The Gambler: Jeffrey Ma Brings Down the House
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Jeffrey Ma won millions-and inspired the Hollywood film 21-when he masterminded a card counting scheme involving his fellow MIT classmates and took on Vegas. Ma has now parlayed his love for analytics, gambling and sports into a career as an analyst, author and speaker. In the latest BITV episode, Bruno Aziza gets Ma to share what blackjack can teach us about predictive analytics and business intelligence. Can you take on the house?
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Anonymous
April 12, 2011
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April 14, 2011
Thanks Mark - I'm happy you found the analogy useful! Best BrunoAnonymous
April 14, 2011
This is again a story of collecting strawberries in front of a steamroller. In his book, Jeffrey Ma explains a scenario where he loses 50k and then 100k continuously - but sticks to the plan. The win per customer numbers are here - http://statspotting.com/?p=392