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“[This is] the story of how the California Hotel grew from an unattractive property in a run-down section of Las Vegas to become the must-visit destination for Hawai`i gamblers, whose special relationship with the hotel was forged in its first decade of business–1975 to 1985. . . . [It's] told largely through the voice of John Blink, who was a witness to the powerful connection Sam Boyd created between the California Hotel and Hawai`i’s gamblers. But it also includes personal recollections from people who worked in Hawai`i and the hotel. Together, they offer insights, memories, and opinions on what made the hotel an oasis of aloha in a depressed corner of Las Vegas. The early chapters, which provide the backgr… More >>
California Hotel and Casino: Hawai’i’s Home Away from Home
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The dream of every casino gambler is to get the edge over the house. But few ever do. This book is about those few. Variously called dice controllers, controlled shooters, precision shooters, or rhythmic rollers, they have won millions from the casinos at the game of craps by mastering a simple concept but a highly advanced skill: if you can alter the outcome of a dice roll, you can shift the odds in your favor. When these pioneers take the dice into their hands, they create magic and money. Their amazing true stories are told for the first time by Frank Scoblete, casino gaming’s greatest writer, whose own adventures at the craps tables will also thrill and enlighten you. Go behind the scenes to: -… More >>
Craps Underground: The Inside Story of How Dice Controllers are Winning Millions from the Casinos!
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James W. Hall is the critically acclaimed author of eleven crime novels, including Body Language and Blackwater Sound. He’s also published four books of poetry. And several of his short stories have appeared in magazines like the Georgia Review and Kenyon Review.
Now, writing in the spirit of Dave Barry and Garrison Keillor, Hall wins a new kind of reader with this collection of essays that run from insightful to opinionated, funny to wise.
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Hot Damn!: Alligators in the Casino, Nude Women in the Grass, How Seashells Changed the Course of History, and Other Dispatches from Paradise
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