Bringing Down the House (book)

Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions

Author	Ben Mezrich
Country	United States
Language	English
Subject	Blackjack
Genre	Non-fiction †
Publisher	Free Press
Publication date	September 9, 2003
Media type	Print, e-book
Pages	257 pp
ISBN	1-4176-6563-7
Followed by	Busting Vegas

Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions is a 2003 book by Ben Mezrich about a group of MIT card counters commonly known as the MIT Blackjack Team. Though the book is classified as non-fiction, The Boston Globe alleges that the book contains significant fictional elements, that many of the key events propelling the drama did not occur in real life, and that others were exaggerated greatly.^[1] The book was adapted into the movies 21 and The Last Casino.