Bringing Down the House
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Bringing Down the House is a bestselling non-fiction book by Ben Mezrich that chronicles how a team of MIT students used card-counting techniques to win millions of dollars in Las Vegas blackjack casinos.
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| Bringing Down the House canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bringing Down the House Context triple: [Ben Mezrich, notableWork, Bringing Down the House]
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A.
Bringing Down the House
Bringing Down the House is a 2003 comedy film starring Steve Martin and Queen Latifah about an uptight lawyer whose life is upended when an ex-con he met online shows up at his door.
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B.
Casino
Casino is a town in northern New South Wales, Australia, known as a regional service centre and gateway to the surrounding agricultural and beef-producing areas.
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C.
Casino
"Casino" is a 1995 crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese that explores the rise and fall of a Las Vegas casino boss and the mob's influence over the gambling industry.
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D.
The Card Counter
The Card Counter is a 2021 crime drama film written and directed by Paul Schrader, starring Oscar Isaac as a haunted former military interrogator who becomes a professional gambler seeking redemption.
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E.
Ocean's Eleven
Ocean's Eleven is a stylish 2001 heist film directed by Steven Soderbergh, featuring an ensemble cast led by George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Matt Damon as a team planning an elaborate Las Vegas casino robbery.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bringing Down the House Target entity description: Bringing Down the House is a bestselling non-fiction book by Ben Mezrich that chronicles how a team of MIT students used card-counting techniques to win millions of dollars in Las Vegas blackjack casinos.
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A.
Bringing Down the House
Bringing Down the House is a 2003 comedy film starring Steve Martin and Queen Latifah about an uptight lawyer whose life is upended when an ex-con he met online shows up at his door.
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B.
Casino
Casino is a town in northern New South Wales, Australia, known as a regional service centre and gateway to the surrounding agricultural and beef-producing areas.
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C.
Casino
"Casino" is a 1995 crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese that explores the rise and fall of a Las Vegas casino boss and the mob's influence over the gambling industry.
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D.
The Card Counter
The Card Counter is a 2021 crime drama film written and directed by Paul Schrader, starring Oscar Isaac as a haunted former military interrogator who becomes a professional gambler seeking redemption.
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E.
Ocean's Eleven
Ocean's Eleven is a stylish 2001 heist film directed by Steven Soderbergh, featuring an ensemble cast led by George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Matt Damon as a team planning an elaborate Las Vegas casino robbery.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | non-fiction book ⓘ |
| adaptationType | feature film ⓘ |
| adaptedInto | 21 (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Ben Mezrich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | activities of the MIT Blackjack Team ⓘ |
| bestsellerStatus | New York Times bestseller ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
advantage play in casinos
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casino countermeasures against card counters ⓘ use of disguises and false identities in casinos ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Kevin Lewis (composite character based on real players) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Busting Vegas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
gambling literature
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non-fiction ⓘ true crime ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
audiobook
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e-book edition ⓘ hardcover edition ⓘ paperback edition ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780743249997 ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeStyle | narrative non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | approximately 250–300 pages ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
double lives and secrecy
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ethics of exploiting casino systems ⓘ mathematics applied to gambling ⓘ risk and reward ⓘ teamwork and trust ⓘ |
| influenced |
interest in blackjack and advantage play
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public perception of card counting ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Las Vegas casinos
NERFINISHED
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MIT Blackjack Team NERFINISHED ⓘ blackjack ⓘ card counting ⓘ |
| marketReception | commercially successful ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depicting card-counting techniques in blackjack
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portrayal of a team of MIT students beating casinos ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Ben Mezrich bibliography ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| publisher | Free Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Las Vegas
NERFINISHED
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | 1990s ⓘ |
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