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title: "February 2007"
url: https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2007/02/
description: "Entries filed in February 2007: What the house edge actually measures, The baccarat scoring rule, explained slowly, Blackjack as an optimisation problem."
published: 2007-02-01
updated: 2007-02-01
---

# February 2007

Published 2007-02-01

3 entries filed in this month

## [What the house edge actually measures](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2007/02/the_house_edge.html)

Posted 20 February 2007 at 11:30

The house edge is quoted constantly and defined rarely. It is a single per-unit average, and knowing exactly what it averages over is what makes it useful.

Posted in [Probability](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/cat_probability.html) | [Permalink](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2007/02/the_house_edge.html)

## [The baccarat scoring rule, explained slowly](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2007/02/baccarat_scoring_rule.html)

Posted 14 February 2007 at 20:18

Baccarat looks opaque from the rail because its drawing rule is a table rather than a decision. Written out line by line, it is one of the simplest structures on any floor.

Posted in [Table games](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/cat_table_games.html) | [Permalink](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2007/02/baccarat_scoring_rule.html)

## [Blackjack as an optimisation problem](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2007/02/blackjack_as_optimisation.html)

Posted 3 February 2007 at 15:55

In the middle of the last century blackjack stopped being described as a game of judgement and started being described as a solved decision table. The shift is a nice illustration of what computation does to a problem.

Posted in [Table games](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/cat_table_games.html) | [Permalink](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2007/02/blackjack_as_optimisation.html)