How BJ Counting Really Started

[zengrifter]

The Untold History of Card-Counting

I saw a show on card counting and it said when Thorp was testing his card counting theory he was funded by the Italian mob. I know this has nothing to do with the thread but I just saw it and thought it was an interesting note.

I never heard that one before, but here is the heretofore untold story of Thorp's count development -

How BJ Counting Really Started, Part I
http://www.casinogaming.com/columnists/blackjack/050700.html (Archive copy)
How BJ Counting Really Started, Part II
http://www.casinogaming.com/columnists/blackjack/051400.html (Archive copy)
How BJ Counting Really Started, Part III
http://www.casinogaming.com/columnists/blackjack/052100.html (Archive copy)