The amazing inside story about a gambling ring of M.I.T.students who beat the system in Vegas--and lived to tell how. "A lively tale that could pass for thriller fiction...Mezrich's skilled yet easy writing draws sweat to the reader's brow."
ROBIN HOOD MEETS THE RAT PACK when the best and thebrightest of M.l.T."s math students and engineers take up blackjackunder the guidance of an eccentric mastermind.Their small blackjack .club develops from an experiment in countingcardson M.l.T."s campusinto a ring of card savants with a system for playing large and winningbig, 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-lifeOcean"s Eleven. It"s one story that Vegas does notwant you to read.
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Boston, Present Day
Boston, June 1994
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Las Vegas, Present Day
Thirty Thousand Feet, November 1994
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Weston, MA, Thanksgiving 1994
The Double Life, 1994-95
Chicago, May 1995
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