Reading "Bringing Down the House," a team of MIT students who bested casinos by using counting strategies at blackjack, inspired the author to try it himself. (Photo: Mary Rauzi) My career in card ...

Blackjack is one of the most popular casino games, known for its mix of skill and chance. Many players dream of beating the game using card counting, a technique made famous by professional gamblers ...

While the act of counting cards has enjoyed a special place in television shows and movies, the reality of this tactic is far less glamorous. Primarily used in the card game blackjack, counting cards ...

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 ...

Each card is assigned a value, with the players playing to maximize their chances of getting the sum of their cards’ value to hit 21 (known as achieving a blackjack), or till the dealer (who also gets ...

When players sit down at a table in a casino, they know that "the house always wins." In other words, even if you hit a lucky streak, in the long run, the casino owners are invariably going to come ...

Dear Mark: I'm puzzled by your historical avoidance of a whole area of gambling that would increase the pleasure and reduce the cost to every one of your readers. This area is card counting in ...