Black Jack, The Science Game

Is often associated with casino games of chance. Arguably, enter a coin in a machine and press a lever to get 3 cherries does not require much skill and expertise. Likewise, guess the number in which a white ball will stop in 37 chance of the wheel does not seem a matter of study, but the destination. In both cases there is a statistical factor, but luck has a significant component. Unlike the popular slot games and roulette, to which I referred earlier, luck in blackjack plays a secondary role, while the skill and strategy have a more prominent place than any other factor. A student player can take advantage of this circumstance to generate huge profits. Thus, in the mid 50's, the game of blackjack attracts the attention of many players and scholars who developed techniques and strategies, including the widely used card counting, based on mathematical models, statistical and probability calculations. Among the famous scientists who chose the world of letters we can highlight the mathematician Edward Oakley Thorp, who earned a doctorate in Physics and Mathematics from the prestigious UCLA professor of mathematics and quantitative finance the renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT).

Thorp development strategy and card counting plasma in the best-selling book published in 1962 "Beat the Dealer?. Another mathematical genius who rose to fame in the world of blackjack is the legendary Kenneth Senzo Usui, known by his alias Ken Uston. Graduated from the discipline of mathematics at the University of Yale, came after an MBA at Harvard University. During 1970, Uston, considered the best card counter in the history of this game, along with his team generated millions in profits, to the point that was denied entrance to casinos in the United States and elsewhere. Only one Judgement of the Court of the State of New Jersey, returned it to the tables, when it was determined that the mental count of letters can not be regarded as a fraud against the casino.