Although luck is involved and factors into the outcome, strategy plays a more important role in the long run.

Although no strategy can be applied to increase odds in such games, players may employ " lucky numbers " to find what they think will help them.

Although more fearsome than Bai Bureh's rising, it was amorphous, lacked a definite strategy, and was suppressed in most areas in two months.

Although relying solely on security through obscurity is almost always a very poor design decision, keeping secret some of the details of an otherwise well-engineered system may be a reasonable tactic as part of a defense in depth strategy.

Although it was late in the campaigning season when he had come to power, Pitt set about trying to initiate a more assertive strategy.

Although the extent-based nature of XFS and the delayed allocation strategy it uses significantly improves the file system's resistance to fragmentation problems, XFS provides a filesystem defragmentation utility (, short for XFS filesystem reorganizer ) that can defragment the files on a mounted and active XFS filesystem.

Although Bryan had decided on a strategy to gain the nomination — to give a speech which would make him the logical candidate in the eyes of delegates — he faced obstacles along the way.

Although z / OS customers vary in their maintenance practices, IBM encourages every z / OS customer to adopt a reasonable preventive maintenance strategy, to avoid known problems before they might occur.

Although Kurzweil agrees that by 2019 the current strategy of ever-finer photolithography will have run its course, he speculates that this does not mean the end of Moore's law:

Although Forrest lacked formal military education, he had a gift for strategy and tactics.

Although Nouvelle Résistance at first opposed the " national conservatives " of Jean-Marie Le Pen's National Front, it changed strategy, adopting the slogan " Less Leftism!

Although described by one critic as " the squarest music this side of Euclid ,", this strategy proved commercially successful and the show remained on the air for 31 years.

Although the optimal strategy of a game may not ( yet ) be known, a game-playing computer might still benefit from solutions of the game from certain endgame positions ( in the form of endgame tablebases ), which will allow it to play perfectly after some point in the game.

Although the CIA in general and Charlie Wilson, a Texas Congressman, have received most of the attention, the key architect of this strategy was Michael G. Vickers, a young Paramilitary Officer.

Although he thought the strategy unwise, Vergennes continuously advocated war in Constantinople by trying to convince that Ottomans that war was the only way to check Russia's rising power.

Although the criterion argument applies to both deduction and induction, Weintraub believes that Sextus ' argument " is precisely the strategy Hume invokes against induction: it cannot be justified, because the purported justification, being inductive, is circular.

Although Titokowaru provided the strategy and leadership that had been missing among tribes that had fought in the Second Taranaki War and his forces never lost a battle during their intensive campaign, they mysteriously abandoned a strong position at Tauranga-ika Pā and Titokowaru's army immediately began to disperse.

Although there are different characteristic between Japanese and Christian churches, Ando treats them with the similar strategy.

Although this programming strategy was discontinued in the 1980s, it was reinstated on CITY and CKVU for short time in the early 2000s.

Although the rules are quite simple ( and were the simplest rules in the 2001 8x8 Game Design Competition ), the strategy is complex and sophisticated.

Although computers can play some abstract strategy games better than any human, the best Havannah-playing software to date plays quite weakly compared to human experts.

Although Magic: The Gathering is essentially a strategy game that uses decks of cards, an intricate storyline underlies the cards released in each expansion.

Although he is perfectly willing to cooperate with Scotland Yard, Holmes has nothing but contempt for the intelligence and mentality of the police.

Although Patchen has given previous evidence of an interest in jazz, the musical group that he works with, the Chamber Jazz Sextet, is often ignored by jazz critics.

Although the wood has been changed to coal, much of it still retains its original cell structure.

Although today's trucks are as fast as passenger cars, a truck driver has to be a sensible person and guard against hogging the road.

Although the matter has not been unequivocally demonstrated, the available data show that micelles in themselves do not contribute significantly to the detergency process.

Although a somewhat technical subject, it has important political implications as the above discussion of the voting system indicated.

Although the pause in the advance of general business activity this year has thus far been quite modest, it is hard to escape the conclusion that the softening process will continue into the first quarter of 1961 and possibly somewhat longer.

Although refrigeration has served to extend the storage life of these products, substantially increased consumption might be possible if areas remote from the seacoast could be served adequately.

Although science has given us more effective materials, preparations from anise, castorbean, colchicum, nux vomica, mustard, fennel, and stramonium are familiar to many for the relief of human ailments.

Although progress has been made in America's system of libraries it still falls short of what is required if we are to maintain the standards that are needed for an informed America.

Although I have emphasized the barriers which an aroused nationalism has raised against relations between Christians and non-Christians in Asia, the fact is that this development has also widened the gulf between certain Afro-Asian religions themselves.

Although the axiom of countable choice in particular is commonly used in constructive mathematics, its use has also been questioned.

Although argon is a noble gas, it has been found to have the capability of forming some compounds.

Although the Indian and Greek concepts of the atom were based purely on philosophy, modern science has retained the name coined by Democritus.

Although panic attacks are not experienced by every person who has anxiety, they are a common symptom.

Although a cease-fire has held since 1994, the conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh has not been resolved.

Although MacDougall's results varied considerably from " 21 grams ", for some people this figure has become synonymous with the measure of a soul's mass.

Although, as of 2009, none of the extrasolar planets detected by ground-based astrometry has been verified in subsequent studies, astrometry is expected to be more accurate in space missions that are not affected by the distorting effects of the Earth's atmosphere.

Although hydrogen-like orbitals are still used as pedagogical tools, the advent of computers has made STOs preferable for atoms and diatomic molecules since combinations of STOs can replace the nodes in hydrogen-like atomic orbital.

Although the sign still exists, the " of " has now been replaced by the URL of their website.

Although the Caiman has not been studied in-depth, scientists have learned that their mating cycles ( previously thought to be spontaneous or year-round ) are linked to the rainfall cycles and the river levels, which increases chances of survival for their offspring.

Although Albert has received relatively little recognition in German history, his dissolution of the Teutonic State caused the founding of the Duchy of Prussia ( and also the Hohenzollern dynasty ), which would eventually become arguably the most powerful German state and instrumental in uniting the whole of Germany.

Although the family ( Amaranthaceae ) is distinctive, the genus has few distinguishing characters among the 70 species included.