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'''Blackjack''', also known as '''pontoon''' , is a card game popular in [[casino|casino In the [[United Kingdom]], Blackjack is used to refer to [[Crazy Eights]]. . ...

[[Image:Blackjack board.JPG|thumb|300px|A blackjack game in progress]] ...that enables the skilled [[Blackjack]] player to make a long-term profit. Blackjack became the most popular casino game in the 1960s and 1970s after the public ...

[[Image:Blackjack board.JPG|thumb|300px|A blackjack game in progress]] ...de to strategy decision as well as the size of bets. Card counting allows players to bet more with less risk when the deck is favorable. ...

...first [[blackjack]] point count (The High Low Count) which is used by most blackjack card counters today. This was presented at the [[Fall Joint Computer Confe ...system, the Hi-Lo Strategy, which is the basis for the system used by most blackjack card counters today. It was presented at the [[1963 Fall Joint Computer Co ...

...name="lexica">http://www.omnilexica.com/?q=Leslie%20M.%20Golden</ref> for blackjack and the Magic Circle Strategy for roulette</br>Influences -- Nina Grace Smi ...]] <ref name="lexica"/> technique for countering casino countermeasures at blackjack and the Magic Circle system for winning at biased roulette wheels. Dr. Gol ...

...[Australian English]] and [[New Zealand English]]) or simply '''slot''' ([[American English]]), is a [[casino]] gambling machine with three or more reels which ...[[Bar (establishment)|bars]] in the city had one or more of the machines. Players would insert a [[Nickel (U.S. coin)|nickel]] and pull a lever, which would ...

...oned here. Different card games are available for any reasonable number of players. ...bs (symbolized by ♠, ♥, ♦, ♣ on Anglo-American and French cards). In Anglo-American and French cards spades and clubs are black, hearts and diamonds are red. E ...

...oned here. Different card games are available for any reasonable number of players. ...bs (symbolized by ♠, ♥, ♦, ♣ on Anglo-American and French cards). In Anglo-American and French cards spades and clubs are black, hearts and diamonds are red. E ...

...s an American mathematics professor, author, [[hedge fund]] manager, and [[blackjack]] player. He pioneered the modern applications of [[probability theory]], ...come by [[card counting]].<ref>[[Peter A. Griffin]] (1979) ''The Theory of Blackjack'', Huntington Press, {{ISBN|978-0929712130}}</ref> He also developed and ap ...

...most popular casino game. With the development of the personal computer, players, including mathematically skilled individuals who had used brute force meth ...95</ref><ref>Golden, Leslie M. (2011). “An Analysis of the Disadvantage to Players of Multiple Decks in the Game of 21.” ''The Mathematical Scientist'', '''3 ...

...ts the formal prospectus of the movie version of the biographical novel of blackjack game theorist [[Edward O. Thorp]] by writer [[Les Golden]] by the same name ...cs professor who developed the card counting system for the casino game of blackjack which revolutionized the casino industry. ...

| known = Developer of Golden diagram for blackjack and the Magic Circle Strategy for roulette '''Les Golden''' is an American astronomer, gambling writer, actor, musician, and political activist who wr ...

...cation of Edward Thorp’s system revolutionized the casino industry, making blackjack the most popular casino game. ...y of blackjack scholar Edward O. Thorp. The book contains a comparison of blackjack systems, an acting primer into camouflaging being a card counter, and an ex ...

...azine]].<ref>Golden, Leslie M. (2011). “An Analysis of the Disadvantage to Players of Multiple Decks in the Game of 21.” ''The Mathematical Scientist'', '''32 ...games with a multiple deck, compared to single-deck or double-deck games, players experience frequency, magnitude, and "depth" (the fraction of the deck whic ...

...cation of Edward Thorp’s system revolutionized the casino industry, making blackjack the most popular game. ...ine: An M.I.T. professor develops a winning system for the casino game of blackjack. ...

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...ty used to host local and international events such as the 2nd A.S.U.A Pan American Masters Swimming Championship. The [[San Juan Natatorium]] is located in Sa ...[[Puerto Rico]]’, largely in part to the accomplishments of its legendary players, such as [[Roberto Clemente]] and [[Willie Mays]]{{Citation needed|date=Jun ...