#805 - Math Major Counts Cards, Beats Vegas Dealers
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2019
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Beat the dealer! Putting his college degree to good use, a Christian card-counter earns hundreds of thousands of dollars at the casino.
Side Hustle School features a new story EVERY DAY of someone who started a hustle without quitting their job. You’ll learn how they got the idea, how they overcame challenges along the way, and what the results are.
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| 0:00.0 | Whether it's a barmy day on the beach or a vibrant night in the city, elevate your indulgence |
| 0:08.6 | with the new Magnum Sunlava, with thick white chocolate and velvety coconut ice cream for |
| 0:15.7 | the day and the new Magnum Star Chaser, with cracking chocolate and popcorn flavor for the |
| 0:23.0 | night. |
| 0:26.0 | The pleasure is always on. |
| 0:28.0 | Magnum, true to pleasure. |
| 0:33.0 | What can you do with a math degree? |
| 0:41.4 | Well, a couple options. |
| 0:42.8 | You can follow in the footsteps of my dad and step-mom, both of whom became aerospace |
| 0:46.6 | engineers supporting NASA missions to space. |
| 0:49.0 | Or, you can enter the underappreciated profession of teaching. |
| 0:52.4 | During long hours in administrative headaches, it exchanged for shaping future generations |
| 0:56.4 | of geometry equipped minds. |
| 0:58.7 | Alternatively, you can really put your skills to work and head to the casino, where you attempt |
| 1:02.8 | to take down the house by counting cards and winning at Blackjack. |
| 1:06.4 | Guess which option today's story chose? |
| 1:08.2 | Well, here's a hint. |
| 1:09.2 | He didn't work for NASA. |
| 1:10.2 | He didn't spend much time in the classroom. |
| 1:13.0 | From an investment of $2,000, he goes on to earn more than $600,000 in several years, |
| 1:18.4 | then starts a team that earns millions in the next several years. |
| 1:21.8 | And then from there, naturally, he goes on to become a teacher after all. |
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