A bit of card counting has turned into quite a conundrum for one Colorado casino. The Ameristar Casino in Black Hawk now faces some serious accusations after a Georgia man alleges that he was ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A blackjack player from Georgia allegedly found himself detained at Ameristar Casino in Black Hawk for the gambling practice of card counting, according to ...

Casinos in Nevada were warned by gambling regulators to keep an eye out for a card-counting program that runs on the iPhone and iPod Touch that illegally helps players beat the house in blackjack.

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 ...

Counting cards isn’t as tricky as it sounds, JP Massar asserts. It’s not easy, of course, but “it’s not daunting,” he says. Massar, 65, is telling me his life story on a rainy December afternoon at an ...

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 ...

Queen and Ace cards above blackjack table. For centuries, gamblers have been using various strategies to gain an edge. The desire to beat the odds has remained despite an influx of new games at ...

Despite the legality of card counting, casinos look down upon the practice and often kick out known card counters. Aponte said he was a member of the original MIT card-counting team, which called ...