Ed Thorp hosts Joseph Granville at UC Irvine (1981), from Big Al
Interesting, for the history of market prognostication:
On May 27, 1981, Joseph Granville addressed a standing-room-only audience in the Science Lecture Hall at the University of California, Irvine campus. The event was sponsored by the Graduate School of Management and I served as the Master of Ceremonies.
In the first hour Joseph Granville was supposed to explain his theories to us. The hour proved entertaining with many anecdotes and stories, but the theories were not explained.
Peter Ringel offers:
You guys probably already found his interview on CWT:
EP 109: The man who beat the dealer, and later, beat the market – Edward Thorp
The man gamed Casino Roulette on a mechanical level and was probably targeted by the mafia back then.