Winning Bets with Math

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Here are some examples of how you can tempt your friends to accept attractive-looking bets. But mathematical analysis shows that these bets are unfair. Mathematical tricks and curiosities are presented like: the magic number 70 in exponential growth, how to estimate the birth-and mortality rate in your town, why the best team does not always win, the famous TV-Show of Monty Hall with the car and the two goats behind three doors, the story behind the fairy tales of the 1'001 Arabian nights, why the last judgment occurs in 800 years, etc. Finally there is a long list of easy and difficult riddles.