Dr. Edward Thorp doesn't look like one of the world's most notorious gamblers. At 79 years old, he sports braces and large, wire-rimmed glasses. But on a recent Saturday night in suburban Las Vegas, ...

The Newport Coast mansion of blackjack strategist Edward Thorp has changed hands after just over two months on the market. Thorp, 87, had counted on $8.795 million, but that wasn’t in the cards — he ...

Las Vegas casino bosses hated Edward O. Thorp — so much so that, in 1964, personnel at the Mafia-backed Dunes allegedly tried to off him. Admittedly, Thorp was a worthy foe — a former MIT math ...

Edward Thorp knows his way around a deck of cards. He says that over the years he’s been kicked out of casinos and that casinos have tried to deprive him of his winnings after he beat them at their ...

Card counting for Edward Thorp was about proving a mathematical formula, not making money. When he authored "Beat the Dealer" in 1962, the first widely published book with a proven system for card ...

Edward Thorp is the bestselling author of Beat the Dealer. He revolutionized gambling as he proved how to beat blackjack with card-counting and invented the first wearable computer. As Thorp ...

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WHY: Book “Beat the Dealer” has sold more than 1M copies, making him the father of card counting. Warren Buffett bridge buddy. Investor Bill Gross attributed his success to Thorp. Successfully ran his ...