Busting Vegas the MIT whiz kid who brought the casinos to their knees
The true account of an MIT prodigy who mastered a legal gambling process that enabled him to win large stakes in Las Vegas describes the wild rumors that surrounded his casino visits and the violent backlash that nearly cost him his life.
"-- is Dukach's unbelievably true story; a riveting account of monumental greed, excess, hubris, sex, love, violence, fear, and statistics that is high-stakes entertainment at its best."
"Semyon Dukach was known as the Darling of Les Vegas. A legend at age twenty-one, this cocky hot-shot was the biggest high roller to appear in Sin City in decades, a mathematical genius with a system the casinos had never seen before; that has nothing to do with card counting, wasn't illegal, and was more powerful than anything that had been tried before. Vegas, Atlantic City, Aruba, Barcelona, London, and the jewl in the crown, Monte Carlo - Dukach and his fellow MIT students hit them all and made millions. In the classroom, they were geeks. On the casino floor, they were unstoppable. This is their unbelievably true story - a reveting account of greed, excess, hubris, sex, love, violence, fear, and statistics."
"Semyon Dukach was the darling of Las Vegas. A legend at twenty-one, this hotshot was the biggest high roller in decades, a mathematical genius with a system the casinos had never seen before and couldn't stop--a system that has never been revealed until now; that has nothing to do with card counting, wasn't illegal, and was more powerful than anything tried before. From Atlantic City to the jewel of the gambling crown, Monte Carlo, Dukach and his fellow MIT students hit them all and made millions. Although they were taking classes and studying for exams during the week, over the weekends they stormed the blackjack tables only to be harassed, banned from casinos, threatened at gunpoint, and beaten in Vegas's notorious back rooms. The stakes were high, the dangers very real, but the players were up to the challenges, consequences be damned.--From publisher description."
"The Mit Whiz kid who brought the casinos to their knees.He played the casinos around the world with a plan to make himself richer than anyone could possibly imagine--but it would nearly cost him his life."
"The true account of an MIT prodigy who mastered a legal gambling process that enabled him to win large stakes in Las Vegas describes the wild rumors that surrounded his casino visits and the violent backlash that nearly cost him his life."@en
"The true account of an MIT prodigy who mastered a legal gambling process that enabled him to win large stakes in Las Vegas describes the wild rumors that surrounded his casino visits and the violent backlash that nearly cost him his life."
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