Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions
by Ben Mezrich
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Author: Ben MezrichEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2003-09-09
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 257
Publisher: Free Press
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Book Review: Go up against the Vegas machine at your peril
Summary: 3 Stars
If you go into a casino thinking you'll win on a consistent basis you are only fooling yourself unless you are playing blackjack and are a trained card counter - in other words you're a casino's nightmare in action. A well trained team of blackjack card sharks can drain a casino as this book shows, but it's not simply card counting skill that is needed to do this, you also need an awareness of your legal rights in the particular casino you are working in (laws differ in states and countries and on Indian reservations as to what is "cheating") and an ability to play a part and not "look" like a card shark (eg old or young white guy).
This was an interesting, if somewhat superficial book. It's obvious a lot has been left out of the story as the details aren't particularly fantastic in a lot of areas, and you couldn't learn to card count at Vegas reading this book, but it might give you some ideas if you already know how. For people who have a passion for cards and know Vegas well I suspect this book will be a bit old hat and it might give some future MIT students some bright ideas - but no matter how bright you are the casinos will find ways to tighten security so they can catch you and bar you with their equally bright security services so I found this an entertaining read, but it's not something I'd bother reading twice.
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