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How a magician-mathematician revealed a casino loophole
BBC ^ | 19 Oct 2022 | Shane Keating

Posted on 10/21/2022 6:29:09 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

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To: Magnum44

After a careful examination, I’m guessing the victim is not much of a card counter; could cause some serious problems.


41 posted on 10/22/2022 8:10:16 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messa)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

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42 posted on 10/22/2022 8:11:31 AM PDT by Coffee... Black... No Sugar (“Salute the Marines.” - Joe )
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To: Sgt_Schultze

—”Machines have to randomize the shuffle.”

A Dumb question.

Do the machines produce a true random or some form of pseudo-random?


43 posted on 10/22/2022 8:18:46 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messa)
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To: Falconspeed

Interesting with many disclaimers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bringing_Down_the_House_(book)

Many ways to make a buck with numbers...
Jerry and Marge Go Large: 60 Minutes’ original story on the Selbees’ lottery loophole

From 2019, Jon Wertheim’s report on Jerry and Marge Selbee, a retired Michigan couple who made $26 million using “basic arithmetic” to crack the code on certain lottery games

https://youtu.be/TTYnHr_-wcY

Also, the guy who “shaved” the fractions after the decimal on NYSE trades.
Insufficient damage on any single event to prosecute.
Probably wasted his take on attorney fees?


44 posted on 10/22/2022 8:31:52 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messa)
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To: Magnum44

ROTFLMAOWPMP


45 posted on 10/22/2022 10:35:18 AM PDT by LastDayz (A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
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