Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduates Mike Aponte and David Irvine recounted the rise and fall of their careers as world-famous, card-counting blackjack players at their alma mater last ...

Want to play chess in Afghanistan? Too bad. The Taliban have suspended the game for fear that it could be used to encourage betting. That’s not all. Would-be gambling magnates in Toronto were brought ...

Mike Aponte is a former leader of the MIT blackjack team and a pioneer in card-counting strategies. In the 1990s, he was part of a card-counting team that won millions of dollars at major U.S. casinos ...