Hours before he sat at a blackjack table, Rick Blaine made sure he was ready. He ran a few card-counting drills on his computer before leaving his house early that morning to sharpen his skills. He ...

Colin Jones has toiled in the cacophonous, windowless, artificially lighted corridors of casinos across the country in an effort to beat the house with math. He has worked to master the art of card ...

The film director and movie star Ben Affleck, soon to be featured as Hollywood’s next Batman, did the gambling world a favor last week by placing professional blackjack back in the news. He did so by ...