Wizard of Odds / Wizard of Vegas: Gambler's Fallacy, Schizophrenic Idiot Paid by Casinos

[Ion Saliu]

Just about every gambler knows, or at least heard, of one Wizard of Odds. He changed his name to Wizard of Vegas after I exposed his piracy. He stole his royalty-name from the name of a popular TV show of the 1970s. His real name is Michael Shackleford. I gave him a different royalty name: Lizard of Odds.

The self-proclaimed Wizard of Odds always fought publicly any gambling systems, especially mine. Secretly, however, he has always promoted his own gambling systems. “Wizard of Vegas” published in 2013 a book where he sells what he calls “the best gambling systems”: "Gambling 102: The Best Strategies for All Casino Games"! How about that for schizophrenia?! Say nothing of the fact that "The Wizard/Lizard of Odds" pirates the fundamentals of my gambling systems, where the streaks rule, because only the streaks represent mathematics!

Ultimately, more often than not, individuals of this type have their own gambling or lottery systems — albeit they publicly fight the validity of such systems! Their main concern is to keep the attention away from Ion Saliu's creations.

What curious disease jealousy is when etched on a bloated ego and seeded in a deep complex of inferiority! It is a pathetic mixture of hypocrisy and schizophrenia!

Way back in 1998 I was shocked to receive an email from the Lizard on the topic of “probability”. An "authority" who sustains that tossing 200 heads in a row has the same chance as getting one heads? Indeed, the probability p of an event is always the same. But there is another fundamental parameter of probability theory: the degree of certainty DC. The degree of certainty always increases with the increase in the number of trials N.

He then mitigated: “Hey, about 20 heads in a row? Ain’t it equal to 1 heads in a row?” You betcha, stupidotic gambler (IF you ever gambled, I mean REALLY gambled!)

• https://saliu.com/bbs/messages/204.html
• Wizard of Odds: Casino Gambling Fallacy, Mathematics

There is more (and I mean worse). You can see ads all over the Internet that read like this: “This online casino is endorsed by The Wizard of Vegas.” Not to mention, “The Grand Lizard” even writes reviews for the online criminals (paid reviews, you can be sure!) The online casinos are, pure and simple, BANDITS! There is an incriminating topic published on the forums named after the lizard himself:

• https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/gambling/online/30393-beware-of-the-criminal-online-casinos/
• BEWARE OF THE CRIMINAL ONLINE CASINOS!

Turns out, the author of the bitter thread was fooled by “good reviews” written by… The Lizard of Vegas!


"I received a phone call
From one who claimed was tall.
Then, he cursed me even worse
For my gambling on the horse."

Ion Saliu,
• Founder of Gambling Mathematics,
• The Best Gambler — Ever

[Ion Saliu]

Wizard of Odds, Wizard of Vegas: Additional Resources, Publications

• https://saliu.com/bbs/messages/196.html
• Wizard of Odds: Gambling Challenge in Casinos, Expensive System Testing

• https://saliu.com/bbs/messages/206.html
• Gambler Exposed Wizard of Odds' Incompetence in Casino Gambling Matters

• https://saliu.com/bbs/messages/202.html
• Roulette, Blackjack Systems: Wizard of Odds Gambling Challenge, Test in Casinos


These are search queries that return results on the topic of ‘wizard of odds’ —

• https://www.sitelevel.com/query?slice_title=Entire+Site&query=Wizard+of+Odds+Gambling+Systems&crid=4pah27vg
• Wizard of Odds Gambling Systems

• https://www.sitelevel.com/query?crid=4pah27vg&slice_title=Entire+Site&query=Wizard+of+Odds+Roulette
• Wizard of Odds Roulette

• https://www.sitelevel.com/query?crid=4pah27vg&slice_title=Entire+Site&query=Wizard+of+Odds+Blackjack
• Wizard of Odds Blackjack

• https://www.sitelevel.com/query?crid=4pah27vg&slice_title=Entire+Site&query=Wizard+of+Odds+Card+Counting
• Wizard of Odds Card Counting

• https://www.sitelevel.com/query?crid=4pah27vg&slice_title=Entire+Site&query=Wizard+of+Odds+Baccarat
• Wizard of Odds Baccarat

• https://www.sitelevel.com/query?crid=4pah27vg&slice_title=Entire+Site&query=Wizard+of+Odds+Gambler%E2%80%99s+Fallacy
• Wizard of Odds Gambler’s Fallacy


Intertwined twisted personalities in the gambling bedlam:

• https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.gambling.blackjack/ALKEZOXuqU4
• New American Psycho: Don Schlesinger of Blackjack Fame.

• https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.gambling.blackjack/chujyzO58wQ
• Norman Wattenberger, Owner of the Norman Bates Motel

Norman Wattenberger und Don Schlesinger form the “Berlin Wall” of ‘The Asylum’.

[Ion Saliu]

The ‘Lizard of Odds’ started to baby-cry already. He complains he doesn’t have a royalty-name in the same manner as the two other notorious cuckoos exposed here:

• Norman Wattenberger’s royalty name is Shkiottorban
• Don Schlesinger’s royal name is Kaufchewk.

Justice has just been done!
• Michael Shackleford (aka Wizard of Odds/Vegas aka Lizard of Odds) has been granted his royalty name: KROOKOOVEYECKER.

Embrace it, and cherish it, Krookooveyecker!

Oh, yes, my royalty name is already well-known: Parpaluck.

Ion Saliu,
Founder of Gambling Mathematics

Grantor of Royalty Names
• https://saliu.com/Ion_Saliu.html

[Ion Saliu]

You can get lost easily in public forums like this Usenet group. THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY POSTS!!!

To solve the problem, I created a thread referring to the most relevant articles, materials, debates, systems, fights, etc. I keep it updated and make sure it shows at the top of this Google group:

• https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/rec.gambling.blackjack/yHJJBp0F9OU
• The Best RGB Posts All-Matters Blackjack, Strategies, Systems, Card Counting, Inevitable Fights.

Ion Saliu (royalty-name: Parpaluck),
Founder of Blackjack Mathematics

• https://saliu.com/bbs/messages/204.html
• Wizard of Odds, Lizard of Odds, Wizard of Vegas : Gambler's Fallacy, Fraud, Schizophrenic Idiot Paid by Casinos.

• https://saliu.com/gamblers-fallacy.html
• The Demise of Gambler's Fallacy, Reversed Gambler's Fallacy Caused by Fundamental Formula of Gambling.

[Ion Saliu]

At least, some (in)famous krookoos fess up, as in this thread:

• https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.gambling.blackjack/pcDm82yV56A
• “The Candor of Famous Blackjack Card Counters”

[Ion Saliu]

Search-engine programming advanced with rapid paces. Now, they can interact with Netizens almost like human beings. There are AI chatbots that behave in the manner of human researchers. I tested two AI chatbots on ‘Ion Saliu’ and ‘Blackjack, Gambling’.

• https://groups.google.com/g/rec.gambling.blackjack/c/DmzAO0X3GMw
• Artificial Intelligence, Blackjack, Gambling: Chatbots, Ion Saliu.