【圖書簡介】 For the first third of his nonfiction debut， novelist Mezrich craps out. Ground lights viewed from an airplane aren't just pinpricks， or even little pinpricks， but "tiny little pinpricks." Las Vegas tourism facts are crammed onto the pages like seven decks in a six-deck shoe. But Mezrich finally hits the jackpot on page 79， when M.I.T. student Kevin Lewis steps onto the floor of the Mirage. The book stays on a roll as it describes how the young gambler and his card-counting cohorts employ simple math and complex disguises to win nearly $4 million at the blackjack tables. Bouncing from huge scores to frightening banishments， the M.I.T. team fights a winning battle against the law of averages：until they're forced to flee south like Butch and Sundance from the gaming industry's Joe LeFors. Although Mezrich's prose never rises above serviceable （and he pointlessly injects himself into the narrative at every turn）， the story he tells will grip anyone who has ever hoped to break the bank at Monte Carlo. Frank Sennett
【本書目錄】 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ONE TWO Boston, Present Day THREE Boston, June 1994 FOUR Atlantic City, June 1994 FIVE Boston, September 1994 SIX Boston, October 1994 SEVEN Boston, October 1994 EISHT Las Vegas, Present Day NINE Thirty Thousand Feet,November 1994 TEN Las Vegas, November 1994 ELEVEN Weston, MA, Thanksgiving 1994 TWELVE The Double Life, 1994-95 THIRTEEN Chicago, May 1995 FOURTEEN Boston, June 1995 FIFTEEN Foxwoods Casino,Present Day SIXTEEN July 1995 to October 1995 SEVENTEEN "Boston, Halloween 1995 EIGHTEEN Boston, November 1995 NINETEEN Las Vegas, Present Day TWENTY Las Vegas, Fall 1997 TWENTY-ONE Boston, Fall 1997 TWENTY-TWO Las Vegas, Present Day TWENTY-THREE Boston, Valentine's Day 1998 TWENTY-FOUR Las Vegas, Presidents" Day 1998 TWENTY-FIVE The Bayou: Shreveport, LA, 1998 TWENTY-SIX Boston, Spring 1998 TWENTY-SEVEN Boston, Spring 1998 TWENTY-EIGHT Boston, Spring 1998 TWENTY-NINE Boston, Spring 1998 THIRTY Las Vegas, Memorial Day 1998 THIRTY-ONE Boston, June 1998 THIRTY-TW0 Las Vegas, Hard Rock,Present Day EPILOGUE Las Vegas, June 2007 HOW TO COUNT CARDS AND BEAT VEGAS An Essay by Kevin Lewis A CONVERSATION WITH THE AUTHOR
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