This is a great example of the crap you'll have to put up with from an author who tries to write about something without actually making an effort to understand anything.
The blackjack motif is a joke. Ben Mezrich's Bringing Down the House exposed the world to the power of card counting? Please. Do some research and credit Ed Thorpe, rather than just running with the time you saw '21' in the theater as the background for your article.
The blackjack motif is a joke. Ben Mezrich's Bringing Down the House exposed the world to the power of card counting? Please. Do some research and credit Ed Thorpe, rather than just running with the time you saw '21' in the theater as the background for your article.