The Truth About Rain Man
The movie Rainman provided me with my first glimpse into the world of card counting. In Rain Man, Tom Cruise plays the slick, self-centered Charlie Babbit. Dustin Hoffman steals the show as Charlie’s autistic savant brother, Raymond Babbit. In a sub-plot of the movie, when Charlie realizes Raymond possesses a photographic memory and an incredible penchant for numbers, he hatches a plan…