Bringing down the House: The Inside Story of Six M. I. T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions

Recounts the story of how a notorious gang of MIT blackjack savants devised and received backing for a system for winning at the world's most sophisticated casinos, an endeavor that earned them more than three million dollars.;Boston, present day -- Boston, June 1994 -- Atlantic City, June 1994 -- Boston, September 1994 -- Boston, October 1994 -- Las Vegas, present day -- Thirty thousand feet, November 1994 -- Las Vegas, November 1994 -- Weston, MA, Thanksgiving 1994 -- The double life, 1994-95 -- Chicago, May 1995 -- Boston, June 1995 -- Foxwoods Casino, present day -- July 1995 to October 1995 -- Boston, Halloween 1995 -- Boston, November 1995 -- Las Vegas, present day -- Las Vegas, fall 1997 -- Boston, fall 1997 -- Las Vegas, present day -- Boston, Valentine's Day 1998 -- Las Vegas, President's Day 1998 -- The Bayou, Shreveport, LA, 1998 -- Boston, Spring 1998 -- Las Vegas, Memorial Day 1998 -- Boston, June 1998 -- Las Vegas, Hard Rock, present day -- How to count cards and beat Vegas / an essay by Kevin Lewis. The #1 national bestseller, now a major motion picture, 21 —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. #1 National Bestseller, now the major motion picture, 21 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 When M.I.T. student Kevin Lewis meets classmates Jason Fisher and Andre Martinez, he is intrigued. Although neither seems to have any real responsibilities, they always have plenty of cash. One evening, they tell Kevin why. Using card-tracking calculations, they have devised a way to beat blackjack. Once he learns the system, Kevin joins Jason and Andre at the casinos .. It was ten minutes past three in the morning, and Kevin Lewis looked like he was about to pass out. Great from start to finish,unreal to know it's true and so loved it because I'm from Boston.