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Search - Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions
| Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions Author: Rating: |
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- Biographies & Memoirs >> Memoirs
- Nonfiction >> True Accounts >> True Crime
- Entertainment >> Games >> Gambling >> General
- Entertainment >> Games >> General
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| ISBN-13: 9780743249997 ISBN-10: 0743249992 Publisher: Free Press Publication Date: 9/9/2003 Pages: 272 Book Type: Paperback Members Wishing: 41 |
Book Description:
#1 National Bestseller!
The amazing inside story about a gambling ring of M.I.T.
students who beat the system in Vegas -- and lived to tell how.
Robin Hood meets the Rat Pack when the best and the brightest of M.I.T.'s math students and engineers take up blackjack under the guidance of an eccentric mastermind. Their small blackjack club develops from an experiment in counting cards on M.I.T.'s campus into a ring of card savants with a system for playing large and winning big. In less than two years they take some of the world's most sophisticated casinos for more than three million dollars. But their success also brings with it the formidable ire of casino owners and launches them into the seedy underworld of corporate Vegas with its private investigators and other violent heavies.
Filled with tense action, high stakes, and incredibly close calls, Bringing Down the House is a nail-biting read that chronicles a real-life Ocean's Eleven. It's one story that Vegas does not want you to read.
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4 member(s) found this review helpful.
A fun read...the amazing inside story about a gambling ring of M.I.T. students who beat the system in Las Vegas...and lived to tell how! In less than three years, the students take some of the world's most dophisticated casinos for more than $3 million by playing blackjack.
Justin S. from CASTAIC, CA wrote on 1/4/2007...
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
A thoroughly-entertaining real-life how-to on beating the casinos at their own game (NOTE: many of the techniques used here may no longer work -- casino owners know how to read books, too). The authors made millions all across the country, then told this tale. Wow.
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3 member(s) found this review helpful.
I'm not into gambling at all but I loved this book! Fast-moving, intriguing story
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3 member(s) found this review helpful.
This is an exciting read and an interesting study of human nature, as the students organize their "club" and the winning (at first) is all about beating the house. Very quickly their dependance on the money brought in by their new venture takes the competition in a new and scary direction.
Riveting!
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
A really interesting insight into the double lilfe of these MIT Students and how they bamboozled Vegas. It was a really good book. It made me want to go to Vegas!
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
SO FUN! A real page-turner. I got so anxious at some points I had to skip a few pages or put it down for a while to relax!
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I just finished reading this book. I have had it on my shelf to read for some time, but I just hadn't gotten around to it. Since the movie is now out I wanted to read the book first. I am sorry that I waited so long because I LOVED this book. It was fast-paced and exciting. I thought it was a thoroughly fun book. Kind of reminded me of Ocean's Eleven.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
"The story is told through the eyes of the author, who met one of the students at a party and was so intrigued by his outrageous tale that he was compelled to put it into a book.
This is a story of a group of math whizzes, most of Asian descent, 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." amazon review
Keith S. from ROME, GA wrote on 6/5/2005...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Robin Hood meets the Rat Pack when the best and the brightest of M.I.T.'s math students and engineers take up blackjack under the guidance of an eccentric mastermind. Tense action, high stakes, and incredibly close calls.
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Jeannie H. (This was a really good interesting read!!
Catherine S. from ARLINGTON, VA wrote on 5/3/2008...Amazing. It was like reading "Ocean's Eleven" in book form...but knowing that the action was real...and legal. Also a must for anyone interested in economic game theory.
Christy Q. from OGDEN, UT wrote on 4/22/2008...This book was entertaining although it lacked the action that I wished for. Can't wait to see the movie!
Brooke P. from NEW YORK, NY wrote on 3/17/2007...Very Interesting. Makes me want to dash over to Mohegan Sun for a quickie!
Quick, interesting read. Somewhat awkwardly written, but a good story.
Those crazy MIT students--making hundreds of thousands of dollars by counting cards. Quick read with some interesting info about how Las Vegas operates behind the scenes.
Brian M. from DALLAS, TX wrote on 1/14/2007...Great book! Alot of fun to read and very informative for people who don't know the ins and outs of Blackjack!
Greatbook. Quick read!! Makes you want to go to Vegas and try to find the card counters!!
Timothy E. from ELLICOTT CITY, MD wrote on 12/19/2006...This is an excellent book to read on a trip to Vegas! Fun exciting true story.