Question of the Day - 10 May 2018

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