Eliot Jacobson, Ph.D.
Gaming Analyst
Directly Related Experience:
• Highly successful advantage player, specializing in table games.
• Author: “The Blackjack Zone: Lessons in Winning at Blackjack and Life,” Blue Point Books, 2005.
• Computer simulations of games to determine optimal strategies, weaknesses, and edge.
• Consultant to casinos in matters of rule variations, promotions, side bets, shuffles, statistical analysis, and game development.
• Frequent appearances on the radio, newspaper, magazines, and TV.
• Owns the popular blackjack website, www.cardcounter.com.
• Professor of Mathematics, Ohio University, 1983 – 1998.
• Lecturer in Computer Science, UCSB, 1998 – present.
Education:
• Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of Arizona, 1983.
Areas of Expertise:
• Twenty years experience programming gaming simulations in C, C++, JAVA, FORTRAN, BASIC and other languages.
• Auditing payout schedules and risk analysis for new games. Optimal strategies and house edge.
• Promotion design: unique table game promotion ideas.
• Casino software evaluation and certification.
• Television appearances, public speaking, and seminars.
• One of the world’s foremost experts on advantage gaming through the entire spectrum of methods.
Organizations:
• American Mathematical Society
• Mathematical Association of America
• Member and CTM – Toastmasters International
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