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point, however, on which it is indispensably 

 necessary to keep the eye in betting, is, in a 

 series of different events, the exact odds to be 

 readily had on every individual event ; and 

 having made a round of these engagements, 

 as opinion fluctuates, opportunities will offer 

 themselves where great advantage may be 



It is on a plurality of events that figures 

 must be resorted to, the chances on which 

 must be put to the test of arithmetical 

 solution. As everything may be under- 

 stood which man is permitted to know, a 

 few lessons from the schoolmaster will 

 furnish this ; and we now give the following 

 simple examples, which are easily under- 

 stood, and generally applicable. And let 

 us add, that, to a betting man, who 

 speculates largely, the difference of half 

 a ? point in the precise odds may win or 

 lose a large fortune in the course of a 

 few years. 



EXAMPLES. Two horses are about to 

 start. The betting on one is even, and the 

 odds on the other is 6 to 4. What odds 

 must B bet A that he does not name both 



