21: Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions [Paperback]

"Rocky Mountain News" (Denver) A lively tale that could pass for thriller fiction....Mezrich's skilled yet easy writing draws sweat to the reader's brow. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Real life all too rarely offers stories that are as satisfying as fiction. Bringing Down the House is one of the exceptions. Cheating in casinos is illegal; card counting - making a record of what cards have so far been dealt to enable the player to make some prediction of what cards remain in the deck - is not. But casinos understandably dislike the practice and make every effort to keep card-counters out of their premises. Mezrich tells the true story of the most successful scam ever, in which teams of brilliant young mathematicians and physicists won millions of dollars from the casinos of Las Vegas, being drawn in the process into the highlife of drugs, high-spending and sex. An insight into a closed, excessive and utterly corrupt world. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Bringing Down the House has a sensational story to tell' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

'Astonishing real life tale, with enough info to do it youself' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

A gripping real-life thriller, which tells the story of a brilliant team of MIT students who won millions at Las Vegas. Ocean's Eleven, but for real. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Real-life all too rarely offers stories that are quite as satisfying as fiction. Bringing Down the House is one of the exceptions. Cheating in casinos is illegal; card-counting - making a record of what cards have so far been dealt to enable the player to make some prediction of what cards remain in the deck - is not. But casinos understandably dislike the practice and make every effort to keep card-counters out of their premises. Bringing Down the House tells the true story of the most successful scam ever, in which teams of brilliant young mathematicians and physicists won millions of dollars from the casinos of Las Vegas, being drawn in the process into the high-life of drugs, high-spending and sex. Bringing Down the House is as readable and as fascinating as Liar's Poker or Barbarians At the Gate, an insight into a closed, excessive and utterly corrupt world. (20030623) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

A gripping real-life thriller, which tells the story of a brilliant team of MIT students who won millions at Las Vegas. Oceans' Eleven, but for real. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

'An extraordinary story... [I read] this thrilling book in almost one sitting - it is, to use that cliché 'unputdownable'... A book that will surely become a classic of its genre' Sunday Express

Liar's Poker meets Ocean's Eleven in the true story of one of the most successful scam ever, in which teams of brilliant card-counters win millions of dollars from the casinos of Las Vegas, and get drawn into the high-life of drugs, high-spending and sex along the way. Bringing Down the House is an utterly gripping real life-thriller, now a major motion picture starring Kevin Spacey.

'A surreal cacophony of glamour, suspense and, eventually, terror. Part Tom Clancy, part Elmore Leonard... Gripping' The List

'Bringing Down the House is so beguiling, so agreeably reminiscent of, say Ocean's Eleven or House of Games that you find yourself mentally casting the parts as you read along...' Sunday Times

'Seminal... Classic rags to riches, with lots of sex and plenty of danger, set in ever sparkling Las Vegas' Daily Mirror

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Ben Mezrich is the author of four thrillers, published in the US and in a number of other countries. (20030623) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.