With a new title, "The Bet", revised and cut with part 3 of the original text now gone, it was included in Volume 4 of Chekhov's Collected Works, published in 1899–1901 by Adolf Marks. Chekhov explained the reason for the omission in 1903: "As I was reading the proofs, I came to dislike the end, it occurred to me that it was too cold and cruel."
The story "The Bet", with a new title and a shortened version due to removing part 3 of the original text, was included in Volume 4 of Chekhov's Collected Works published by Adolf Marks between 1899 and 1901.  Chekhov himself explained that he disliked the ending, finding it too harsh and cold.