While the act of counting cards has enjoyed a special place in television shows and movies, the reality of this tactic is far less glamorous. Primarily used in the card game blackjack, counting cards ...

Reading "Bringing Down the House," a team of MIT students who bested casinos by using counting strategies at blackjack, inspired the author to try it himself. (Photo: Mary Rauzi) My career in card ...

Nevada's Gaming Control Board issues an alert warning casinos about an application called "A Blackjack Card Counter." It helps determine the optimal times to bet in blackjack. Update 4:19 pm: This ...

Card Counting is a strategy primarily used in the game of blackjack to determine whether the next hand is likely to give a probable advantage to the player or to the dealer. Players who use this ...

A system that analyses blackjack hands and betting strategies claims to be able to spot card counters within 20 hands GAMBLERS who adopt a well-known probability strategy to beat the house at ...