It’s the March 27, 1964 issue of Life.
It’s too long to OCR, but an image of the first page is after the break.
Ed Thorp is connected to just about everything these days. You will have come across his name in books by both Ben Mezrich and Thomas A. Bass.
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On this day (March 27) in 1964, Ed Thorp disclosed a computer system for beating the Wheel of Fortune gambling game in LIFE Magazine. Ed Thorp is listed in the Encyclopedia of Casino Twenty-One at http://www.blackjackreview.com/wp/encyclopedia/t/#EdwardThorp .