Talk:Gambling
Why do we need this article? Off the mission. --Idiot number 59 (talk) 06:50, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
- Off the mission, you say? Off with your head, more like! Robespierre § talk 18:04, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
- "Sin", woo, and similar subjects are on-mission. Gambling does involve them. The article could use more content and some shuffling, though... ~ Kupochama[1][2] 09:25, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
- You can find some subtle connection to "mission" with everything. I think that most Rwikians are just gamblers and they like to create articles about their favorite topics, be they on or off-topic. --Idiot number 58 (talk) 09:40, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
[edit] Bankroll management under 'woo'
Bankroll management is a fairly time-tested and well-known part of professional and even amateur playing, the main idea that limits must be observed to keep expected variance from completely wiping out your bankroll, and that your bankroll is big enough to absorb the expected variance at the levels you play at without wiping out your bankroll. It's fairly well-grounded, well explained in guides such as http://www.thepokerbank.com/strategy/basic/bankroll-management/, and I don't see it really belonging here. Not that this is a particularly notable article. AntiDeathPill (talk) 03:51, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
[edit] Small corrections
Several minor edits have been made to the martingale (it's a one-way ticket to bankruptcy), poker (card counting exists, but is a very different practice from what's seen in blackjack) and card counting (on countermeasures). Considering adding a section on the Kelly criterion, used by professional gamblers regardless of their game to optimize their particular risk-reward relationship. Frostbyte (talk) 23:11, 24 February 2014 (UTC)