Intelligent gamblers can try and beat the house, but the house will fight back. Casinos protect their investment in a variety of ways including surveillance, banning players, and even changing the game rules. Robert J. Marks and Sal Cordova discuss gambling, casino oversight, and “advantage players.”

Show Notes

• 00:31 | Recapping How Don Johnson Cleaned Out Atlantic City
• 02:48 | You Can Only Skin A Sheep Once
• 05:54 | What Happened to Don Johnson?
• 06:40 | How Does a Robot Win a Game of Poker?
• 08:25 | A Casino’s Greatest Fear
• 11:13 | When and Why Casinos Will Ban Someone or Throw Them Out
• 17:04 | Methods Casinos Use Beyond Surveillance
• 21:04 | Interesting Players
• 25:53 | Is There A Place For Advantage Players In Vegas?

Additional Resources

• Thorp, Edward. “A favorable strategy for twenty-one.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 47.1 (1961): 110.
• “The Man Who Broke Atlantic City” at The Atlantic (more information about Don Johnson)
• Read More About The Robot Who Won A Game of Poker