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5 unusual facts about Breaking Vegas


Angelo Fierro

He starred on the TV series Breaking Vegas as real-life counterfeiter Louis Colavecchio and had a recurring role as the Russian mobster, Vladimir, on the TV series Ocean Ave., starring Victoria Jackson.

Breaking Vegas

The episode "Professor Blackjack" is about MIT professor Edward O. Thorp's computer-based research on the Kelly criterion that was applied in real Vegas casinos in the form of computer aided card-counting schemes with very successful results.

The series was inspired by the two-hour History Channel documovie entitled Breaking Vegas: The True Story of the MIT Blackjack Team (see MIT Blackjack Team) written and directed by Bruce David Klein and produced by Atlas Media Corp.

J. Doyne Farmer

Farmer and Packard's work towards predicting outcomes of roulette games, along with their actual attempt at a Las Vegas casino, has been featured in the 2004 Breaking Vegas series documentary, "Beat the Wheel".

Ronald Dale Harris

Harris’ story can be seen on the Bio Channel, History Channel and Discovery Channel program Breaking Vegas, which features interviews and reenactments of some of Harris’ memorable moments in his casino-breaking scheme.



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