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Al-Kindi uses statistics to decipher encrypted messages based on frequency analysis.
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Blaise Pascal and Pierre de Fermat lay the groundwork for probability theory while contemplating a gambling problem.
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Jacob Bernoulli publishes what is known as the Law of Large Numbers in "Ars Conjectandi"
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"Beat the Dealer" by Edward O. Thorp is published, causing vast changes to casino blackjack.*
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The Monty Hall Problem goes viral following a letter in the "American Statistician".
