This book is as much entertaining as it is instructive. It is very engaging and would, I think, appeal especially to anyone with a curiosity about the workings of chance as in lotteries, the use of statistics and prediction by pundits and experts in politics and many, many more life situations. I enjoyed reading it and find that its only shortcoming for me is its great length and rambling style and a resulting sense of lost focus. But the hundreds of funny and clever anecdotes give the book an informal and light tone. With that said, I highly recommend the book to all thoughtful persons, especially to those not normally engaged in things of a mathematical or analytic nature.