Sep 17 2025
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Edward Thorp: How a Professor Beat the Casinos at Blackjack
Do you know that feeling when you’re sitting at a blackjack table and the dealer keeps pulling blackjacks to himself out of nowhere? In the 1960s, a discrete mathematics professor named Edward Thorp discovered how to invert that situation. Edward O Thorp didn’t only beat the casinos.
Just How Free Are Free Odds in Casino Craps?
Casino craps is a lively game. It is full of camaraderie, action, cheers, and groans. Usually, all the players are betting with the shooter meaning they want the shooter to win. That means the entire table will cheer when something good for the shooter happens and groan when something bad happens.
Successful Spinners: Biggest Slot Machine Winners of 2025
There are lots of ways to strike it rich in a casino. Go on a major blackjack run. Hit a roulette longshot. Crush a World Series of Poker tournament.
Bill Benter: The Math Genius Who Beat Horse Racing with Code
From blackjack in the Nevada desert to algorithms in the skyscrapers of Hong Kong, Bill Benter didn’t gamble – he calculated. And in doing so, he became the richest professional gambler in history.
