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The Trillion Dollar Equation
Veritasium · Includes Ed Thorp's journey from blackjack to markets
The Magic Economics of Gambling
Wendover Productions · How casinos engineer profit from every square foot
Randomness is Random
Numberphile · Why real randomness looks streakier than we expect
Law of large numbers
Khan Academy · The theorem behind every casino's business model
Gambler's Ruin (lecture)
MIT OpenCourseWare · The classic probability problem, from MIT
Making Probability Mathematical
PBS Infinite Series · How a gambling question gave birth to probability theory
The Fastest Way to Memorize Blackjack Basic Strategy
Blackjack Apprenticeship · Memory tricks to pair with our trainer
How To Count Cards: Take Back the Edge at Blackjack
Blackjack Apprenticeship · Hi-Lo counting explained step by step
How to Play Craps — The Basics and Rules
Wizard of Odds · Craps rules and bets, explained by a gaming mathematician
Baccarat Analysis
Wizard of Odds · The math of Banker, Player and Tie
Tuomas Sandholm: Poker and Game Theory
Lex Fridman · How AI solved heads-up no-limit poker
Slot machines: The big gamble
60 Minutes · An investigation into how modern slots are designed
Addiction by Design: from Slot Machines to Internet Gambling
Dr. Natasha Schüll (lecture) · A researcher on machine design and player behavior
Inside the brain of a gambling addict
BBC News · What neuroscience shows about problem gambling
The fall and rise of a gambling addict
TEDx Talks · A personal story of losing everything and recovering
The Secretive Book That Names All the Cheaters in Vegas
Half as Interesting · Nevada's famous exclusion list
Who Killed Bugsy Siegel?
Vegas PBS · The mob era that built the Las Vegas Strip
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