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Bringing Down the House
By
Ben Mezrich
First published in 2002
Featured book published by Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
Paperback: 259 pages
ISBN: 0743249992
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Welcome to the world of a group of audacious MIT math geniuses who legally took the Las Vegas casinos for over three million dollars -- and still found time for keg parties, football games, and final exams. The students were handpicked for a decades-old underground blackjack club dedicated to beating the system. Filled with tense action and incredibly close calls, this is a real-life mix of Liar's Poker and Ocean's Eleven -- and a story Vegas doesn't want you to read.
Full title: Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions
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Arnie, 12/12/2003 Good
If you have ever had the urge to be able to walk into a casino as a high roller knowng that you would walk out a winner this book will interest you. It reads like a dime store novel and is pretty light. But it is a factual retelling of how a team of mathematically adept students from MIT worked out a system of probability and implemented it to be able to win big at black jack and I mean big. The intrigue in this book is not only how they did it but how the winning affected them personally and as a team, how Vegas and the casinos will stop at nothing to protect their money and finally the disillusionment with the high life. Overall it is a quick fun read and a good one to check out before your next trip to Vegas.
Inspired food accompaniment: Rice Krispy Bars
Other suggested books/authors: Beat the Dealer, Edward Thorp, 1962
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About Ben Mezrich
Ben Mezrich graduated magna cum laude from Harvard in 1991. Since then, he has published six novels and a work of nonfiction, Bringing Down the House.
Selected Works by Ben Mezrich
- Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions
- Ugly Americans
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In the Greed Is Good '80s, a group of MIT geniuses decided to break the bank at Las Vegas. Utilizing their own mathematical wizardry and large doses of moxie, these six co-conspirators legally beat Vegas's largest casinos out of more than $3 million in less than two years. Harvard University graduate/thriller author Ben Mezrich has recomposed their story, an arresting hybrid of Liar's Poker, The Cuckoo's Egg, and Ocean's Eleven. - from Barnes and Noble
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