The MIT Blackjack Team was a group of students and ex-students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard Business School, Harvard University, and other leading colleges who used card-counting techniques and more sophisticated strategies to beat casinos at blackjack worldwide. The team and its successors operated successfully from 1979 through the beginning of the 21st century. Many other blackjack teams have been formed around the world with the goal of beating the casinos.
Read more about MIT Blackjack Team: Blackjack and Card Counting, First MIT Blackjack "bank", "Mr. M" Meets Bill Kaplan, Strategy and Techniques, Team History 1980-1990, Strategic Investments 1992-1993, 1994 and Forward
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