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The gambler who cracked the horse-racing code

37 mins | Jul 14, 2019
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Beginners luck or a winning algorithm? How did Bill Benter win close to a billion dollars at the races? A pioneer of algorithmic gambling, he wrote an algorithm that couldn’t lose at the horse racing track. One billion dollars later speaking to Kit Chellel, he shares his story.

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