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 […]
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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 […]
Podcast – guest Michael Konik
The guest this week is Michael Konik, on to talk about his new novel, Becoming Bobby. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download
1536 Free Waters – book review
The full title of this book is actually, 1536 Free Waters and Other Blackjack Endeavors: Finding Profit and Humor in Card-Counting. The author is Glen Wiggy, an amateur card counter, and a mathematician. The book is part “how to”, part memoir, and part miscellaneous stories that started out as blog posts at blackjackstories.com. This is NOT a book for […]
Podcast – guest Nathaniel Tilton
Our guest tonight is Nathaniel Tilton, author of The Blackjack Life. You can read my review of his book here. Review. Podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download
I Get Paid For This – book review.
I just finished, I Get Paid for This: Kicking Ass and Taking Notes in Vegas, by Rick Lax. Okay, it isn’t a gambling book, but it is about Vegas. Rick Lax works at The Las Vegas Weekly, and most of the material in the book appeared as articles in that paper. Rick does what he calls […]
The Blackjack Life book review
I am always eager to read new gambling books, especially books about blackjack, so I was happy to see the new release The Blackjack Life by Nathaniel Tilton. The book chronicles the blackjack life of Nathaniel who is the epitome of the modern card counter.
Podcast – guests Michael Shackleford and ...
We have two guests on our show this week. First up is Michael Shackleford aka “The Wizard of Odds.” Mike is on to talk about the lack of any real data supporting dice control. We also talk briefly about an online casino software that he busted for cheating at craps. Our second guest is Avery […]
Dice Control
Stanford Wong will be on Gambling With an Edge this week to talk about dice control, and his book, Wong on Dice.
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