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The Mathematics of Gambling
Author(s): Edward Thorp (Author)
- Publisher: Gambling Times
- Publication Date: January 1, 1984
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 161 pages
- ISBN-10: 0897460197
- ISBN-13: 9780897460194
Book Description
More than twenty years after the publication of Beat the Dealer, the best-selling book on winning at blackjack, Dr. Edward O. Thorp again focused his attention on gambling games with an analysis of: * BACCARAT — Can card counting eliminate the house advantage? * BACKGAMMON — Playing optimally in endgame situations. * BLACKJACK — Understanding blackjack systems and detecting cheating. * GAMBLING GAMES — Which ones you cannot beat and why. * MONEY MANAGEMENT — How to maximize your return and what strategies to avoid. * ROULETTE and the WHEEL OF FORTUNE — Using the laws of physics to predict the next winning number. In easy-to-understand language, learn what a leading mathematician discovered in thirty years of computer-assisted research. This is the long-awaited publication of Dr. Thorp’s accumulated work on gambling. Before you risk your money, find out what the “Albert Einstein of Gambling” has to say!
