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MIT whiz kids outsmart Vegas with genius system.
If you've ever been captivated by tales where brains beat the odds, "Busting Vegas" could be your next page-turner. Ben Mezrich strikes again with a narrative that makes math and strategy as thrilling as a high-speed car chase. The true story element adds to the authenticity, ensuring you're not just reading a novel—you’re peeking into a world where intellect is the wild card. Dive in and you won't just witness a game; you'll feel like part of the team pulling off the ultimate gamble.
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ISBN: 9780060575113
Publisher: William Morrow
Date of Publication: 2005-09-27
Format: Hardcover
Related Topics:
Biography Memoir,
Pop Culture,
Entrepreneurship,
History,
Biography,
Finance,
Adventure,
Memoir
Goodreads rating: 3.81
(rated by 3567 readers)
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He played in casinos around the world with a plan to make himself richer than anyone could possibly imagine -- but it would nearly cost him his life. Semyon Dukach was known as the Darling of Las Vegas. A legend at age twenty-one, this cocky hotshot was the biggest high roller to appear in Sin City in decades, a mathematical genius with a system the casinos had never seen before and couldn't stop — a system that has never been revealed until now; that has nothing to do with card counting, wasn't illegal, and was more powerful than anything that had been tried before. Las Vegas. Atlantic City. Aruba. Barcelona. London. And the jewel of the gambling crown — Monte Carlo. Dukach and his fellow MIT students hit them all and made millions. They came in hard, with stacks of cash; big, seemingly insane bets; women hanging on their arms; and fake identities. Although they were taking classes and studying for exams during the week, over the weekends they stormed the blackjack tables only to be harassed, banned from casinos, threatened at gunpoint, and beaten in Vegas's notorious back rooms. The stakes were high, the dangers very real, but the players were up to the challenges, consequences be damned. There was Semyon Dukach himself, bored with school and broke; Victor Cassius, the slick, brilliant
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MIT whiz kids outsmart Vegas with genius system.
If you've ever been captivated by tales where brains beat the odds, "Busting Vegas" could be your next page-turner. Ben Mezrich strikes again with a narrative that makes math and strategy as thrilling as a high-speed car chase. The true story element adds to the authenticity, ensuring you're not just reading a novel—you’re peeking into a world where intellect is the wild card. Dive in and you won't just witness a game; you'll feel like part of the team pulling off the ultimate gamble.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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