#110: minimax

9/27/2015

his minimax freed
from maximum gambling greed
and minimum heed

Seems most people who gamble [in casinos] have zero strategy beyond quitting after losing a pre-determined amount of money. Quitting after winning a certain amount of money would be a better strategy... but almost never happens for most people.

I think of Las Vegas as "Disneyland on the Dark Side." I'm quite certain the planners and designers of casinos spend a lot of time at Disneyland, taking copious notes, with the intent of making Las Vegas "family friendly"...
We live in a strange world.

DEFINITION of this 3-syllable noun:

a strategy of game theory employed to minimize a player's maximum possible loss.

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