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Originally Posted by ericschand
Was this the one out of Quebec some years ago? However, the guy
then told everyone how he managed to win a lot of money, so they
denied him the chip cash-in. So he sued. Never heard how it turned
out.
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No, these were the first guys to build a computer to predict where the roulette ball would land. It was some hippie physics students in California. At that time casinos didn't even know it was possible to players to use computers.
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Originally Posted by ericschand
The poker player was an online poker player. His name was a pretty
good one, Chris Moneymaker. He not only finished in the top 10,
he finished FIRST! This feat was duplicated again by another
player. You can find info by googling for him.
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I'm not talking about Chris Moneymaker. I know who he is. This is a different story. The guy was a magazine writer and he decided to write an article on the World Series of Poker. He thought entering it would be the best way to write about it, so he entered without ever having played in a tournament before and finished in the top 10 (I don't remember exactly where). He took out TJ Cloutier (called his bluff) on his way to the final table. This was back in the 70s I believe, before poker was hugely popular.
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Originally Posted by ericschand
The blackjack card counting team was probably the MIT team, someone
above mentions the book(s) written about it. Interesting read.
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I know about the MIT team, and this was a different card counting team. Once again it was back in the 70s before the MIT team. What made them famous was a wealthy stock broker quit his job and left his family to play blackjack full time. When the casinos discovered him and his team and kicked them out, he sued claiming he was not cheating, had done nothing wrong and the casinos should continue to let him play. Technically he was right, because there is nothing illegal about counting cards.