No. Even the rules of mathematics, itself, are still undefined. In specific, it can be thus shown that the sum of the positive integers is -1/12, which, in physics parlance, means something like the sum of all quantum paths is -1/12. But, sure, the math has particular ways of working out, and, then, who's to decide?
What the Wizard ought to have done, long before any aspirations to spout off about gambling math, was participate at a professional math forum. At which point he would have, imminently, eminently realized the folly of what he was about to put the second half of his life into. However, at least, like each and every one of the other gambling authors, except notably a very few gamblers such as Barry Greenstein, who had both computer science, and raw poker, ability, the Wizard did mostly avoid any actual casino gambling. Except for a relatively large loss by trying to form a successful blackjack team.
As for the behind-the-scenes stuff, I usually take the black-box approach, which is to look for exactly who's doing what, what record of, and the like, and, then, the between-the-lines fallout of that stuff. And, the "can't lose" professional KJ, Seedvalue, and AW -like characters, who got in the way of that stuff, on line, if it truly existed. There's just no doubt that the gambling scene, itself, turned out to be one thus pathetic joke, after another. Malformed discontented people trying to justify being a nuisance; let alone a legitimate, and lasting, benefit to others.
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