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The Mathematics of Gambling by Thorp, Edward is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Mathematics of Gambling about?
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 * 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!
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Thorp, Edward
- Publisher
- Gambling Times ; Distributed by L. Stuart
- Published
- 1984
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780897460194
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Sports, Anthropology, Mathematics
- Rating
- 5 / 5 (7 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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