There is considerable mystery and confusion online regarding card counting. Much of this is fueled by the movies and Hollywood’s version of reality. Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man, Zach Galifianakis in ...

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If pop culture is to be believed, counting cards is a skill only mathematical geniuses and autistic savants possess. Mike Aponte, a former member of the MIT BlackJack Team (the team whose exploits ...

For centuries, gamblers have been using various strategies to gain an edge. The desire to beat the odds has remained despite ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Mike Aponte is a former leader of the MIT blackjack team and a pioneer in card-counting strategies. In the 1990s, he was part of a card-counting team that won millions ...

When Ben Affleck was thrown out of a casino in May for allegedly counting cards, it made for good tabloid news. Somehow, though, Affleck doesn’t fit the stereotype of the card counter. Going back to ...

Movie 21 – True story or fiction? The movie “21” was released on March 28th, 2008 and the movie is fact based on Ben Mezrich’s book “Bringing Down the House” which tells the true story of the real MIT ...