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		ackbar03 on April 7, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Gambler Who Beat Roulette The story was about Claude Shannon. And Ed Thorpe was the father of modern day hedge funds or something

deeel on April 7, 2023 [–]

There is a good interview with Thorp around his quantitive strategy he developed after beating Las Vegas: https://thunderclapresearch.com/a-conversaation-with-ed-thor...

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