Trademate Sports — Ed Thorp, the card-counter who was nearly killed by a casino | 10 PEOPLE WHO GOT RICH ON SPORTS BETTING

Although he doesn’t fit the theme of a sports bettor, it would be rude not to include betting pioneer, Edward Thorp, in our article series.

As mentioned in our article on Bill Benter, Edward Thorp was made famous through his book Beat the Dealer.

Thorp brought the phenomenon of card counting to light when his book was released in 1962, selling over 700,000 copies and making it onto the New York Times Bestsellers list.

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Originally published at https://www.blog.tradematesports.com on October 2, 2019.