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Author:
Mezrich, Ben, 1969-
Title:
21 bringing down the house : the inside story of six MIT students who took Vegas for millions / Ben Mezrich.
Edition:
1st. pbk. ed.
Publisher:
Pocket Star Books,
Copyright Date:
c2008
Description:
340 p. ; 17 cm.
Subject:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology--Students--Biography.
Cardsharping.
Gambling--Las Vegas.--Las Vegas.
Gamblers--Boston--Boston--Biography.
Gambling--Las Vegas (Nev.)--Biography.
College students--Cambridge (Mass.)--Biography.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology--Biography.
Notes:
"Originally published in hardcover as 'Bringing down the house' in 2002 by Free press"--T.p. verso.
Summary:
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.
ISBN:
1416561706 (pbk.)
9781416561705 (pbk.)
9781416561705 (pbk.) :
1416561706 (pbk.) :
Locations:
ACPD686 -- Carnegie-Evans Public Library (Albia)
MMPE553 -- Algona Public Library (Algona)
EKPC715 -- Hartley Public Library (Hartley)

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