Word: marginals
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...casino games, the house gets its share through an edge in the odds. On Las Vegas roulette wheels, which have two zero spaces, the house benefits by 5.26%. (In Monte Carlo, where the wheels have only one zero, the house margin is 2.7%.) In blackjack in Vegas, the house has a basic advantage of 5.9%, though this can vary depending on the skill of a player. The best casino odds are in craps, where the house is only 1.4% better off than the player. Slot machines vary, keeping 3% to 22% of the coins they swallow...
Rogers' outside shooting and the rebounding of Irion, Hooft and Ackerman cut the margin to seven, where it basically stayed until a Bennifield-from-Cobb three-point play made it 71-61 with 2:00 remaining...
...recent editorials in The Crimson raise a paradox. The first deplored the "pervasive influence of corporate contributions" on the Massachusetts referenda; the second hailed Jimmy Carter's election '"triumph" when "members of major industrial unions supported him nationally by a two to one margin...
Merrimack rallied for the next two scores, but it was too little too late. Lyman Bullard and Clasby clicked for two quick tallies in the final minutes to forge the final margin, 9-4, after the Warriors came up empty on a power play--their last chance to get back into the game...
machine, the cagers almost totally dismantled themselves in the first half. A short-lived 3-2 Harvard lead was violently turned around by a 16-2 Minutemen spurt, and the 36-21 UMass margin at intermission was obnoxiously hinting at last place for the hoopsters...