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What are the names of the people in the Blackjack Hall of Fame?
Their names, dates of induction, and claims to fame are as follows.
2002: Al Francesco, one of the earliest practitioners of blackjack teams.
2002: Peter Griffin, mathematician who pioneered the “theory of blackjack” and wrote the book of the same name.
2002: Arnold Snyder, blackjack professional, author of several seminal blackjack books, and editor/publisher of the highly influential Blackjack Forum magazine.
2002: Edward Thorp, earliest card counter and author of the first book on getting an advantage at the game, Beat the Dealer.
2002: Ken Uston, blackjack pro, author who revealed the secrets of team play, and plaintiff in the Atlantic City lawsuit that won “rights” for card counters in New Jersey.
2002: Stanford Wong, author of several early books and inventor of the counting technique known as “wonging.”
2002: Tommy Hyland, blackjack pro and manager of the longest-running team in blackjack history.
2004: Max Rubin, blackjack pro, casino manager, author of Comp City, and founder of the Blackjack Hall of Fame.
2004: Keith Taft, inventor of hidden computers that gave blackjack players a major edge on the game.
2005: Julian Braun, computer whiz and author who created and assisted in the development of the longest-lasting and most-used card counting systems.
2005: Lawrence Revere, blackjack instructor and author of Playing Blackjack as a Business.
2006: James Grosjean, blackjack pro, computer analyst, author of Beyond Counting, and plaintiff in a lawsuit against Imperial Palace for false arrest who received a six-figure settlement.
2007: John Chang, manager of the MIT Blackjack Team and the real-life Mickey Rosa character in the book Bringing Down the House and movie 21.
2008: The Four Horsemen of Aberdeen who published the first mathematically based blackjack basic strategy.
2009: Richard Munchkin, blackjack (and backgammon) pro and author of Gambling Wizards.
2010: Darryl Purpose, blackjack professional
2011: Zeljko Ranogajec, professional gambler
2012: Ian Andersen, blackjack pro and author of Turning the Tables on Las Vegas and Burning the Tables in Las Vegas.
2013: No inductee
2014: Robert Nersessian, Las Vegas lawyer who defends players against casinos and author of The Law for Gamblers.
2015: Don Schlesinger, blackjack pro and author of the classic Blackjack Attack.
2016: Bill Benter, manager of several blackjack teams, including some that used computers before they were baneed.
2017: Don Johnson (not the Miami Vice actor), blackjack pro who beat the Atlantic City casinos for upwards of $15 million.
2018: Wally Simmons, blackjack pro who transitioned to horse-race handicapping, beating the tracks with sophisticated computer models
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