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blackjack's open secret: track the deck, tilt the odds, get treated like a criminal for doing math.
means a strategy of tracking which cards have already been played to estimate whether the remaining deck favors the player, then betting bigger when it does.
from formalized in 1962 by mathematician edward thorp in beat the dealer, which used computer simulations to prove blackjack could be legally beaten — casinos panicked and redesigned the game almost overnight.
legalitynot illegal, but casinos can still ban you
mit teamreal students won millions in the 1990s
edge gainedoften under 1-2 percent advantage
countermeasurecasinos now shuffle decks more often