Beat the Dealer by Edward O. Thorp

Beat The Dealer: A Winning Strategy for the Game of Twenty One
by Edward O. Thorp

Ever since the time of Cardano, mathematicians have been delving into the theory of games of chance, but rarely with the stunning success achieved by Edward O. Thorp, Professor of Mathematics at the University of California at Irvine.

Professor Thorp has devised a gambling system that really works, as proved by the winnings of the author himself, and by the thousands who have used his system.

This strategy enables the player to gain and keep a decided advantage over the house. Professor Thorp developed his system through mathematics and checked it with an electronic computer. The essentials, consolidated in simple charts, can be understood and memorized by the average player.

Professor Thorp first published this strategy in 1962.

The system proved so successful that the Las Vegas casinos were forced to change their rules. Now the new revised point count system shows how the player can win in spite of present or future rule changes in Las Vegas and Puerto Rico; how to beat the deale in England; and how to win in spite of cheating by casinos.

The cards in the back of the look can be used in actual casino play.

In addition to its practical applications, Beat the Dealer is a fascinating mathematical exercise and essay in statistics.

It is, to quote Edmund C. Berkeley, Editor of Computers and Automation, "a striking, informative and entertaining illustration of the calculating powers of an automatic computer coupled with the problem-organizing powers of the human mind."