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David & Goliath, Part II

Risk of Ruin

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Computers in Las Vegas

CNN's John Sutter looks at the history of blackjack in Las Vegas. He talks to Richard Taft, who developed a hidden computer that you operate with your toes. computers were not illegal in Las Vegas until 1985. "It exploited the fact that the viewers would clump," says Taft.

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