Las Vegas has been blacklisting people since the 60’s. The original lists were not created to keep out card counters or advantage players, but were a method to keep mob-related criminals out of town. One of the most famous, Marshall Caifano, died last December after being blacklisted for 43 years. He was one of the original 11 people put on the list for theft and illegal bookmaking.

Today’s blacklisted individual is more likely to be an advantage player like Ricardo Sedan. He’s one of the most successful card counters. He attended M.I.T. in the 80’s and filed lawsuits against casinos in the past. He and two other card counters filed a $2.3M lawsuit against the MGM Grand Detroit following an incident in which they were beaten and detained by casino security in 2001.

Poker star Andy Bloch is also blacklisted from the blackjack tables because of his connection with the M.I.T. blackjack team.