Check this out before going to the casino

Rating: 6/10 (10 August 2008)

I saw a television programme some time ago that told the story of the college campus kids that 'won' lots of money from Casinos around the world. This film is clearly based on this story although I do not know how much of the background story is true.
The bizarre thing about the story is that even though the group are clearly highly intelligent the system is remarkably easy. It revolves around counting cards on a blackjack game and allocating points according to each of the cards that is dealt. Low cards are given -1, mid cards 0 and high cards are +1. Once the score rises to a certain figure the odds suddenly favour the player rather than the dealer. You aren't guaranteed to win each time, but if you only play at these points you will win over time.
The film is about the relationships between the group and I cannot say how much of it is true, but it's a fairly entertaining couple of hours.