Eliot Jacobson
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.
- 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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