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 One particular scheme was based on the martingale betting system, in which you double your bet each time you lose, and go back to your original bet as soon as you win. It is used at the blackjack tables quite often, but there is a flaw in it that shows up quickly there. The table limits are designed so that you can only do a series of about five or six bets before you can"t double again. Thus, on a table with a $5 minimum and $100 maximum bet, your bets would look like this (if
you kept losing and doubling): $5, $10, $20, $40, $80. If you lose six hands in a row - a common occurrence - you can"t double up to cover the losses from the previous bets.
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 Alhambra is a German-style board game or Eurogame, and is an Arabian-themed re-imagining of the stock trading board game Stimmt So! which in turn is a re-imagining of the mafia influence board game Al Capone. Instead of influencing mafia families or buying up profitable stocks, the aim in Alhambra is to control the most powerful, well-rounded and well-defended palace. The premise of the game is based on the fabled Moorish Alhambra palace in Granada, Spain.
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 Elf Bowling deserves the number-one spot because there are eight editions of the same awful game. Eight. That"s two more games than the "Leprechaun" series had movies, and at least two of those movies were in "Tha Hood."
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 For many years people have noticed that older folks who regularly did crosswords seemed to stay mentally sharper as they aged, compared to those who didn"t exercise their brains in similar ways. Recent research has supported this idea. As a mental exercise, one of the primary advantages of doing crossword puzzles is that it"s a brainpower game you can play by yourself.
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