There's a lot more to counting cards in Blackjack than meets the eye. Mike Aponte, former member of the infamous MIT Blackjack Team, takes us through the complicated process of counting cards.

Blackjack is one of the most popular casino games because it combines skill and luck. Unlike slot machines, where everything is random, blackjack allows players to make strategic decisions that can ...

If it seems like the deck is stacked against you when you play casino blackjack, you are right, from a statistical standpoint. "The house's initial advantage in any given game is calculated to be ...

“MIT Mike” Aponte, World Series of Blackjack winner, shows you how to count cards. “MIT Mike” Aponte, World Series of Blackjack winner, shows you how to count cards. As a college senior in the early ...

The system that gives blackjack players an edge was once reserved for those who could quickly number-crunch complex formulas. It was dense and unsexy. That changed in 2003, when the book “Bringing ...

A new card counting program in the iTunes app store may be illicitly helping gamblers beat the casinos at blackjack. The program is hard to detect, because it runs in “stealth mode” where the app can ...

Of all the casino games, blackjack gives the player the best odds. Still, players are constantly searching for ways to get an edge - even a slight one - over the house. A new study out of MIT and ...