Picard always double checks to make sure nobody is looking when he reads cheap romance novels instead of ancient high literature.
RIKER: I'll place a bet on...
DATA: That would be inadviseable sir. The house advantage in this game ranges from 1.36% to 13.9% depending on the bet. It makes one feel good to believe that 'luck is on their side', but the truth is that no matter what casino game you play, the longer you play the odds of losing money approaches 100%. It is indeed why casinos are such a profitable business.
RIKER: ...No no, my gut says to bet the 6!
GEORDI: I'm an adult male alone in a shuttlecraft for several hours with all the music, film and literature in human history at my fingertips. I think I'll play trivia! Man, I'm so creative.
DEANNA: Equestrian huh. Are any of your hobbies NOT things that were exclusively available to rich people a couple hundred years ago?
BARCALAY: Who designed 3D chess anyway? Were they trying to design a strategically interesting game or were they just adding complexity for the sake of showing how futurey we all are?