A fascinating documentary on the history of blackjack card counting. Follow the 'arms race' between the card counting professionals and the casinos, from the very first simple counting strategies, to the early card counting computers that baffled the FBI, and finally to the elusive secret society of MIT mathematics students who took Las Vegas for millions in the early 1990's with a team of card counters that had 125 members at it's peak! Amazing stuff, enjoy.

http://www.smh.com.au/tv/Invention/Making-Millions-The-Easy-Way-5000548.html

I saw a doco on the MIT guys a few years ago and it was amazing, they took every casino in L.V for a lot of money.
Very interesting

just goes to show how dum the casinos were back then. interesting write up harrow.

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Mark _australia said..
I saw a doco on the MIT guys a few years ago and it was amazing, they took every casino in L.V for a lot of money.
Very interesting

the movie 21 is based on that

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gs12 said..
the movie 21 is based on that

Ah, you're right. How could I have forgotten about that?

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Harrow said..

gs12 said..
the movie 21 is based on that

Ah, you're right. How could I have forgotten about that?

Because its an absolutely terrible movie