There's nothing on chance and probability in the course that I can see ....
I guess this is unnecessary in an industry simply designed to relieve
punters of their cash .... but perhaps that comes under 'business ethics'?
Am I right in believing that games involving skill (i.e. those where the
house is not absolutely bound to win in the long run - as in roulette) are
prohibited in British casinos - and punters suspected of exercising any
skills - such as 'counting' - are ejected by the management?
Lots of teaching material here - but perhaps not for this particular bunch
of students.
Robert
--On 30 January 2006 12:12 +0000 Ted Harding <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> ... we can indulge in a little entertainment.
>
> We all know that one thing which it is difficult
> to set up in courses on statistics is practical
> experience of the real-world material with which
> the subject deals, namely the operation of the
> processes of chance in real life.
>
> Physicists and chemists, after all, have opportunity
> in their courses for practical laboratory work, where
> they can see what really happens when they strut their
> stuff with "live ammunition". In statistics courses,
> however, exposure to the experience of chance outcomes
> tends to be limited to simulating random numbers drawn
> from normal or uniform distributions, which inevitably
> seems tame.
>
> This may be about to change, however, according to an
> article in this morning's Guardian:
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/gambling/story/0,,1697809,00.html
>
> "College bets on casino degree
> Degree courses in roulette, blackjack and
> casino management offered for first time
> at 'gambling academy'.
>
> The 'academy' in question is Blackppol and Fylde College,
> and the curriculum for the course is on page 9 (of 10)
> in the Prospectus for Tourism, Sports and Leisure which
> is a short PDF file:
>
> http://www.blackpool.ac.uk/pdf/he_prospectus/extracts/
> tourism_sports_leisure.pdf
>
> [all one line]
>
> Some of the items in the curriculum prompt speculation,
> such as
>
> Managing to Maximise Casino Performance;
> New Technology within Casino Operations;
> Business Ethics and Social Responsibility.
>
>
>
> The 10th page of the Prospectus is the curriculum for
> the Foundation Degree in Cruiseline Operations. Struck
> by a certain similarity of format, I suspected a computer
> generated text. So I put this hypothesis to the test, and
> you can do the same:
>
> Wherever you see an instance of any of the words
>
> Cruise
> Cruiseline
> Cruising
>
> substitute "Dog Training". The result seemed to make
> perfect sense to me (with the possible exception of
> one slight clash).
>
> Best wishes to all,
> Ted.
>
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