JOHN C. TURMEL, B. Eng.
Great Canadian Gambler"
"TajProfessor"
Gambling Systems Engineering Credentials
ACADEMIC:
In 1974, as an electrical engineering
undergraduate student at
Carleton University in Ottawa Canada, I was star student and
received an A+ in the first and only course of its kind in Canada,
Math 69:140: the Mathematics of Gambling, given by
Mathematics Professor Walter Schneider, Ph.d.
From 1975 to 1978, I became a professional gambler
while Dr.
Schneider's Teaching Assistant in the Mathematics of Gambling course.
During those years, I went on over 50 4-day junkets to Las Vegas
casinos where I was eventually barred from the Sands and the Hilton
Casinos as a too-successful Blackjack card-counter. I was invited to
join the celebrated Ken Uston card-counting team but preferred to
gamble solo.
In 1976, I received my degree in electrical
engineering upon
completion of a fourth year engineering project titled "An APL Computer
Analysis of Canadian Stud" which was presented to the Third Conference
on Gambling at Ceasar's Palace in Las Vegas.
http://www.library.unr.edu/specoll/mss/NC1216.html
In 1989, engineered the Turmel2Step
Holdem Outs-Odds System which
was published in 2006.
LEGAL:
In 1979, I ran for Parliament to legalize gambling.
In 1980 at Hull, I was accredited
"expert" status on matters related
to gambling by Quebec Provincial Court Judge Charron in a charge of
keeping a common gaming house.
In 1981 at Ottawa, I was accredited
"expert" status on the Mathematics
of Gambling by Ontario Provincial Court Judge Hutton in a charge of
keeping a common gaming house.
In 1981 at Ottawa, I was also accredited by
Ontario Provincial Court
Judge White in a charge of keeping a common gaming house.
In the late 1980s at Hull, I was to be expert
witness in a gaming
house charge for the Quebec Provincial Court. On the morning of my
testimony, the Crown withdrew the charges.
In 1989 at Ottawa, I was the Crown's expert
witness before Ontario
Provincial Court Judge Fontana in a gaming house found-in charge.
Also in 1989, my expert testimony was also
accepted by Provincial
Court Judge Lennox in a gaming house keeper charge.
In 1994 at Mississauga, I was the expert witness
before Ontario
Provincial Court Judge Rosemay in a gaming house charge.
In 1998 at Hull, I was the expert witness before
Quebec
Provincial Court Judge Chevalier in a gaming house charge.
PROFESSIONAL:
In 1991, I opened the first public Poker and
Blackjack casino in Quebec
where I hosted the first Canadian Open Holdem Poker Championship. Greg
Petriv, brother of Mike the poker author, won the Canadian Championship
that year. I hosted 5 more Canadian Open Tournaments.
In 1993, I made a
submission to the Ontario Commission on Gambling
favoring a large number of smaller sized municipal casinos which has
since been adopted.
I designed the rules of Turmel-style Holdem Poker
which were adopted
by the Province of Ontario after being endorsed by Ontario Provincial
Police Gambling Expert Joe Fotia.
I designed the rules of Turmel-style Blackjack
which permitted me in
1992 and 1993 to successfully avoid the B prohibitions in the Criminal
Code and own three of the largest private Poker and Blackjack casinos
in Canadian history including the 28-table Topaz Casino Turmel in Ottawa.
*Martin's Criminal Code cites the Ontario Court of
Appeal calling me an
"exceptionally-skilled professional gambler" in the definition of
"gain"
from R. v. Turmel (1996), 109 C.C.C. (3d) 162 (Ont. C.A.)
I have been a successful professional gambler
since 1974.
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Email to turmel@ncf.ca or johnturmel@yahoo.com