertrand, and Thorp, among others. In Section 20.1 we describe the four betting opportunities and evaluate the associated probabilities and house advantages. In Section 20.2 we analyze the card-counting potential of trente et quarante.
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Ethier, S.N. (2010). Trente et Quarante. In: The Doctrine of Chances. Probability and its Applications. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78783-9_20
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