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1、THEFREEPRESSADivisionofSimon&SchusterInc.1230AvenueoftheAmericasNewYork,NY10020Copyright©2002byBenMezrichAllrightsreserved,includingtherightofreproductioninwholeorinpartinanyform.Thenamesofmanyofthecharactersandlocationsinthisbookhavebeenchanged,ashavecertainph
2、ysicalcharacteristicsandotherdescriptivedetails.Someoftheeventsandcharactersarealsocompositesofseveralindividualeventsorpersons.THEFREEPRESSandcolophonaretrademarksofSimon&Schuster,Inc.DesignedbyDanaSloanLibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataMezrich,Ben
3、.Bringingdownthehouse:theinsidestoryofsixMITstudentswhotookVegasformillions/BenMezrich.p.cm.1.Cardsharping.2.Gambling—Nevada—LasVegas.3.Gamblers—Massachusetts—Boston—Biography.4.MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology—Students—Biography.I.Title.GV1247.M492002364.1’7
4、2’0922—dc21[B]2002072218ISBN0-7432-5084-2VisitusontheWorldWideWeb:http://www.SimonSays.comContentsAcknowledgmentsOneTwoBoston,PresentDayThreeBoston,June1994FourAtlanticCity,June1994FiveBoston,September1994SixBoston,October1994SevenBoston,October1994EightLasVega
5、s,PresentDayNineThirtyThousandFeet,November1994TenLasVegas,November1994ElevenWeston,MA,Thanksgiving1994TwelveTheDoubleLife,1994–95ThirteenChicago,May1995FourteenBoston,June1995FifteenFoxwoodsCasino,PresentDaySixteenJuly1995toOctober1995SeventeenBoston,Halloween
6、1995EighteenBoston,November1995NineteenLasVegas,PresentDayTwentyLasVegas,Fall1997Twenty-OneBoston,Fall1997Twenty-TwoLasVegas,PresentDayTwenty-ThreeBoston,Valentine’sDay1998Twenty-FourLasVegas,President’sDay1998Twenty-FiveTheBayou:Shreveport,LA,1998Twenty-SixBos
7、ton,Spring1998Twenty-SevenBoston,Spring1998Twenty-EightBoston,Spring1998Twenty-NineBoston,Spring1998ThirtyLasVegas,MemorialDay1998Thirty-OneBoston,June1998Thirty-TwoLasVegas,HardRock,PresentDayHowtoCountCardsandBeatVegasAnEssaybyKevinLewisAbouttheAuthorAcknowle
8、dgmentsMydeepestthankstoDominickAnfusoandLeslieMeredith,myspectaculareditorsatSimon&Schuster.ThanksalsotoDorothyRobinsonforkeepingmefocusedthroughouttheeditorialprocess.Iami