Eliot Jacobson Ph.D.

Received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Arizona in 1983. Eliot has been a Professor of both Mathematics and Computer Science. Eliot retired from academia in 2009. Eliot Jacobson

After a decade as an advantage player, Eliot founded Jacobson Gaming, LLC in 2006. His company specializes in casino table game design, advantage play analysis, game development, and mathematical certification. Eliot's most recent book, "Advanced Advantage Play," based on material first published on his infamous blog apheat.net, has quickly become an industry best-seller on the topic of legally beating casino table games, side bets and promotions. Eliot consults with casinos internationally and is a sought after keynote speaker, trainer and seminar leader.

Eliot is widely recognized as one of the world's top experts on casino table games

Eliot Jacobson Ph.D. 's Articles

Survey of Uni-Directional Cards

Aug 21 2014

Last update: 1 Year 1 Month ago

A uni-directional card is a card that has an intentional rotational asymmetry. Some aspect of the pattern on the back of the card was designed so that when the card is rotated 180 degrees, the pattern after the rotation doesn't match the pattern of a card that has not bee

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Survey of Table Games: MGM Resorts, International

Sep 24 2012

Last update: 1 Year 1 Month ago

According to this Wikipedia article , MGM Resorts International (MGM) is the second largest gaming company in the world.It owns and operates 15 properties in Nevada, Mississippi, and Michigan, and has 50% inve

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Survey of Table Games: Caesars Entertainment Corporation, October, 2013

Oct 7 2013

Last update: 1 Year 1 Month ago

This survey was completed by an exhaustive search through CZR's “Table Game Finder” (see image below). Note that two casinos listed in 2012 no longer exist in 2013 (Imperial Palace, Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall). There is also a new casino in 2013 (The QUAD).

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Survey of Table Games: Caesars Entertainment Corporation

Sep 17 2012

Last update: 1 Year 1 Month ago

According to this Wikipedia article , Caesars Entertainment Corporation (CEC), formerly known as Harrah's Entertainment, is the largest gaming company in the world, with over 50 casinos. The business model for CEC has long been to target the middle of the gaming segment.

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Survey of Table Games, by Casino Website

Sep 22 2012

Last update: 1 Year 1 Month ago

I have been trying to get a sense of the landscape of casino proprietary table games across the United States. I’ve examined CEC’s database of table games in this post.

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Survey of Nevada Table Games: 2006 to 2015

Jul 14 2015

Last update: 1 Year 1 Month ago

Earlier this month I was in Las Vegas presenting my Advanced Advantage Play seminar with Bill Zender. The day before the seminar, I walked into severalcasinos on the Las Vegas strip.

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