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Celebrities flock to The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Florida tonight to attend the debut of 71 new card tables, including about 55 for blackjack. This is the first time blackjack, one of the most popular casino games, will be legally played in Florida.
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In 2004, BBC aired a documentary from a Horizon series about counting cards in casinos. The episode, Making Millions the Easy Way, was inspired by the same events as the book "Bringing down Vegas" and latest flick "21". Typically for Horizon, filmmakers dug deeper and showed various techniques used by card counters over the years, as well as shown casinos, sometime heavy handed response.
BBC provides a transcript of that episode, and thanks to YouTube we can watch it, too.
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Casinos were always good topic for film. Dreamlike life of big money, beautiful women , expensive cars, drinks and never ending nightlife are ideal scenery for escapism created by cinema. This year there are two gambling movies to watch - "21", based on a real story that inspired Ben Mezrich's book "Bringing Down the House", and "Deal" with Burt Reynolds, a story of set in World Poker Tour.
Both films are unique in a sense, as the story evolves around one game, and especially "21" will do a lot to educate and promote blackjack among wider audience. Regardless of the rather bad reviews "21" received.
And it's about time blackjack, a classic casino game, receives similar status as poker.
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