Ever wonder what it would be like to break the bank in Vegas? If so, you have to read this wonderful Wired article on the MIT Blackjack Team. Of all casino games, blackjack offers by far the best odds to perfect gamblers, and card counting can dramatically swing the average cash flow in the card counter's direction. That's why casino's hate it so much. While it wasn't an official extracurricular activity, the team did invent a whole new method of card counting and took the casinos for some cash before the ride ended in the 1990s. The Slashdot discussion is also good reading.