Monday, October 30, 2006

Counting cards with MIT teammates who beat Vegas at its own game

Even now, 10 years later, Dave Irvine still gets a charge out of arriving in Las Vegas.

"It's such an alive city," Irvine said. "Every time I look out the window of the airplane and see the Strip, especially at night, it brings back so many memories."

Even for a city that draws 40 million tourists a year, Irvine has to rank among its most notorious visitors.