Remember the scene in the movie Rain Man where Raymond is coaxed by his unscrupulous brother, Charlie, to count cards at a Vegas black jack table? Charlie: Now casinos have house rules: they don't ...

Update 4:19 pm: This story has been modified to include reaction from the creator of the card-counting iPhone app. Since the July 2008 launch of the App Store, Apple has maintained a sort of moral ...

BLACK HAWK, Colo. (KDVR) — A Georgia blackjack player has filed a federal lawsuit in Colorado claiming he was illegally detained for doing something that’s perfectly legal: counting cards at a casino.

The actor was reportedly banned from playing blackjack at a Las Vegas casino after security allegedly caught him counting cards Ben Affleck‘s blackjack-playing days at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino ...

Dave Stann, author of Hollywood Blackjack and someone with keen insight on the M.I.T. whiz kids — subject of the new movie 21 — offers a former dealer's perspective on the world of blackjack and ...

Card counting is a popular strategy used by blackjack players to try and gain an edge over the casino. While many people believe this technique is illegal, the truth is that it’s not against the law.

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 ...

State officials say they know there's a black market for Oregon Trail cards, the electronic debit-style cards used by poor people to buy groceries. It's a problem nationwide: The cards are sold for ...

Venture Capital (VC) can be a rewarding place you could invest your money. But nowadays, some are reconsidering whether to invest in VC as an asset class at all. A number of VCs have responded by ...

Linbert Travel Exchange, the BBC enabler (Business to Business to Consumer) for land-based hotel and travel products, is rolling out together with Countdown Card to access its card member base to ...