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To: Bilow who wrote (83035)	8/17/2000 2:29:04 AM
From: Jeff Leader	Respond to of 132070

Yes, Dr Thorp was a math professor at UC Irvine. I understand that after he tired of black jack, he turned his attention to Wall Street and was able to make a couple dimes there also. Devices are of almost no use in roulette unless you can use them a) to affect the wheel (which the casinos frown on <g>) or to identify a skewed wheel. But the casinos are very careful to make sure the wheel is 'true' each time they open a table. If there was a skewed wheel you would beat it not with black/red or even/odd bets, but rather by betting on the numbers in the section of the wheel benefitting from the skew. So the casinos will likely let you bet red/black/even/odd up to the table limit for as long as you like. Now a device for blackjack, that's another thing altogether; they have holes in the desert reserved for those folks <g>