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The Professional Horse Gambler who won almost $1B


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Bill Benter did the impossible: He wrote an algorithm that couldn’t lose at the track. Close to a billion dollars later, he tells his story for the first time.[/quote]

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this is a VERY long article. But for those of us who have the gambling persuasion, I thought it was excellent.

It took me about 15 mins to read the whole article.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-05-03/the-gambler-who-cracked-the-horse-racing-code

 

TL;DR  23 year old moves to vegas to be a blackjack card counter, then moves to Hong Kong to bet on horses, loses everything, counts cards again, then wins maybe up to a billion, and then gives away a shitload of the money to charities

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5 hours ago, HeHateMe said:

This needs to be made into a movie.  Also, Happy Valley Race Course, on a Wednesday night, kicks all sorts of ass.  Can't recommend it enough if you find yourself in HK.

yeah that place is a great place to be rich and single.  loved it.

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