
Breaking Vegas
The True Story of the MIT Blackjack Team
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
75 min
Release Date
2004-05-09
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
3
Vote Average
6.7
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
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
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