The Number Games That People Play

The luncheon talk will be conducted by Mark J. Nigrini who promises an informative, lively, and entertaining learning experience. The talk will cover Benford's Law - a "secret" law of numbers, fraud, tax evasion, and corporate earnings manipulation. The talk will include a look at census numbers from 3,000 years ago, his experience with the Clinton tax returns, the Florida presidential election numbers, a winning blackjack strategy using an easy method of card counting, and even tips for selecting lottery numbers! The luncheon talk will turn the ten digits and what can be learned from them, upside down and inside out.

The talk is regularly revised to suit the audience at hand and to cover currently topical events.