Download or read book Born to Lose written by Bill Lee and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-02-03 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping, true story of one man’s forty-year struggle with compulsive gambling and his hard-won recovery. "My history of gambling really began before I was born." So opens Born to Lose, Bill Lee's self-told story of gambling addiction, set in San Francisco's Chinatown and steeped in a culture where it is not unheard of for gamblers (Lee's grandfather included) to lose their children to a bet. From wagering away his beloved baseball card collection as a youngster to forfeiting everything he owned at black jack tables in Las Vegas, Lee describes what gambling addiction feels like from the inside and how recovery is possible through the Twelve Step program.
Download or read book Comped written by Bill Kearney and published by . This book was released on 2001-10-01 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 1000 Best Casino Gambling Secrets written by Bill Burton and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2005-10-01 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beat the casinos at their own game! Casino gambling expert Bill Burton will teach you: -The truth about the most popular casino bets -How to find the best slot machines to play -What games you should avoid at all costs -The ten smartest bets in the casino -The ten worst bets in the casino -How to get the most bang for your buck--in the pit and all over the casino -The basics of card counting, dice setting and other tricks of the trade -How to make your money last -When to play--and when to pack up and go home Master the winning game strategies the pros use
Download or read book Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Draft Gambling Bill Regional Casinos written by Great Britain. Parliament Joint Committee on the Draft Gambling Bill (Regional Casinos) and published by . This book was released on 2004-07-28 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Draft Gambling Bill (Regional Casinos) : Vol. 2: Oral and written Evidence
Download or read book Combatting Illegal Gambling Reform and Modernization Act written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gambling and the Law written by I. Nelson Rose and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discussions in this book include taking gambling losses and expenses off your taxes, how to avoid paying gambling debts, what to do if you feel you are cheated, whether a home poker game is legal, what to do if you are arrested, your rights in a casino,can counting cards be legal, how to keep from being blacklisted by casinos, getting a gambling license, reducing taxes if you win big in the lottery and more.
Download or read book Son of a Gambling Man written by Bob Miller and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-03-12 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memoir of growing up in mob-run Sin City from a casino heir-turned-governor who's seen two sides of every coin When Bob Miller arrived in Las Vegas as a boy, it was a small, dusty city, a far cry from the glamorous, exciting place it is today. Driving the family car was his father Ross Miller, a tough guy—though a good family man—who had operated on both sides of the law on some of the meaner streets of industrial Chicago. The Miller family was as close and as warm as "Ozzie and Harriet," as long as you knew that Ozzie was a bookmaker and a business acquaintance of some very dubious criminal types. As Bob grew up, so did Vegas, now a "town" of some two million. Ross Miller became a respectable businessman and partner in a major casino, though he was still capable of settling a score with his fists. And Bob went on to law school, entering law enforcement and eventually becoming a popular governor of Nevada, holding office longer than anybody in the state's history. And the Miller family's legacy continues. Bob's own son is presently serving as Secretary of State. A warm family memoir, the story of a city heir, with just a little bit of The Godfather and Casino thrown in for spice, Son of a Gambling Man is a unique and thoroughly memorable story.
Download or read book Casino Ology written by Bill Zender and published by Anthony Curtis. This book was released on 2008 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is casino management an art? It is for the best casino managers! And Bill Zender knows the art of casino management. In addition to having worked in, managed, and owned casinos for decades, Zender has also been an enforcement agent for the Nevada Gaming Control Board, as well as spent time as an advantage player, exploiting the vulnerabilities of casinos from the civilian side of the tables. Today, he travels the globe consulting for the international casino industry. InCasino-ology, Zender argues against excessive card-counter and shuffle-tracker countermeasures in favor of hand production to increase profits, and concludes that rhythmic dice rollers aren't the threat they're made out to be. He details the dangers of customer-service breaches; ill-conceived non-negotiable-chip programs; and past-posting, marked-card, and false-shuffle scams. He addresses player tracking systems, 6-5 payouts for blackjacks, the subtleties of marketing to Asian customers, nuances of thederivative pit games, even the science of turning around a distressed casino. By challenging long-cherished conventions,Casino-ology provides contrarian and radical, but proven, solutions to common gaming issues, all in the service of refining the art of casino management.
Download or read book The Gambling Act 2005 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Culture, Media and Sport Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2012-07-24 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High street betting shops and casinos alike are currently allowed a maximum of four B2 (FOBT) gaming machines, which allow stakes up to £100 and a £500 prize. Casinos, should instead be permitted to operate up to twenty B2-type gaming machines. Limiting the number of B2 machines in betting shops has encouraged them to cluster in some high streets in order to satisfy customer demand. Local Authorities should have the power to permit more than the four B2 machines per shop if they believe it will help with clustering. The Committee also recommends that any local authority be able to make the decision as to whether or not they want a casino. As a step towards this, existing 1968 Act Casino licences should be made portable, allowing operators to relocate to any local authority provided that they continue to be constrained by the need to obtain local authority approval, a premises licence and planning permission. The failure to set remote gambling taxation at a level at which online operators could remain within the UK has led to almost every online gambling operator moving offshore whilst most are still able to advertise and operate into the UK. The Committee further recommends the Gambling Commission should introduce a new licence fee structure which reduces the current anomaly where small, independent bookmakers pay much higher fees per shop than large chains. Particularly given the absence of a significant UK-regulated online sector or any Regional Casinos, the Gambling Commission remains an overly expensive, bureaucratic regulator.
Download or read book Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Financial Services and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gambling in America written by William N. Thompson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This one-volume reference provides a comprehensive overview of gambling in the Americas, examining the history, morality, market growth, and economics of the gaming industry. This is the most complete encyclopedia of gambling, covering the industry in great detail including the players, the games, the venues, and the surrounding social issues. Updates in this second edition reveal the impact of technological advances on the games, the growing legislation regulating the industry, and the expanding global footprint of gambling across the world—from Manitoba to Montana. Author William N. Thompson postulates on the impact of gambling on local communities and shows how the U.S. gaming industry is tied to the global market, most notably gaming expansion in Macau and Singapore. The book addresses the various forms of gaming, such as casino-based and online gambling, sports betting, and lotteries. Additional content examines the social issue of problem and pathological gambling and addresses the rehabilitation programs available for the mitigation and treatment of gambling problems.
Download or read book The Development of the Law of Gambling 1776 1976 written by Cornell Law School and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 962 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Draft Gambling Bill written by Great Britain. Department for Culture, Media and Sport and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following on from the report by the Independent Gambling Review Body published in 2001 (Cm 5206, ISBN 010152062X) and the Government's White Paper ("A safe bet for success: modernising Britain's gambling laws", Cm 5397, ISBN 010153972X) published in March 2002, this document sets out the provisions of the draft Gambling Bill in order to inform discussion and pre-legislative scrutiny of the proposals. The draft Bill is in 13 parts and includes provisions for: the consolidation of all gambling legislation into a single comprehensive Act; the creation of a single national regulator, the Gambling Commission, to regulate commercial gambling; new licensing measures to cover remote technologies for the first time, such as the internet and mobile phones; new measures covering casinos, gaming machines, bingo and racing; and measures to prevent gambling being used for criminal activities and to protect children and other vulnerable persons being exploited. Three related documents are available separately: i) explanatory notes to the draft Bill (Cm 6014-II, ISBN 0101601433); ii) the regulatory impact assessment (Cm 6014-III, ISBN 0101601441); and iii) a policy explanation outlining the reform proposals (Cm 6014-IV, ISBN 010160145X).
Download or read book Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Financial Services and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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