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Notes on chance, odds and the design of games
Rules and Regulation
The rules governing games of chance were not designed in one piece. They accumulated, mostly in response to particular failures, and the shape they took reflects the order in which those failures appeared. This entry follows that sequence from outright prohibition through to the technical testing regimes that check whether a game does what its own paperwork says it does.
| Entry type | Entry | Last updated | Sections | Figures |
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| narrative entry | How regulation of games of chance developed Regulation accumulated in layers, each responding to a failure the previous layer could not address: first who may operate, then whether the money is safe, then whether the game does what it claims. | 17 August 2026 | 5 | 0 |
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