About this episode
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 . 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