Last month, I was having lunch with my friend, John Boyd, and he came out with this incredible story about using computers to beat roulette in Vegas back in the 70's. He was part of Doyne Farmer's original team from UCSC, and apparently plays a reasonably big role in the book. I've known him for ten years, and he never bothered to mention it. I was so riveted that I made myself late for class plying him for more details. I'm sending him this link now; I'm sure he'll enjoy it.