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Bringing Down the House
synopsis
This is a fast and explosive true story written by journalist/writer, Ben Mezrich. It tells the tale of a group of MIT students who were bankrolled by unknown figures and were taught how to count cards in order to beat Las Vegas Casinos.
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This is a fast and explosive true story written by journalist/writer, Ben Mezrich. It tells the tale of a group of MIT students who were bankrolled by unknown figures and were taught how to count cards, and more importantly not to get caught in order to beat the house edge in blackjack in casinos around the USA.
The story is told through the eyes of the author, and follows the group of math whizzes, who used the art of card counting, worked as teams, and legally won as much as 4 million dollars during the few years they spent their weekends in the Vegas casinos, living the high life.
They strapped thousands of dollars to their bodies with Velcro to get the cash onto planes, used false names, and were always on the lookout for Las Vegas personnel who would sometimes personally escort them out of the casinos. They also learned about the seediness of the gambling world, greed, and the way the Vegas corporations work.
This is a great, easily readable, story which should find a home on your gambling bookshelf. This is not a textbook on card counting like other books in this section; this is as an entertaining story of the high rolling gambling lifestyle in Las Vegas.
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