Gambling With an Edge - guest Norman Zadeh

Our guest this week is Norman Zadeh.  Norman is a former mathematics professor, and longtime gambler.  He wrote one of the first math based poker books back in 1974.  He has been a winning gambler at backgammon, poker, and sports betting.

We welcome your questions - send them to us at gamblingwithanedge@gmail.com, or you can find me at @RWM21 on Twitter or https://www.facebook.com/GamblingWithAnEdge.

https://www.spreaker.com/episode/50630679
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Show Notes

[00:00]  Introduction of Norman Zadeh

[00:39]  Norman’s gambling background, poker, backgammon

[04:41]  Writing a poker book

[07:15]  Does Norman still play backgammon?

[08:48]  Superstition, cosmic unconsciousness 

[11:35]  Sports betting, handicapping

[13:49]  Modeling baseball

[16:46]  Handicapping basketball

[20:13]  Investing, trading in the stock markets

[21:35]  Opportunities to make money with math

[23:58]  Writing software, writing songs

[26:11]  Analyzing backgammon in the 1970s, brute force, XG

[31:40]  Kyle Larsen story

[33:00]  Investing versus betting

[37:44]  https://SouthPointCasino.com

[38:32]  https://BlackjackApprenticeship.com

[39:01]  https://VideoPoker.com/gwae

[39:55]  Norman’s books

[42:39]  Norman’s investing competition

[51:20]  Recommended: The Master Mechanic by I.G. Broat, Risk of Ruin Podcast episode “The Audacity of Help” education in math or computer science

Sponsored Links:

https://SouthPointCasino.com

https://BlackjackApprenticeship.com

https://VideoPoker.com/gwae

Guest Links:

https://Financial-competitions.com

Books by Norman Zadeh - https://amzn.to/3oD52o5

Recommended:

The Master Mechanic by I.G. Broat - https://amzn.to/3PvKh98

https://Podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/risk-of-ruin/id1527018692