Dr. Michael Orkin is a professor, consultant, and author.  He's been an invited speaker at numerous events, including conferences, college graduations, rotary clubs, and technical venues such as Google Tech Talks ("Decision Making and Chance," September 2006).  He's the author of several previous books, including "Can You Win? The Real Odds for Casino Gambling, Sports Betting, and Lotteries," and "What are the Odds? Chance in Everyday Life."  Orkin has published numerous research articles in probability and statistics, including "Games of Chance and Games of Skill," which appeared in a recent edition of Chance magazine.  Dr. Orkin has a B.A. in Mathematics and Ph.D. in Statistics, both from the University of California at Berkeley.  He is currently Professor of Mathematics at Berkeley City College in Berkeley, California and is Professor of Statistics, Emeritus, at California State University, East Bay.

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