Bringing Down the House

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non-fiction book

Bringing Down the House is a bestselling non-fiction book by Ben Mezrich that chronicles how a team of MIT students used card-counting techniques to win millions of dollars in Las Vegas blackjack casinos.

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Label	Occurrences
Bringing Down the House canonical	3
Bringing Down the House (book)	1
Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions	1

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Target entity: Bringing Down the House
Context triple: [Ben Mezrich, notableWork, Bringing Down the House]

A. Bringing Down the House
Bringing Down the House is a 2003 comedy film starring Steve Martin and Queen Latifah about an uptight lawyer whose life is upended when an ex-con he met online shows up at his door.
B. Casino
Casino is a town in northern New South Wales, Australia, known as a regional service centre and gateway to the surrounding agricultural and beef-producing areas.
C. Casino
"Casino" is a 1995 crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese that explores the rise and fall of a Las Vegas casino boss and the mob's influence over the gambling industry.
D. The Card Counter
The Card Counter is a 2021 crime drama film written and directed by Paul Schrader, starring Oscar Isaac as a haunted former military interrogator who becomes a professional gambler seeking redemption.
E. Ocean's Eleven
Ocean's Eleven is a stylish 2001 heist film directed by Steven Soderbergh, featuring an ensemble cast led by George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Matt Damon as a team planning an elaborate Las Vegas casino robbery.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Bringing Down the House
Target entity description: Bringing Down the House is a bestselling non-fiction book by Ben Mezrich that chronicles how a team of MIT students used card-counting techniques to win millions of dollars in Las Vegas blackjack casinos.

A. Bringing Down the House
Bringing Down the House is a 2003 comedy film starring Steve Martin and Queen Latifah about an uptight lawyer whose life is upended when an ex-con he met online shows up at his door.
B. Casino
Casino is a town in northern New South Wales, Australia, known as a regional service centre and gateway to the surrounding agricultural and beef-producing areas.
C. Casino
"Casino" is a 1995 crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese that explores the rise and fall of a Las Vegas casino boss and the mob's influence over the gambling industry.
D. The Card Counter
The Card Counter is a 2021 crime drama film written and directed by Paul Schrader, starring Oscar Isaac as a haunted former military interrogator who becomes a professional gambler seeking redemption.
E. Ocean's Eleven
Ocean's Eleven is a stylish 2001 heist film directed by Steven Soderbergh, featuring an ensemble cast led by George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Matt Damon as a team planning an elaborate Las Vegas casino robbery.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	non-fiction book ⓘ
adaptationType	feature film ⓘ
adaptedInto	21 (film) ⓘ
author	Ben Mezrich ⓘ
basedOn	activities of the MIT Blackjack Team ⓘ
bestsellerStatus	New York Times bestseller ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
depicts	advantage play in casinos ⓘ casino countermeasures against card counters ⓘ use of disguises and false identities in casinos ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Kevin Lewis (composite character based on real players) ⓘ
followedBy	Busting Vegas ⓘ
genre	gambling literature ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ true crime ⓘ
hasFormat	audiobook ⓘ e-book edition ⓘ hardcover edition ⓘ paperback edition ⓘ
hasISBN	9780743249997 ⓘ
hasNarrativeStyle	narrative non-fiction ⓘ
hasPageCount	approximately 250–300 pages ⓘ
hasTheme	double lives and secrecy ⓘ ethics of exploiting casino systems ⓘ mathematics applied to gambling ⓘ risk and reward ⓘ teamwork and trust ⓘ
influenced	interest in blackjack and advantage play ⓘ public perception of card counting ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	Las Vegas casinos ⓘ MIT Blackjack Team ⓘ blackjack ⓘ card counting ⓘ
marketReception	commercially successful ⓘ
mediaType	print ⓘ
notableFor	depicting card-counting techniques in blackjack ⓘ portrayal of a team of MIT students beating casinos ⓘ
originalTitle	Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions ⓘ linked to: Bringing Down the House
partOf	Ben Mezrich bibliography ⓘ
publicationYear	2002 ⓘ
publisher	Free Press ⓘ
setting	Las Vegas ⓘ Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
targetAudience	adult readers ⓘ
timePeriodCovered	1990s ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ben Mezrich → notableWork → Bringing Down the House ⓘ

Ben Mezrich → wrote → Bringing Down the House ⓘ

Ben Mezrich → notableWork → Bringing Down the House ⓘ

subject linked to: Mezrich

21 (film) → basedOn → Bringing Down the House (book) ⓘ

linked to: Bringing Down the House

Bringing Down the House → originalTitle → Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions ⓘ