Math Encounters -- This Game is Rigged! How math can make you a winner”

Boost your odds of winning games of strategy! University of San Francisco Professor of Mathematics and Proof School Chairman Paul Zeitz explores a variety of wagers and games that practically guarantee a win for the player who makes the best mathematical analysis — and demonstrates why this is the case. It’s not all fun and games, though: these vignettes have important mathematical morals to share.

Special introduction by Mark Saul, Executive Director of the Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival.

Math Encounters is a public presentation series celebrating the spectacular world of mathematics and presented by the Simons Foundation and the National Museum of Mathematics.

For further information, call the Museum of Mathematics at

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