How a really clever magician-mathematician chap revealed a casino loophole

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I'm always impressed at the amount of brainpower people can apply in order to beat the house. In this case, it's all in the shuffling of the cards.

When a gang of gambling cheats sussed out how to beat the house, they inadvertently highlighted a loophole from a shuffled deck. It took a magician-turned-mathematician to reveal how.

How a magician-mathematician revealed a casino loophole

When a gang of gambling cheats sussed out how to beat the house, they inadvertently highlighted a loophole from a shuffled deck. It took a magician-turned-mathematician to reveal how.

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