The desire gave birth to card counting, popularized by American mathematician Edward O. Thorp's 1962 book "Beat the Dealer," ...

Blackjack is one of the few casino games where skilled players can gain an edge over the house through a technique called card counting. By keeping track of high and low-value cards remaining in the ...

In the 1960s, Edward O. Thorp developed the theory of how to count cards in blackjack. In his book Beat the Dealer, O. Thorp used a mathematical approach to the game and was able to prove that by ...