Gambling scams
by Darwin Ortiz · first published 1984
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Anyone interested in this would do well to read Gambling Scams[1] by Darwin Ortiz and How to Cheat at Everything[2] by Simon Lovell. There's also an interesting Real Hustle episode where they manage to cheat their way in to winning a high stakes game against some…
on “Fuller House: Exposing high-end poker cheating devices (2016)” ↗Also the book "Gambling Scams" by Darwin Ortiz. As I recall, the techniques generally involve not making normal "fair" free-tumbling rolls, but constraining the die movements somehow. Things like tossing them into a corner or making…
on “Magician-turned-mathematician uncovers bias in coin flipping (2004)” ↗