Event Date | Event Name |
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08-10-1960 | On this day in 1960, the Las Vegas heist movie Ocean's 11 starring the original Rat Pack was released. |
02-03-1964 | On this day in 1964, Edward Thorp was a contestant on To Tell the Truth, with host Bud Collyer and panelists Tom Poston, Peggy Cass, Orson Bean, and Kitty Carlisle. |
01-16-1978 | On this day in 1978, the movie Nowhere to Run with David Janssen debuted. Based on Charles Einstein's book The Blackjack Hijack (1976) the story is about Harry, who executes a 15-year plan (playing blackjack) to accumulate enough wealth to start a new life. |
05-17-1981 | On this day in 1981, the CBS 60 Minutes episode with Ken Uston aired. Interviewed by Harry Reasoner, the show highlighted Ken Uston's skills of being an advantage blackjack player. |
12-31-1983 | On this day in 1983, the movie Stacy's Knights debuted. Stacy, a young novice card counter, battles it out with corrupt casino bosses. |
12-16-1988 | On this day in 1988, the classic movie Rain Man debuted. The movie depicted (unrealistically) an autistic-savant's ability to memorize and predict cards at the blackjack table. |
10-24-1995 | On this day in 1995, the U.K. Network First TV series documentary episode Fear and Counting in Las Vegas was aired. |
11-22-1995 | On this day in 1995, Martin Scorsese's movie Casino was released. Filming took place in the Las Vegas Riviera Casino and the old Landmark Hotel. |
06-01-2003 | On this day in 2003, the movie The Hot Shoe was released. It would become one of the first complete and accurate documentaries about card counting ever made. |
03-15-2004 | On this day in 2004, the World Series of Blackjack (tournament) television show debuted on the Game Show Network (GSN). |
05-09-2004 | On this day in 2004, the movie Breaking Vegas was released. Documented the exploits of the MIT Blackjack Team of the 1990s. |
07-05-2004 | On this day in 2004, the Celebrity Blackjack television show debuted on the Game Show Network (GSN). |
01-11-2005 | On this day in 2005, the last episode of the Celebrity Blackjack television show aired on the Game Show Network (GSN). |
04-01-2006 | On this day in 2006, former MIT blackjack team member Andy Bloch released his card counting DVD called Beating Blackjack. |
09-16-2006 | On this day in 2006, the Ultimate Blackjack Tour (elimination blackjack tournament) television show debuted on CBS. |
06-04-2007 | On this day in 2007, the last episode of the televised World Series of Blackjack aired on the Game Show Network (GSN). |
11-10-2007 | On this day in 2007, the last episode of the Ultimate Blackjack Tour (elimination blackjack tournament) television show aired on CBS. |
03-28-2008 | On this day in 2008, the movie 21, starring Kevin Spacey was released. The movie was lousily based on the MIT blackjack team. |
07-21-2008 | On this day in 2008, GSN premiered the game show called Catch 21. This blackjack related show would run for four seasons. |
06-11-2011 | On this day in 2011, the movie Holy Rollers: The True Story of Card Counting Christians debuted. |
05-21-2019 | On this day in 2019, the movie Inside the Edge: A Professional Blackjack Adventure was released. This documentary follows K.C., a professional blackjack player, as he concludes his blackjack career (circa 2006) traveling across the United States from casino to casino. |