Word: blackjacks
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...Some guys have all the luck,” croons the dejected Rod Stewart. At Harvard, one lucky man makes his own. Life Science 1a professor David R. Liu ’94 began counting cards in high school and soon mastered the game of blackjack. By keeping running indexes of revealed cards in his head, Liu gains a long-term mathematical advantage over the house. And by greatly increasing his chances of winning, Liu has aroused the ire of some powerful casino bosses. “I was barred from playing at a well-known Las Vegas casino...
...growing most rapidly; this year an estimated $2.7 billion will be spent on Internet poker games, almost double last year's take and 10 times that of 2002. That breakneck growth can't continue--one reason PartyGaming's stock drifted below its IPO price--but other casino games like blackjack, as well as lotteries and sports betting, are finding new homes online. According to Warwick Bartlett, who runs the British firm Global Betting & Gaming Consultants, almost $12 billion will be wagered over the Internet this year, or close to 5% of the world's total gross gambling yield. Over...
...defang gambling and strippers to the point where they're in every town and on many websites, the real luxury is doing swankier versions of those things in a relaxing environment. Instead of squeezing in an hour to bet online while your kids are yelling, you get to play blackjack by the pool and stare at a waterfall while dancing at 3 a.m. The Mister Rogers of Vegas is hoping you'll want to take off your sweater, put on your slippers and sleep off your sins in one of the classiest hotels in the world...
...have made a pile. Average homeowners who bought in the '90s--not to mention those who have owned for decades--are now, like modern-day Clampetts, sitting atop newly discovered gushers of wealth. Many have borrowed against their fat cushions of equity. Some--like bettors taking chips off a blackjack table--have sold, trading down to smaller places or swapping a city apartment for a calmer, cheaper life in the country. Still others have stayed put and splurged. Lucky Erganian and her husband, now deceased, bought their Woodland Hills, Calif., home in 1982 for $260,000. Today...
...defang gambling and strippers to the point where they're in every town and on many websites, the real luxury is doing swankier versions of those things in a relaxing environment. Instead of squeezing in an hour to bet online while your kids are yelling, you get to play blackjack by the pool and stare at a waterfall while dancing at 3 a.m. The Mister Rogers of Vegas is hoping you'll want to take off your sweater, put on your slippers and sleep off your sins in one of the classiest hotels in the world...