Subtitled }The Inside Story Of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas For Millions{. Fascinating true account of a team of brilliant mathematicians and physicists who won millions of dollars from the casinos of Las Vegas through card-counting. Spent six weeks on the }New York Times{ bestseller list Bringing Down the House tells the true story of the most successful financial scam ever, in which teams of brilliant young mathematicians and physicists won millions of dollars from the casinos and blackjack tables of Las Vegas, in the process getting drawn into the high life of drugs, sex and spending big.