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title: "Archives"
url: https://velagamingprime.com/archives/
description: "Every entry in the journal, grouped by month and by category."
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# Archives

[The Vela Prime Journal](https://velagamingprime.com/)

Notes on the arithmetic and the history of casino games

Every entry, grouped by month and by category

## April 2007

- [Payout tables and the difference between odds and payouts](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2007/04/payout_tables_and_odds.html)
- [Random number generators and what the word random is doing](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2007/04/what_random_means.html)
- [Keno, lotteries and very large denominators](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2007/04/keno_and_large_denominators.html)

## February 2007

- [What the house edge actually measures](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)
- [Blackjack as an optimisation problem](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2007/02/blackjack_as_optimisation.html)

## December 2006

- [The gambler's fallacy and independent trials](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2006/12/gamblers_fallacy.html)
- [Slot reels, virtual reels and the weighting problem](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2006/12/virtual_reels.html)
- [Reading a craps layout](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2006/12/reading_a_craps_layout.html)

## October 2006

- [Two dice, thirty-six outcomes](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2006/10/two_dice.html)
- [Why some wheels carry two zeroes](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2006/10/why_two_zeroes.html)
- [The long history of dice](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2006/10/a_long_history_of_dice.html)

## Probability

- [Payout tables and the difference between odds and payouts](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2007/04/payout_tables_and_odds.html)
- [Keno, lotteries and very large denominators](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2007/04/keno_and_large_denominators.html)
- [What the house edge actually measures](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2007/02/the_house_edge.html)
- [The gambler's fallacy and independent trials](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2006/12/gamblers_fallacy.html)
- [Two dice, thirty-six outcomes](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2006/10/two_dice.html)

## Table games

- [The baccarat scoring rule, explained slowly](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)
- [Reading a craps layout](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2006/12/reading_a_craps_layout.html)

## Machine games

- [Random number generators and what the word random is doing](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2007/04/what_random_means.html)
- [Slot reels, virtual reels and the weighting problem](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2006/12/virtual_reels.html)

## Game history

- [Why some wheels carry two zeroes](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2006/10/why_two_zeroes.html)
- [The long history of dice](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2006/10/a_long_history_of_dice.html)

## Recent Entries

- [Payout tables and the difference between odds and payouts](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2007/04/payout_tables_and_odds.html)
- [Random number generators and what the word random is doing](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2007/04/what_random_means.html)
- [Keno, lotteries and very large denominators](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2007/04/keno_and_large_denominators.html)
- [What the house edge actually measures](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)
- [Blackjack as an optimisation problem](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2007/02/blackjack_as_optimisation.html)
- [The gambler's fallacy and independent trials](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2006/12/gamblers_fallacy.html)
- [Slot reels, virtual reels and the weighting problem](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2006/12/virtual_reels.html)
- [Reading a craps layout](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2006/12/reading_a_craps_layout.html)
- [Two dice, thirty-six outcomes](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2006/10/two_dice.html)

## Categories

- [Probability](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/cat_probability.html) (5 entries)
- [Table games](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/cat_table_games.html) (3 entries)
- [Machine games](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/cat_machine_games.html) (2 entries)
- [Game history](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/cat_game_history.html) (2 entries)

## Archives

- [April 2007](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2007/04/) (3 entries)
- [February 2007](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2007/02/) (3 entries)
- [December 2006](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2006/12/) (3 entries)
- [October 2006](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/2006/10/) (3 entries)

## Elsewhere

- [Full archive index](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/)
- [What this journal writes about](https://velagamingprime.com/subjects/)
- [Probability entries](https://velagamingprime.com/archives/cat_probability.html)