The casino manager is seen in two places at the same time. First, he is with Saul when the briefcase is being taken to the vault, while at the same time he is meeting Benedict and Linus as they are escorting Frank out of the casino.
When Rusty and Linus are in the conservatory discussing Tess, Rusty is shown eating shrimp cocktail out of a champagne glass. The scene cuts to another camera angle, which shows Rusty eating shrimp cocktail off of a plate.
Frank is squeezing the salesman's hand when buying the van. As the deal is agreed the salesman rubs his right hand with his left but in the next shot Frank still has hold of the salesman's right hand.
After the "pinch" goes off, and all power comes back on, the cell phone in Tess's pocket rings. She pulls out the cell phone, and pulls the antenna up, but in the flashback when Danny puts the phone in her pocket, the antenna is already pulled out.
Chain attached to briefcase is longer when in the vault then when it is transferred to Saul. When Yen opens money cart in vault and briefcase slides off, the chain is longer and the briefcase goes a lot further over the side of the cart.
Electronic circuitry disabled by EMP does not come back on again after a short period of time. It is destroyed and needs to be replaced.
Terry Benedict owns the three casinos because he bought them, not because he built them. Their original owners would have been competitors, and thus would never have shared a common vault. The same is true for any other casino that could accept a sale at any time. Even casinos originally built by the same company could be sold to competitors.
A nuclear explosion by no means always causes an EMP. The weapon ideally needs to be detonated high up in space or at the very least very high up in the atmosphere.
Modern Las Vegas casinos do not actually have vaults full of huge mounds of cash, they only keep enough money in their cage on the playing floor to cover all potential bets at the tables. Once it gets to a certain amount it is transferred to a bank by armoured car and if additional funds are required the process is reversed, the bank (and therefore the federal government) taking responsibility for the money's safety the moment the security guard signs for it. This is actually considered safer than having a vault as the money cage will always be in public full sight and surrounded by armed security guards and even if the armoured car is robbed the money is insured by the US Treasury.
In the first of the movie when Ocean is playing poker in the instruction room, the second bettor "sees your 500 and also raises you 500". This is a string bet and not allowed in normal poker rooms. The correct action would be just to announce "raise 500". However, since they were just taught how to play poker, he wouldn't know that.
Rusty asks Danny, "How was the clink? Did you get the cookies I sent?". Danny replies, "Why do you think I came to see you first?" But in fact, Danny had already visited Frank Catton, so Rusty wasn't the first he came to see. However, Danny implies that Rusty thinks he came to see him first. He never actually says it.
Why did Saul need to smuggle the explosives into the vault disguised as jewels inside the briefcase? Yen could have simply brought them with him when he was carted into the vault. However, the cash cart is barely big enough to fit a person. It would be nearly impossible to be able to add a rectangular item such as the briefcase in the cylindrical chamber with Yen.
When Livingston Dell is getting the signals of the security system in the casino, he exits the area with his shirt all stained with sweat. He forgets the gadget he uses to do his job and the security guy goes after him to give it back, and reaches him when he's about to exit. At that point, Livingston's shirt is not stained anymore. However, no production will go to the trouble to do "stain continuity".
When Yen is doing the real job you can see that his foot hit the laser without setting the alarm.
During the fight bout, the extra next to Julia Roberts' character breaks character by looking down as if to check they're still filming.
When the van backs up to the California Institute of Advanced Science Linus waits inside the van. A few minutes later he exits the van. As he pushes the door closed the light inside the van goes out before the door slams shut.
When Danny is getting his beating from Bruiser, it cuts to show the two guards outside who can hear every little noise in the room. How is it, then, that they did not hear Danny and Bruiser corroborating, "Bruiser! Not until later". "Sorry, Danny!" and the friendly conversation immediately following.
Despite repeated warnings about Benedict, should he ever find out who was responsible for the heist, the crew leaves all of the equipment behind in their room - which would not only be covered with each of their fingerprints but could possibly be traced back to Reuben as their supplier.
During Benedict's flashback, there is a close-up of Danny Ocean dropping a cellphone into Tess' coat pocket during an embrace. However, during the actual event Ocean's hand never drops, holding her right arm during the entire embrace.
In the newspaper article Danny is reading while waiting on Frank, Terry's last name is spelled Benidict.
When Virgil and Turk bump into each other in the casino and start "arguing", their mouths don't move. (Visible only in full screen version.)
The scene at the start of the fight shows an outside view of the MGM Grand with clouds above and behind the hotel building as the fight announcer says "On a perfectly clear night in Las Vegas..."
As Tess is observing the painting just before Terry Benedict joins her, the man on her left side (who gives an explanation) wears glasses that reflect the camera crew.
The camera and operator are reflected in the narrow mirror at Reuben Tishkoff's house as the gang discusses the robbery.
When Linus gets out of the white van to go join the rest of the crew stealing the Pinch, the camera takes a shot including Linus walking towards the door and the rear right side of the van. In the reflection off the side of the van, 4 crew members are visible sitting down.
When Danny is released after serving time for his parole violation, he is met by Rusty and Tess - the camera crew is vaguely reflected on the car's window as it swings open.
When the Malloy twins are introduced and racing each other with the monster trucks, the camera crew is seen several times in the reflection of the trucks.
During the scene in which Danny explains the security of the
Bellagio vault a map is displayed on the screen which shows a portion of the Las Vegas strip. It is incorrect in that it places the MGM Grand casino in the place where the Aladdin (now Planet Hollywood) casino should be. If the MGM Grand were placed in its correct position, it would be partially off the screen.
When Saul is talking to Rusty at the Racetrack (Derby Lanes in St. Petersburg), Saul says "...I'm seeing a nice lady who works the unmentionables counter at Macy's". At the time the movie was filmed there were no Macy's in the St. Petersburg area.
When Benedict and Saul/Zerga are waiting for the couriers, they are standing outside the MGM Grand. However, it's strongly implied that the control room and the vault are located at the Bellagio. The Bellagio and MGM Grand are about one mile apart. It is unclear how that distance was covered by Benedict and Zerga within minutes.
The total heist would weigh too much to carry out. The U.S. Treasury has the weight of $1,000,000 at 22 pounds. Multiply that by 163 and the total weight from the heist would be 3586 pounds. Divide that by all eleven con men, and each one would have to carry 326 pounds out of the casino.
It's never explained how the floor sensors were disabled after blowing the vault Door.
The DVD commentary admits that there was no way in which all the flyers that were carried out of the casino and driven to the airport could have been in the vault.
When Yen is in the cart and only has 30 minutes of air, couldn't they have made a air hose that came out of the bottom so he could breathe?
A key part of the heist comes when Rusty threatens to destroy all the money if Benedict doesn't let them take half of this. Benedict agrees because letting them take half his money is better than losing all of it. However, from Benedict's perspective this would be an empty threat. The Bellagio would be insured. If the robbers had destroyed the money then Benedict would have simply filed an insurance claim to recover the value of the stolen currency. However, Rusty's threat included losing $80 million secretly or $160 million publicly. Revealing the vulnerability of Benedict's security system would undermine his business reputation.
Danny claims that casinos are "required by law" to keep enough cash on hand to redeem every chip in play.
Not true. there is in fact a set of "formulas" or "guidelines" for cash to be kept by casinos. It generally involves a certain amount for each type of table game open, plus a certain amount for each slot machine of a certain denomination, etc.
Ruben claims that no one had ever before pulled off a successful Las Vegas casino heist, but casino robberies, while relatively uncommon and very dangerous due to the presence of armed guards, happen several times a year and have since the early days of Vegas gambling. In 1992, the Stardust was robbed of more than a half million dollars in cash and chips, and it was several hours before casino staff could pinpoint him as the culprit. He was never caught, and his whereabouts to date are unknown.
Basher tells the group that a "pinch" will disrupt all the "broadband electrical circuitry" within its blast radius, which has nothing to do with hardwired electricity and power grids. "Broadband" implies radio signals that are transmitted over the airwaves, not electrical power to buildings and homes on the power grid. Therefore, the pinch, as defined by Basher, would not have affected any hardwired electrical circuitry, let alone the cars on the roads that blacked out as shown, but only radio communications, including their own.
In the scene where Danny meets Linus in Chicago, Danny refers to Las Vegas as "America's Playground." In fact, that designation belongs to Atlantic City, which was known by this nickname for many years before Las Vegas became a gambling center. Las Vegas has never marketed itself as "America's Playground."
When Linus (Matt Damon) introduces himself to Terry Benedict as being "from the Nevada Gaming Commission" he mispronounces "Nevada" - a dead giveaway that he isn't a local. He repeats the error again a few moments later when he identifies himself to Bernie Mac's character.