This class is really a class that teaches probability. But because gambling uses a lot of probability, and much of life is a gamble, I am going to teach probability through the lens of a gambler. Don't rip your friends off. Rip off large corporations. :) 1. Simple probability exercises: calculating probabilities of poker hands 2. Horse race (what is the best way to bet?) 3. Gambler's ruin problem 4. The principle behind Gambler's ruin: Markov chains