Darren finally found Hermione and told her what happened in the morning, because she needed to do the calculations together, so she signed up for arithmetic and divination class, and her math level was not bad. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"What! You're making another bet with Bagman!" Hermione said in surprise.

"No, I just asked him to come forward to organize the gambling game," Darren fiddled with the tablet word in his hand, of course this is not the one he used to store books and materials, it was sent by Bill, and he hasn't entered anything yet, Darren originally intended to use it as a notebook, and it doesn't matter if he changes his purpose now, "After all, his identity as the director of the Department of Magical Sports and Sports still has a lot of weight, and I am a warrior participating in the competition, so I shouldn't be involved in this kind of thing." ”

"Besides, Bagman is a liar and will get you in trouble," Hermione frowned, puffing out.

"Bagman is not a liar, because he is a fool, and a fool cannot be a liar," Darren said as he wrote a spell that could be calculated into the tablet, "There is a magic contract, he can't do anything, in fact I forbid him to bet, and besides, it's not me who is running the game, it's you." ”

"I! You're kidding, I don't guess luck!"

"No, it's not about luck, it's just a few calculations, just like your arithmetic divination class," Darren paused to let it rest, "It's troublesome, so many calculation tables, if there were computers......"

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Darren explained to Hermione, "You see, to put it simply, there will only be one winner in the Triwizard Tournament, let's say Krum, Fleur and I, everyone presses, let's take the prize money, a bet of one thousand Galleons, then a total of three thousand Galleons, even if the odds are one to two, no matter which one wins, the person who presides over the game only needs to pay two thousand Galleons, because betting on the other two will lose all bets, in this case, the remaining one thousand Galleons," Darren shrugged.

"Therefore, the basic goal of opening a gambling game is to reduce the amount of money to be lost as much as possible on the basis of these three thousand Galleons, so as to obtain the remaining funds after compensation, and this part of the remaining funds is the profit earned. ”

"This is still the simplest situation, in fact, when placing bets, it is impossible to have the kind of result I just said, it is too average, and it is more likely that the bet of Krum to win is 1,500 Galleons, and Fleur is 1,000 Galleons, and I only have 500 Galleons, in this case, if you still insist on the odds of 1 to 2, then when Krum wins, the person who bets on him will take all the 3,000 Galleons that became the bet, and Fleur will win and you will have 1,000 Galleons left, and I will win the best, I can leave 2,000 Galleons. ”

"Obviously, one way to maximize your winnings in this situation is to let me win the game, even if it's cheating, which is actually what I did before!"

Seeing Hermione's eyebrows raised, Darren hurriedly said, "But this is very stupid, whether it is for the person who opens the gambling game or the person who runs the tournament, the risk is very high, even if the cheating is not discovered, it will affect people's enthusiasm to participate, so, we can't do this." ”

"What we can adjust is the odds, as I said just now, the bet on three people cannot be the same, as long as the proportion of the bet is within a certain range, you can make money, for example, as I said just now, the bet of pressing Krum is 1,500 Galleons, Hibiscus is 1,000 Galleons, and I am 500 Galleons, so as long as Krum's odds are less than one to two, Hibiscus's odds are less than one to three, and my odds are less than one to six, no matter which of us wins, we can make money!"

"Although it is certainly not as good as the 'upset' that I won, it is risk-free, and there may be various unexpected situations such as the withdrawal of participants in the middle of the game and the cancellation of the game. ”

"But how do we know how many people will crush the three of you?"

"That's what I'm getting," Darren pointed to the tablet in front of him, "When someone places a bet with Bagman, it will be recorded in it, so that we can know the overall situation and distribution of the bet, so as to adjust the odds in time, besides, there are three games in the Triwizard Tournament, we can continue to make corrections, and we can bet a few more times, otherwise it will be boring to buy and sell with a hammer, and the more times we bet, the more we will earn." ”

"That sounds right, but, like Fred and George said, you're not short of money, so why are you doing this?" Hermione, as she deserved, quickly understood what Darren was talking about, but what she didn't understand was why Darren did it.

"Well, play, it's still so long before the first game, besides, you can find some work for Bagman, who will let him owe money and not pay it back," In fact, Darren came up with this method after going through the Quedic World Cup and wanting to know more about the wizarding world, after all, gambling is a thing that everyone likes to see, and it can often reflect a lot of things, as long as you pay more attention to some things when you live, it is almost a social survey.

Darren originally wanted to sit in the village by himself, but he accidentally became a warrior, so he decided to change to Hermione, but this is not bad, you can hone her more, don't always bury your head in books, do some practical work to help open up ideas, just like Darren commented on Ravenclaw, although erudition and rote memorization look similar in the learning stage, but the final effect is absolutely different.

Besides, it would also give Darren more opportunities to meet Hermione and do business together, what could be happier than making money together......

In addition, as a channel to understand the internal situation of the Ministry of Magic, Bagman is still very useful, if he simply relies on the magic contract to suppress, it is difficult to ensure that there will be no leaks, and now he has seen Darren's ability to make money by gambling, and he will definitely be able to get closer, after all, this fool is still a gambler, and for people like him, it is extremely attractive to be able to make money by gambling.

Especially if he doesn't understand the real principle, he will have an illusory sense of achievement! This sense of accomplishment is placed at the highest level in the need for self-realization!