Catalin Barboianu

Catalin Barboianu is a gaming mathematician and author, with contributions in gambling mathematics.

Biography and affiliations
Catalin Barboianu was born in 22 of February 1968 in Craiova, Romania. He graduated from the University of Bucharest, Department of Mathematics in 1991, where he earned his Master of Science in Probability and Mathematical Statistics in 1992. He taught mathematics until 2001, then his main work was focused on applied mathematics, especially on applications of probability theory in daily life, including in gambling. Since 2003 he works at the Mathematics Department of Infarom, a Romanian scientific publisher, and is also the editor-in-chief of a website dedicated to probability theory and its applications in games of chance. He is also consultant on the mathematical aspects of the games for various entities in the gaming industry. He is member of MAA (Mathematical Association of America), SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics), and BSPS (British Society for the Philosophy of Science).

Main Contributions
Catalin Barboianu worked out the probabilities involved in the major games of chance (with or without opponents) with full coverage of the gaming events. He created and developed the concepts of profit-function and equivalence of bets in roulette mathematics; strength matrix and strength indicator of a Hold'em hand in poker mathematics; threshold of afforded risk in gambling mathematics.

Publications
Catalin Barboianu authored eight books on mathematics of gambling, published in several languages: The Mathematics of Slots: Configurations, Combinations, Probabilities [2013], ISBN 9789731991405 Texas Hold'em Odds for Your Strategy, with Probability-Based Hand Analyses [2011], ISBN 9789731991344 The Mathematics of Lottery: Odds, Combinations, Systems [2009], ISBN 9789731991115 Roulette Odds and Profits: The Mathematics of Complex Bets [2007], ISBN 9789738752078 Draw Poker Odds: The Mathematics of Classical Poker [2007], ISBN 9738752051 Probability Guide to Gambling: The Mathematics of Dice, Slots, Roulette, Baccarat, Blackjack, Poker, Lottery, and Sport Bets [2006], ISBN 9789738752030 Understanding and Calculating the Odds: Probability Theory Basics and Calculus Guide for Beginners, with Applications in Games of Chance and Everyday Life [2006], ISBN 9738752019 Texas Hold'em Odds [2004], ISBN 9730036896 His books have a guide style and are primarily addressed to non-mathematicians. He also published several articles in academic journals (American Mathematical Monthly, Gazeta Matematica) and gaming periodicals (Casino Inside, Casino Elite, Casinos des Latinoamerica).