{"id":328,"date":"2015-03-31T13:02:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T20:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lva.local\/secure\/shop\/products\/blackjack-autumn\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T11:33:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:33:01","slug":"blackjack-autumn","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/products\/blackjack-autumn\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackjack Autumn"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"bios\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0929712080\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0929712080&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=huntingtonpre-20&amp;linkId=13251b95b18fbf55e7b9a69ed4be681d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-609763 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Amazon_button1.png?resize=100%2C30&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"100\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/th>\n<th><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/Audiobook\/B0FM9S9MKD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-609763 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Audible_button1.png?resize=100%2C30&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"100\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/th>\n<th><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/book\/id999575391\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-609763 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/iBooks_button1.png?resize=100%2C30&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"100\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/th>\n<th><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/blackjack-autumn-barry-meadow\/1111907762?ean=2940014624671\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-609763 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Nook_button1.png?resize=100%2C30&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"100\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"p1\">When Barry Meadow decided to take two months off from his everyday life to play blackjack in every Nevada casino, he had no idea what he would find. Leaving behind his business, his fiancee, and his son, he set out on the road with a suitcase, a tape recorder, and $8,000 on the trip of a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">With wit and wisdom, Meadow takes you on an incredible journey &#8212; literally, figuratively, even spiritually &#8212; all within the context of a professional blackjack player\u2019s remarkable way of life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Click to read\u00a0the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/BJAutumnSample.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>Blackjack Autumn<\/u><\/strong><\/a> Table of Contents and an excerpt.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"bios\">About The Author<\/h4>\n<table class=\"bios\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Barry Meadow<\/strong> has spent more than 50 years in the gambling world. He wrote his first book,\u00a0<em>Success At The Harness Races<\/em>, in 1967. He also wrote\u00a0<em>Money Secrets at the Racetrack<\/em>, which has been lauded as the definitive guide to horse-racing money management, and\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/products\/the-skeptical-handicapper\/\">The Skeptical Handicapper: Using Data and Brains To Win at the Racetrack<\/a>, <\/i>which<i>\u00a0<\/i>examines popular and little-known angles to see what really works at the pari-mutuel windows.\u00a0Meadow\u2019s eclectic resume includes serving in Vietnam, writing television sitcoms, playing the professional tennis circuit in India, doing standup comedy in California \u2014 and, of course, playing blackjack at the professional level in his spare time.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A blackjack professional takes a spiritual journey\u00a0that involves playing in every casino in Nevada. 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