Virtual Blackjack Training with the MIT Students who "brought down the house"

Dave Rapp has worked in casino security for over 25 years, and tracked Mike Aponte, Dave Irvine, and the rest of the MIT blackjack team across the country in the 1990's. The video clip to the right offers Dave Rapp's unique point of view as one of the investigators and provides a never before seen view into what security did to counteract the MIT Team. Casinos have had security scrutinize Mike and Dave's play in an effort to keep them off of the tables, and these stories of the cat and mouse game have been the basis of several television documentaries, editorial news pieces, and most recently the major motion picture "21."

The Surveillance Room
 
 
 
 
 
 
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