Playing the Percentages
Playing the Percentages

Author: Derek Long

Publisher: University of Texas Press

Published: 2024-04-16

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 1477328963

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A history of film distribution in the United States from the 1910s to the 1930s, concentrating on booking, circuiting, and packaging marketing practices. Told not as a “golden age” narrative of films, stars, or individual studios but as an economic history of the industry’s film distribution practices, Playing the Percentages is the story of how Hollywood’s vertically integrated studio system came to be. Studying the history of distribution during the growth of Hollywood, Derek Long makes a case for the domination of the studio system as the result of struggles over distribution practices. Through a combination of archival research, critical surveys of the film industry trade press, and economic analysis, Long uncovers a complex and ever-shifting system of wrangling between distributors and exhibitors. Challenging the overemphasis within scholarship on “block booking” as a monolithic distribution mode, and attending to distribution practices beyond simple circulation, Long highlights the crucial changes in film distribution brought about by live theater, the rise of features, and the transition to sound. Playing the Percentages is a comprehensive history of film distribution in the United States during the silent era that illustrates the importance of power struggles between distributors and exhibitors over booking, pricing, and playing time.

The Book
The Book

Author:

Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 458

ISBN-13: 1597973653

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The American Hoyle
The American Hoyle

Author: William Brisbane Dick

Publisher:

Published: 1885

Total Pages: 552

ISBN-13:

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Power-Up
Power-Up

Author: Matthew Lane

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2019-11-19

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0691196389

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"Did you know that every time you pick up the controller to your PlayStation or Xbox, you are entering a game world steeped in mathematics? Power-Up reveals the hidden mathematics in many of today's most popular video games and explains why mathematical learning doesn't just happen in the classroom or from books--you're doing it without even realizing it when you play games on your cell phone. In this lively and entertaining book, Matthew Lane discusses how gamers are engaging with the traveling salesman problem when they play Assassin's Creed, why it is mathematically impossible for Mario to jump through the Mushroom Kingdom in Super Mario Bros., and how The Sims teaches us the mathematical costs of maintaining relationships. He looks at mathematical pursuit problems in classic games like Missile Command and Ms. Pac-Man, and how each time you play Tetris, you're grappling with one of the most famous unsolved problems in all of mathematics and computer science. Along the way, Lane discusses why Family Feud and Pictionary make for ho-hum video games, how realism in video games (or the lack of it) influences learning, what video games can teach us about the mathematics of voting, the mathematics of designing video games, and much more. Power-Up shows how the world of video games is an unexpectedly rich medium for learning about the beautiful mathematical ideas that touch all aspects of our lives--including our virtual ones."--Dust jacket.

Beat the Odds Blackjack
Beat the Odds Blackjack

Author: G. Phillip Cline

Publisher: Lyle Stuart

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 9780818406362

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In this clear and easy-to-follow guide readers will learn the principles of winning blackjack through understanding the percentages of every combination of cards. In just a few hours players can get to grips with Cline's revolutionary new strategy, Percentage Play, which will increase their chances of winning by enabling them to analyse their hand quickly, calculate the odds and make the right moves to maximise their profits.

Arcade Games From The Inside Out
Arcade Games From The Inside Out

Author: Norbert Snicer

Publisher: Ticketflex.com Tech Training

Published:

Total Pages: 69

ISBN-13:

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Arcade Games From The Inside Out, regular columns by Norbert Snicer, featuring technical topics on Arcade Games were published in the Leisure Line Magazine from August 1995 to July 1998. They aimed to provide a practical advice for the amusement machine operators and technicians on troubleshooting, maintenance and setting up of arcade games! Simplified system diagrams offer a straight forward reference, essential for an efficient troubleshooting of the more complex machines like the Daytona, Sega Rally or the Namco Alpine Surfer. The topics on pinball machines include troubleshooting Switch Matrix in the WPC System, troubleshooting solenoids, common flipper problems, introduction to the Williams Bally WPC 95 System and others. The articles also deal with electronic coin acceptors, credit boards and provide tips for an efficient troubleshooting.

Simply the Best
Simply the Best

Author: Mike Johnston

Publisher: Heritage House Publishing Co

Published: 2011-02-01

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 1927051622

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delivers rare insights on success straight from the hearts and minds of winning coaches Scotty Bowman, Marc Crawford, Jacques Demers, Clare Drake, Ken Hitchcock, Mike Keenan, Dave King, George Kingston, Andy Murray, Rodger Neilson, Pat Quinn and Brian Sutter. These world-renowned hockey visionaries, recognized as some of the greatest coaches in the game, talk about what it takes to be a champion and the strategies that have made them successful. Each one of us is a coach, whether we are raising children, coaching a youth sports team, being the project team leader at work, teaching students in a classroom or managing employees in a corporation. Simply the Best makes it clear that these coaches' mastered principles of success are also relevant off the ice, so that people in all walks of life can win their own Stanley Cups.

Play Bridge Now
Play Bridge Now

Author: Montgomery Coe

Publisher: Cardoza Publishing

Published:

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 1580426239

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This primer is written so that any rank beginner of novice can learn the basics of bridge and immediately play the game on a competent level. Step by step Montgomery Coe shows readers the rules of play, correct bidding techniques, opening bids and responses and the scoring standards to make bridge a fun and challenging game. Examples, illustrations and sample hands are provided throughout the book so that players can enjoy the game of bridge after one quick reading. table { }tr { }col { }br { }td { padding: 0px; color: windowtext; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: medium none; white-space: nowrap; }.xl66 { font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif; border: 0.5pt solid windowtext; }