Known to the casinos as the Darling of Las Vegas, Semyon Dukach was a notorious player on the MIT Strategic Investments Blackjack Team, as well as a founder and president of the MIT Amphibian Investments Team. Banned from the casinos for winning too much money, he has trained and mentored dozens of successful MIT blackjack team players.

Mr. Dukach has an MS from MIT and a BS from Columbia. He was the founder and CEO of Fast Engines, a founder of Vert Inc., and is a CEO mentor at the Cambridge Business Development Center. His current projects include GottaFlirt and SMTP.com, investing in start-ups, and, of course, running Blackjack Seminars.

In recent television appearances including ABC Primetime and in an interview on CNN, Semyon Dukach has vowed to share his knowledge about beating the casinos with a larger audience. Semyon's TV spots include a 2 hour History Channel feature, a BBC special, and a National Geographic Channel documentary.

Ben Mezrich's book about Semyon, "Busting Vegas", is available now.