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Ken Uston (January 12, 1935 – September 19, 1987) was an American blackjack player, strategist and author, credited with popularizing the concept of team play at blackjack. During the early to mid-1970s he gained widespread notoriety for perfecting techniques to do team card counting in numerous casinos worldwide, earning millions of dollars from the casinos, with some bets as high as $12,000 on a single hand.

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  • Ken Uston, pseudónimo de Kenneth Senzo Usui (2 de enero de 1935 - París, 19 de septiembre de 1987), fue un famoso jugador de blackjack estadounidense conocido por sus técnicas para contar cartas aplicado en varios casinos en la década de 1970. (es)
  • Ken Uston (January 12, 1935 – September 19, 1987) was an American blackjack player, strategist and author, credited with popularizing the concept of team play at blackjack. During the early to mid-1970s he gained widespread notoriety for perfecting techniques to do team card counting in numerous casinos worldwide, earning millions of dollars from the casinos, with some bets as high as $12,000 on a single hand. He was banned from casinos around the world and would adopt various costumes in order to conceal his identity and still be able to play. He filed a high-profile lawsuit against these casinos and successfully received a ruling from the New Jersey courts that absent a valid New Jersey Casino Commission regulation excluding card counters, casinos could not ban someone simply for counting cards at blackjack. In response, many casinos changed their systems, increasing the number of decks in games or changing rules to increase the house edge. In the early 1980s, Uston also authored several popular books on video games and personal computers. He was the subject of a 1981 segment on 60 Minutes and in 2005, he was the subject of the History Channel documentary, "The Blackjack Man". (en)
  • Ken Uston (né le 12 janvier 1935, mort le 19 septembre 1987 à Paris) était un joueur américain de blackjack. Il acquit sa renommée grâce à ses techniques de comptage de cartes au début des années 1970. (fr)
  • ケン・ユーストン(1935年1月12日 - 1987年9月19日)は、カジノゲームブラックジャックの欧米で有名なギャンブルプレイヤー。日系二世にあたるアメリカ人。 (ja)
  • Ken Uston, nato Kenneth Senzo Usui (New York, 12 gennaio 1935 – Parigi, 19 settembre 1987), è stato uno scrittore e giocatore di blackjack statunitense. Durante gli anni 70 divenne famoso per la sua capacità di utilizzare la strategia del conteggio delle carte che lo portò a vincere milioni di dollari nei vari casinò che frequentò. Divenne famoso anche per avere vinto una causa contro il Resorts International di Atlantic City, New Jersey, che lo aveva bandito dai propri casinò proprio per le sue capacità nell'utilizzo della tecnica del conteggio delle carte. (it)
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  • Kenneth Senzo Usui (en)
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  • Ken Uston, pseudónimo de Kenneth Senzo Usui (2 de enero de 1935 - París, 19 de septiembre de 1987), fue un famoso jugador de blackjack estadounidense conocido por sus técnicas para contar cartas aplicado en varios casinos en la década de 1970. (es)
  • Ken Uston (né le 12 janvier 1935, mort le 19 septembre 1987 à Paris) était un joueur américain de blackjack. Il acquit sa renommée grâce à ses techniques de comptage de cartes au début des années 1970. (fr)
  • ケン・ユーストン(1935年1月12日 - 1987年9月19日)は、カジノゲームブラックジャックの欧米で有名なギャンブルプレイヤー。日系二世にあたるアメリカ人。 (ja)
  • Ken Uston, nato Kenneth Senzo Usui (New York, 12 gennaio 1935 – Parigi, 19 settembre 1987), è stato uno scrittore e giocatore di blackjack statunitense. Durante gli anni 70 divenne famoso per la sua capacità di utilizzare la strategia del conteggio delle carte che lo portò a vincere milioni di dollari nei vari casinò che frequentò. Divenne famoso anche per avere vinto una causa contro il Resorts International di Atlantic City, New Jersey, che lo aveva bandito dai propri casinò proprio per le sue capacità nell'utilizzo della tecnica del conteggio delle carte. (it)
  • Ken Uston (January 12, 1935 – September 19, 1987) was an American blackjack player, strategist and author, credited with popularizing the concept of team play at blackjack. During the early to mid-1970s he gained widespread notoriety for perfecting techniques to do team card counting in numerous casinos worldwide, earning millions of dollars from the casinos, with some bets as high as $12,000 on a single hand. (en)
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