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an extremely high probability, go back to a casino the next day
with the money.
2. Mark Nicely
Mark Nicely (Mr. Nicely), a casino gaming industry and math
expert with an expertise in math and slot machines, testified as
an expert witness on behalf of petitioner. Mr. Nicely has a
bachelor’s degree from Rensselear Polytechnic Institute (which he
attended on a full academic scholarship) from the Honors Program
of the Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering Department.
He has taken postgraduate classes at Stanford University and the
University of California at Berkeley in software, software
technology, and math (including statistics, probability, and
financial analysis). Before working in casino gaming, Mr. Nicely
had over 10 years’ experience as a computer software engineer and
in math and algorithm development.
At the time of trial, Mr. Nicely had worked in the gaming
industry for 9 years. He received direct training from the
director of slot operations at the Mirage in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Mr. Nicely was vice president of marketing and promotion, and led
the math department, at Silicon Gaming--a slot machine
manufacturer. Mr. Nicely was responsible for the development of
games and gaming math, testing equipment, working with
regulators, and training employees on how to design games for
casinos. After that, he was president and CEO of Wager Works and
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