ADVISORY/Card-Counting MIT Mathematic Students Broke the Bank in Vegas and the History Channel Reenacts It at Barona Valley Ranch Resort & Casino.

Entertainment Editors/News Editors

ADVISORY...for Tuesday-Thursday (Jan. 27-29)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHAT:

Most people think of Brad Pitt and the cast of "Ocean's Eleven"
when they think of people who have beat Las Vegas at their own game.
Here's the real story. Most of the people who beat Las Vegas are like
the cast of "The Revenge of the Nerds!" The best example ever will be
made into a History Channel movie this week at the Barona Valley Ranch
Resort & Casino.

The true-life story of six MIT mathematic students who took the
world's most high-profile casinos for millions using a complex
"card-counting" method will be reenacted at Barona Valley Ranch Resort
& Casino. The young MIT Blackjack team, who changed the way Las Vegas
casinos identify and track card-counters, was also the subject of a
New York Times best-selling novel.

"Breaking Vegas" is set to air Sunday, April 25 at 8 p.m. on the
History Channel.

WHO:

The cast and crew of "Breaking Vegas" will include casino security
experts, Las Vegas historians and possibly even original members of
MIT team will be at Barona Valley Ranch for filming of the
documentary.

WHEN:

Tuesday, January 27 -- Thursday, January 29
Filming 4 a.m. -- 12 noon

Bruce Klein, "Breaking Vegas" producer, available for interviews
on January 27 and 28, from 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Barona Valley Ranch
Executives, History Channel crew and other interviews available upon
request.

WHERE:

Barona Valley Ranch Resort & Casino
1932 Wildcat Canyon Road

WHY:

Throughout the early to mid 1990's, this group of blackjack
wizards toured the most acclaimed casinos throughout the world,
challenging the tables with bets of up to $100,000 and winning not
only millions of dollars but the celebrity treatment reserved for the
gambling world's biggest high-rollers.

The team was actually a group of MIT math whizzes who, recognizing
blackjack as a game of skill, mastered "card counting" -- an intricate
and very legal deck-tracking technique -- to beat the dealers. Barona
Valley Ranch agreed to participate in the filming, because the
property is not afraid of these kind of players. The casino's
professional staff is experienced in identifying this type of player.