Norman Zadeh

Our guest this week is Norman Zadeh. Norman is a former mathematics professor, and longtime gambler. He wrote one of the first math based poker books back in 1974. He has been a winning gambler at backgammon, poker, and sports betting.<br /><br />We welcome your questions - send them to us at <a href="mailto:gamblingwithanedge@gmail.com">gamblingwithanedge@gmail.com</a>, or you can find me at @RWM21 on Twitter or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GamblingWithAnEdge" rel="noopener">https://www.facebook.com/GamblingWithAnEdge</a>.<br /><br /><br />Show Notes<br /><br />[00:00] Introduction of Norman Zadeh<br /><br />[00:39] Norman’s gambling background, poker, backgammon<br /><br />[04:41] Writing a poker book<br /><br />[07:15] Does Norman still play backgammon?<br /><br />[08:48] Superstition, cosmic unconsciousness <br /><br />[11:35] Sports betting, handicapping<br /><br />[13:49] Modeling baseball<br /><br />[16:46] Handicapping basketball<br /><br />[20:13] Investing, trading in the stock markets<br /><br />[21:35] Opportunities to make money with math<br /><br />[23:58] Writing software, writing songs<br /><br />[26:11] Analyzing backgammon in the 1970s, brute force, XG<br /><br />[31:40] Kyle Larsen story<br /><br />[33:00] Investing versus betting<br /><br />[37:44] <a href="https://SouthPointCasino.com" rel="noopener">https://SouthPointCasino.com</a><br /><br />[38:32] <a href="https://BlackjackApprenticeship.com" rel="noopener">https://BlackjackApprenticeship.com</a><br /><br />[39:01] <a href="https://VideoPoker.com/gwae" rel="noopener">https://VideoPoker.com/gwae</a><br /><br />[39:55] Norman’s books<br /><br />[42:39] Norman’s investing competition<br /><br />[51:20] Recommended: The Master Mechanic by I.G. Broat, Risk of Ruin Podcast episode “The Audacity of Help” education in math or computer science<br /><br /><br /><br />Sponsored Links:<br /><br /><a href="https://SouthPointCasino.com" rel="noopener">https://SouthPointCasino.com</a><br /><br /><a href="https://BlackjackAppr