Blackjack Whiz Riffs on Fantasy Sports, Statgeeks and Yahoo

A Q&A with Jeff Ma, the former leader of the infamous MIT Blackjack Team that took Vegas for millions in the mid-'90s. Now a successful entrepreneur and author, Ma talks about his love of fantasy sports, selling his company Citizen Sports to Yahoo (and why he didn't join them), and how young statgeeks can make their way in a sports industry dominated by traditionalists.

How Does Blackjack's Insurance Bet Work?

I was playing Las Vegas Strip BJ on the computer for fun money. Three times this happened with buying insurance. One time I bought insurance with a Jack and an eight while the house had an A and J, I won the bet. How can that be? The house had BJ. I don't get it. Shouldn't have the casino won?

Blackjack lifts ‘Million’

Bezan Chenoy-trained Blackjack easily lifted the 1,400m Saarrthi Maiden Million at the Pune races held on Sunday. P. Kamlesh partnered the Alnasr Alwasheek-Academy filly to victory.

A Spartan existence

STONEHAM -- Hitting 21 usually conjures thoughts of a hand of blackjack and a payout from the casino dealer. But...

Blackjack Challenge, Unstable Stables puts hopes on Bonk

Ross Andreson/Elko Daily Free Press Some of the members of the Unstable Stable team pose with “Bonk” the horse Tuesday at the Elko County Fairgrounds. From left, Callie Greenhaw, groomer; Blake Cragun, trainer; and Dennis Gilligan of Unstable Stables.

Vegas casinos beef up security to protect cash cow -- baccarat

LAS VEGAS -- Baccarat -- the only Las Vegas game that is growing -- is attracting cash-rich Asians and leading to a spike in crime.To fight back, casinos are improving security and profit -- adding pre-shuffled packs of cards, "smart shoes" that hold shuffled cards and playing cards embedded with radio-frequency identification chips.Using chip readers built into tables, casinos can track each ...

Casino Night benefits Food Pantry

Young Professionals of Fond du Lac will hold its third annual Casino Night fundraiser on Sept. 17, at South Hills Golf Country Club.