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United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby Banned from Las Vegas Casinos for Card Counting
Scott Kirby, the CEO of United Airlines, is banned from playing blackjack at most Las Vegas and Atlantic City casinos due to his past card counting skills. He revealed his card-counting history earlier this year to the Wall Street Journal. Kirby has been with United since 2016.
Kirby visited the Bellagio during Super Bowl weekend to play high-stakes poker, but was informed he was not welcome at the blackjack tables. Edward O. Thorp developed the first card counting system in 1966. Thorpe used computers throughout the 1950s to prove his theory, testing his card counting skills at casinos in Reno, Lake Tahoe, and Las Vegas.
Ben Affleck was removed from a Las Vegas casino for counting in 2014. Fred Smith, the founder of Federal Express, saved his company from bankruptcy by winning $27,000 at a blackjack table in Las Vegas.
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