| Description |
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Special features: bonus documentary: "High rollers: a history of gambling"; "How to win in Las Vegas" episode from the History Channel's signature series 'Conquest'. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Matthew Howe ; narrator, Aaron Stanford ; art director, Rudy Matchinga ; editor, Erik Klein ; music, Michael Richard Plowman. |
| Performer |
Interviews with: Semyon Dukach, Jon Hirschtick, Ben Mezrich, Max Rubin, Beverly Griffin, Andy Anderson, Bill Hecht, Edward O. Thorp. |
| Summary |
A group of college students used its math skills to win millions and life in the fast lane seemed like a sure bet. Slip back to the '80s and '90s, when a group of overachieving M.I.T. students morphed into high-rolling, big-stakes gamblers. Backed by anonymous investors, they checked into hotels under assumed names and, pretending not to know each other, communicated with secret gestures and code words inside the casinos. Betting $50,000 a hand, the students racked up millions in winnings before their ingenious scam folded. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| System Details |
DVD, Region 1, widescreen presentation, Dolby Digital stereo. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Blackjack (Game)
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College students -- Conduct of life.
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Mathematical analysis.
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Gambling.
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Casinos.
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Gambling industry.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Klein, Bruce David.
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Dukach, Semyon.
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Hirschtick, Jon.
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Mezrich, Ben, 1969-
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Rubin, Max.
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Griffin, Beverly.
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Anderson, Andy.
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Hecht, Bill.
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Thorp, Edward O.
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Howe, Matthew.
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Stanford, Aaron.
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Matchinga, Rudy.
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Klein, Erik.
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Plowman, Michael Richard, 1965-
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Atlas Media Corp.
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History Channel (Television network)
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A & E Home Video (Firm)
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New Video Group.
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| ISBN |
0767063783 |
| Standard No. |
733961712988 |
| Music No. |
AAE-71298 A&E Home Video |
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