Our guest this week is one of our favorites – attorney Bob Nersesian. Bob’s new book is The Law for Gamblers: A Legal Guide to the Casino Environment. This book is a must-have for any serious advantage player. We talk some about the book, and also some recent cases in the news that have Bob […]
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Podcast – no guest this week
This week Bob and I discuss how technology has influenced cheating, and a case of a top bicyclist caught with a hidden motor inside the frame of her bike. We also discuss a book, Molly’s Game – soon to be a movie, about high stakes poker in Hollywood with some top actors. podcast click to […]
Podcast – guest author David Schwartz
Our guest this week is Professor David Schwartz. We talk about his new book Boardwalk Playground, which is a history of Atlantic City. podcast Click to listen. Alt click to download
Podcast – guest Dink – Alan Denkens...
Our guest this week is sports bettor Alan Denkenson, aka Dink. Dink was a character in Beth Raymer’s book, Lay the Favorite, and was portrayed by Bruce Willis in the movie made from the book. We talk to Dink about his specialty – hockey betting. podcast Click to listen. Alt click to download
Professional Roulette Prediction by Laurance Sc...
Professional Roulette Prediction, by Laurance Scott was originally written in 1990, and then revised and re-released in 2005. The book presents a method for beating roulette through visual prediction. Scott presents a method for timing the speed of the ball, and the speed of the rotor, and using the relation of those two speeds you […]
Becoming Bobby by Michael Konik
Becoming Bobby When I was 13 I worked for a summer in my Father’s law office in downtown Chicago. I would take the Chicago & Northwestern train down to the city. When you exited the back of the Northwestern station you were faced with the Chicago River. People streamed to the left, and right to […]
Ping Pang Pong
I saw an article this week, Chinese restaurant in Las Vegas named one of nation’s best so I had to try it. Hong Kong is one of my favorite cities, and the best food city I have spent any time in.
Million Dollar Slots – book review
Million Dollar Slots is the story of how Peter Liston, an accountant, turned high school teacher, turned advantage player ran $500 into millions playing slot machines. Yes, that’s right – he is an advantage player that just plays slots, and he’s been doing it for 18 years. It bears repeating – Every game in the casino […]
Las Vegas Backgammon early 1980s
This article was written by Jake Jacobs in 2006. It is about the Vegas backgammon scene in the early 80s. I wanted to post it here as a prelude to my review of Ace – Deuce: The Life and Times of a Gambling Man. The book was written by J. E. Anderson who was a […]
Darryl Purpose – Next Time Around
For those of you not familiar, Darryl Purpose is a member of the Blackjack Hall of Fame. I did an extensive interview with him, which you can read here – interview. In the interview he said that when he was 16 his mother gave him a copy of Beat the Dealer, but he forgave her because […]
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