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Making Millions the Easy Way

In the mid-1990s, a team of American science students took on the might of the Las Vegas casinos, and came home with millions of dollars. Hardworking engineering students during the week, they became high-rolling gamblers by the weekend and proved that, in one game at least, the house doesn’t always win.

The game was blackjack, and the students were from the world-renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Their audacious winnings marked the climax of an arms race between casino and player that began 40 years earlier with maths professor Edward Thorp. He realised that the one feature of blackjack that made it different from other casino games also made it possible to beat.

In most gambling games – roulette, dice, slot machines, the lottery – events in the past do not determine the future. The odds are the same on every roll of the dice or spin of the wheel. Winning streaks or losing streaks may occur, but they are only one possible result from the set of all possible outcomes. A fair coin that has shown heads ten times, still only has a 50% chance of showing heads on the next flip. We think that there great online casinos which you can play online. Such case is Wildz. It is relatively new casino but has managed to gain huge popularity. You can read the full review at OmbreCasino website .

Casinos and bookmakers make certain that the odds are always stacked slightly in their favour. In other words, over time, the house will always win.

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  1. There are some fascinating closing dates in this article but I don’t know if I see all of them middle to heart. There’s some validity but I will take hold opinion till I look into it further. Good article , thanks and we would like more! Added to FeedBurner as properly

  2. good fun doco!

  3. good fun doco!

  4. Good video. Im going to vegas

  5. my sister is an addict on Slot Machines, she always play any kind of game on the slot machine “-“

  6. it is quite fun to play on slot machines specially if you win a lot ~

  7. its a little disappointing that this trusted bbc has resorted to teenage magazine journalism then again all media has