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as much as possible games of<add><unclear>hard</unclear></add> skill in preference to<lb/> | |||
such in which skill and chance are concerned<lb/><unclear>jointly</unclear>; and these in preference to games of mere<lb/>chance.<p>The misfortune is that to play at games of mere<lb/>skill, or even with any tolerable share of <unclear>?</unclear><lb/>at games of the<unclear>?</unclear>kind of skill and chance<lb/> together requires some little portion of attention and<lb/>sagacity: but persons choose to play who will not<lb/>be at the trouble of (bestowing) any attention and who<lb/>possess no ingenuity.</p><p>It would however be of use if it were possible<lb/> to prohibit <add>separately and by name</add>altogether all games of mere chance.<lb/>But this is evidently impossible. <add>A Game</add>Games of mere<lb/>chance may be made out of <add>any</add>every thing. It has<lb/>been made a game of chance to sit<lb/>by the thatch of a house and <unclear>I see</unclear> which can <lb/>draw the longest straw. All that can be done<lb/>is to observe what games of this kind are <add>most</add>amusing<lb/>and <unclear>are</unclear> most in vogue and to <unclear>?</unclear> them as <lb/>just as they<add>acquire names, a mere sign of their</add> coming into vogue.</p><note>A game what</note><p>A Game is a <add>complex wager on</add><gap/> of wagers, <add>undermined by</add><unclear>a manager</unclear><lb/><add>in want or</add><unclear>? wants</unclear> in the preparation of which the party gaming is<lb/><add>instrumental</add> at wager is either simple or complex.</p><note>A Simple wager</note><p>A simple wager is that which is determined by<lb/>a single event</p><note>A complex wager</note><p>A complex wager is that which is determined by <lb/><add>an concluding link in</add>a combination of events.</p> | |||
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jeremy bentham |
[[watermarks::gr [with crown] [britannia with shield motif]]] |
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