Nonparametric bootstrapping, for example, is illustrated by describing a con artist drawing from a deck of rigged cards (pp. 273 274).
The task is rigged such that cards from decks A and B give high rewards (£100) on each card selection, but also yield unpredictable and large losses such that continuously picking from these decks results in a net loss.
Vincenzo Visco, the Italian treasury minister, called it "unacceptable to let a player with a rigged hand of cards join the game".
Thieves can completely replace a merchant's point of sale terminal with a device that is rigged to record or divert card data wirelessly, or simply store the data until the criminal comes back and removes it.
Because the punters in online casinos may have no idea who is on the other end of the line, they are vulnerable to swindles and crooks; they may be ripped off by rigged games; they may have their credit-card details stolen; and so on.The House winsThese, however, are arguments for regulating online gambling, not banning it.
In an eight-month inquiry into credit card arbitration, Public Citizen found it to be a "rigged game in which justice is dealt from a deck stacked against consumers".
This method is simple because a right-angle is a very common tool in many practical applications, and the drawing can be easily MacGyvered (rigged, ad hoc) out of your environment using a handy business card, Post-it Note, paperback book cover, etc.
Pull open the door (marked "Push," of course) and inside you'll find Whoopee Cushions and Charlie Chaplin DVDs, cages rigged to make rabbits appear, and 58 styles of playing cards displayed like cigarettes behind the counter.
According to investigative journalist Matt Taibbi, the totality of Bank of America's corruption and venality meant rigged bids in 2008's multitrillion municipal bond market, dubious arbitration disputes with its credit-card holders, and rampant charging of account holders with bogus overdraft fees, robbing its own customers of $4.5 billion.
