{"id":122738,"date":"2022-07-21T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/?p=122738"},"modified":"2022-07-21T10:19:43","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T17:19:43","slug":"podcast-norman-zadeh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/podcast-norman-zadeh\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast &#8211; Norman Zadeh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We welcome your questions &#8211; send them to us at gamblingwithanedge@gmail.com, or you can find me at @RWM21 on Twitter or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GamblingWithAnEdge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GamblingWithAnEdge<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/episode\/50630679\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/episode\/50630679<\/a><br>Click to listen &#8211; Alt click to download<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Show Notes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:00] Introduction of Norman Zadeh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:39] Norman\u2019s gambling background, poker, backgammon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[04:41] Writing a poker book<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[07:15] Does Norman still play backgammon?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[08:48] Superstition, cosmic unconsciousness<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[11:35] Sports betting, handicapping<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[13:49] Modeling baseball<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[16:46] Handicapping basketball<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[20:13] Investing, trading in the stock markets<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[21:35] Opportunities to make money with math<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[23:58] Writing software, writing songs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[26:11] Analyzing backgammon in the 1970s, brute force, XG<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[31:40] Kyle Larsen story<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[33:00] Investing versus betting<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[37:44] <a href=\"https:\/\/SouthPointCasino.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/SouthPointCasino.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[38:32] <a href=\"https:\/\/BlackjackApprenticeship.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/BlackjackApprenticeship.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[39:01] <a href=\"https:\/\/VideoPoker.com\/gwae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/VideoPoker.com\/gwae<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[39:55] Norman\u2019s books<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[42:39] Norman\u2019s investing competition<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[51:20] Recommended: The Master Mechanic by I.G. Broat, Risk of Ruin Podcast episode \u201cThe Audacity of Help\u201d education in math or computer science<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sponsored Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/SouthPointCasino.com\">https:\/\/SouthPointCasino.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/BlackjackApprenticeship.com\">https:\/\/BlackjackApprenticeship.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/VideoPoker.com\/gwae\">https:\/\/VideoPoker.com\/gwae<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guest Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/Financial-competitions.com\">https:\/\/Financial-competitions.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Books by Norman Zadeh &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3oD52o5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/3oD52o5<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recommended:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Master Mechanic by I.G. Broat &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3PvKh98\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/3PvKh98<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/Podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/risk-of-ruin\/id1527018692\">https:\/\/Podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/risk-of-ruin\/id1527018692<\/a><\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lasvegasadvisor\" style=\"font-size: 0px; width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px;\"><img alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline; width:48px;height:48px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none; box-shadow: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/96x96\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LVA_Tweet\" style=\"font-size: 0px; width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px;\"><img alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Follow us on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline; width:48px;height:48px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none; box-shadow: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/96x96\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-youtube nolightbox\" data-provider=\"youtube\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Find us on YouTube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/LasVegasAdvisorSHOW\" style=\"font-size: 0px; width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px;\"><img alt=\"youtube\" title=\"Find us on YouTube\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline; width:48px;height:48px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none; box-shadow: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/96x96\/youtube.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-instagram nolightbox\" data-provider=\"instagram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Check out our instagram feed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lasvegasadvisor\" style=\"font-size: 0px; width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;\"><img alt=\"instagram\" title=\"Check out our instagram feed\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline; width:48px;height:48px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none; box-shadow: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/96x96\/instagram.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. We welcome your questions &#8211; send them to us at gamblingwithanedge@gmail.com, or you can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":122216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[21],"tags":[44,1951,145,174],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Podcast - Norman Zadeh - Gambling With An Edge<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/podcast-norman-zadeh\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Podcast - Norman Zadeh - Gambling With An Edge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Our guest this week is Norman Zadeh. 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