Movie·2004·1h 15m

Breaking Vegas

The True Story of the MIT Blackjack Team

Country

United States of America

Language

English

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// overview

The Story

Documentary tracing the attempts of a team of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Institue students to become rich playing blackjack at casinos throughout the United States and the attempts of the casinos' management to thwart them.

Themes

casinogamblingblackjack

Audience Score

70%

4 votes

Skip10%

Timepass22%

Go for it39%

Perfection29%

Where to watch

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// cast

Cast

Aaron Stanford

Narrator

Staas Yudenko

Semyon

Don Niam

Frank Scoblete

Catherine Kresge

Katie

Michael Bou

John C.

Edward F. Villaume

Bill (as Ed Villaume)

Bud Watson

Andy Anderson

Himself

Joe Boyd

Poker Announcer

Katie Byl

Herself (as Katie Lilienkamp)

Joseph Phong Dao

Himself

Semyon Dukach

Himself

Jon Hirschtick

Himself

Guy Messenger

Day Player

Mr. M

Himself

JT Mollner

Chris Pawlicki

// crew

Crew

Bruce David Klein

Director, Writer

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