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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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Craps Underground: The Inside Story of How Dice Controllers are Winning Millions from the Casinos!
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Dummy Up And Deal: Inside The Culture Of Casino Dealing
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The glitter and excitement that tourists associate with casinos is only a facade. To the gaming industry’s front-line employees, its dealers, the casino is a far less glamorous environment, a workplace full of emotional tension, physical and mental demands, humor and pathos. Author H. Lee Barnes, who spent many years as a dealer in some of Las Vegas’s best-known casinos, shows us this world from the point of view of the table-games dealer. Told in the voices of dozens of dealers, male and female, young and old, Dummy Up and Deal takes us to the dealer’s side of the table. We observe the “breaking in” that constitutes a dealer’s training, where the hands learn the balletic motions of the game while the mind … More >>
Dummy Up And Deal: Inside The Culture Of Casino Dealing
Super Casino: Inside the “New” Las Vegas
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- ISBN13: 9780553573497
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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In this lively and probing book, award-winning author Pete Earley traces the extraordinary evolution of Las Vegas — from the gaudy Mecca of the Rat Pack era to one of the country’s top family vacation spots. He revisits the city’s checkered history of moguls, mobsters, and entertainers, reveals the real stories of well-known power brokers like Steve Wynn and legends like Howard Hughes and Bugsy Siegel, and offers a fascinating portrait of the life, death, and fantastic rebirth of the Las Vegas Strip.