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* [[Fridge Logic]]: The movie portrays card counting as extremely difficult, requiring top students from MIT. But if you've the attention span to sit through the movie you can learn just about everything you NEED to know to start counting cards. Ben Campbell seems to be studying day and night for at least a few weeks to learn what you can get the gist of in about 15-30 minutes. Also, if Ben Campbell is so smart and is reading books about card counting how come he doesn't know the dangers?

** As I understood it, most of his studying time was to understand and perfect the team's convoluted communication system.

** The principle is indeed easy to understand, but try doing this without making mistakes for several hours. This is a job for people [[Good ~~With~~ Numbers]].

** The principle is indeed easy to understand, but try doing this without making mistakes for several hours. This is a job for people [[Good with Numbers]].

** True, but in the case of card counting being [[Good ~~With~~ Numbers]] does not amount to complex math, just very rigorous and quick mental arithmatic. Mind you, some of the more advanced techniques that were used by the real MIT team (such as ace tracking) are a lot more complex than the basic high-low running count

** True, but in the case of card counting being [[Good with Numbers]] does not amount to complex math, just very rigorous and quick mental arithmatic. Mind you, some of the more advanced techniques that were used by the real MIT team (such as ace tracking) are a lot more complex than the basic high-low running count

** The techniques alone in the film are a severely watered-down version of how it should be carried out. If you try to do it exactly the way it was done in the film, you '''will''' lose money.

* [[Internet Backdraft]]: Sites including "boycott21.com" popped up in the aftermath of the "whitewash casting" controversy.