Download or read book The Casino Answer Book written by John Grochowski and published by Bonus Books, Inc.. This book was released on 1998 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In casino gambling there's a house advantage built into every game. John Grochowski shows you how to beat that advantage and increase your winning odds in three of the most popular casino games (blackjack, video poker, and roulette).

Download or read book The Amazing Book of Casino Games written by Paul Lamford and published by Booksales. This book was released on 1998 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roulette, Baccarat, Blackjack, Casino Stud Poker...armed with this comprehensive guide, you won't need luck on your side. Full of techniques, strategies and helpful hints on how to enter the amazing world of casino games. With full-color illustrations, easy-to-follow instructions and step-by-step betting plans, this is a must for experienced & novice gamblers alike.

Download or read book The Essentials of Casino Game Design written by Dan Lubin and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Essentials of Casino Game Design is a handbook for aspiring or practicing game designers. It explains, in detail, the techniques of designing a casino game that actually works. The author, Dan Lubin, is an experienced game designer. He not only succeeded as an independent, with EZ Pai Gow and Double Blackjack, to name only a couple, but also worked as a table-games designer and manager for big gaming corporations, including Galaxy Gaming, the largest independent supplier of table games in the world. His approach in this book is more than just giving advice in the how-to style. Rather, he walks aspiring table-game designers through the decision points, and the reasoning behind them, that can make or break a game. Aside from main game design, topics also include proper side-bet development, including as a stand-alone money maker, game protection, game design, technical writing, and business and negotiation considerations.

Download or read book Addiction by Design written by Natasha Dow Schüll and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: machines stems from the consumer, the product, or the interplay between the two. --

Download or read book The Winner s Guide to Casino Gambling written by Edwin Silberstang and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-04 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive guide to the best strategies at the gambling table-now in a fully revised and updated fourth edition Long recognized as the gambler's bible, The Winner's Guide to Casino Gambling has been completely revised and expanded to include new rules and strategies for every major game in the casino, including several popular new ones. This entirely updated fourth edition remains the most authoritative and comprehensive book in its field, bringing gambling expert Edwin Silberstang's professional secrets and expertise into the twenty-first-century casino. The Winner's Guide to Casino Gambling can literally replace a shelf full of guides to individual games-each chapter is a book of its own. Silberstang shows readers - the best strategies to beat multiple-deck blackjack, including simple but powerful card-counting methods - how to exploit the free-odds wager in craps to minimize the house edge - ways to win at the most popular video poker games - the secrets to the new casino games, such as Three Card Poker and Let It Ride® - what games to play where for the best odds o a winning approach to thinking as a gambler, worth the cost of the entire book

Download or read book Gamblers Fight Back written by Greg Elder and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After reading a book about a guy who gave up everything, moved to Las Vegas to become a professional gambler with only $6,000 to his name, and went on to become a millionaire, Greg Elder's mission was set. For the next year, he decided to support his wife and daughter as a professional gambler. He wasn't exactly sure HOW he was going to do this, but he couldn't wait to get started. The odds moved slowly in Greg's favor as he discovered the method to making professional gambling a career. Over the course of 12 months, he became an expert on the world of casinos. He investigated everything from the most beneficial tactics to the psychological warfare that is used to deter unsuspecting gamblers. In the midst of this, he discovered a new purpose for himself, one that allowed him to do what he loved without losing himself along the way. Be prepared to have your eyes opened and your perspectives broadened as you follow Greg's journey through the busts, folds, and jackpots of being a professional gambler.

Download or read book Casino Gambling For Dummies written by Kevin Blackwood and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-03-21 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maximize your odds on the casino floor Casinos are designed for distraction, so it helps to know a bit about when the odds are in your favor and when they’re not before you push a stack of chips onto a table. Professional blackjack player Kevin Blackwood and lifelong sports bettor Swain Scheps know a thing or two about casino gambling. In Casino Gambling For Dummies, these seasoned gaming veterans guide you through the essential strategies for walking out of the casino ahead of the game. They also show you the most common mistakes made by players, helping you avoid gambling risks while you enjoy what the gaming industry has to offer. Learn to see past the flashing lights, decide how much you’re willing to wager, and find out how to enjoy yourself. In this book, you’ll also discover: Step-by-step walkthroughs of casino etiquette and the rules of common casino games, including poker and blackjack Explanations of video poker and slots and ways to avoid losing more than you’re comfortable with Explorations of online gambling, so you can enjoy the fun of a casino from the comfort of your home The perfect guide for anyone looking for an easy introduction to the world of casino gaming, Casino Gambling For Dummies is also an essential resource for those seeking to improve their odds at blackjack, craps, video poker, slots, and other games.

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 The Book Casino Managers Fear the Most written by Marvin Karlins and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to identify psycho-biological principles of gambling.

Download or read book Casino Gambling for the Winner written by Lyle Stuart and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1984-09-12 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a way-to-win book for gamblers, 208 pages of advice from Lyle Stuart, one of the highest rollers of them all...the book is full of sound and practical advice on the mechanics and protocol of the gaming scene." LAS VEGAS SUN It has taken Lyle Stuart twenty-two years to become a gambling winner. Now, you need only read his astonishingly honest and successful book to know what he knows--the rules, the odds, and the discipline of a winner.

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 Mammoth Book of Casino Games written by Paul Mendelson and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2010-05-27 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Mendelson offers an indispensable guide to beating the odds in just about every gambling game, both in casinos and online. He reveals how to shift the odds in your favour as he clearly explains every game and analyses optimum strategies in detail with the aim of helping you to win. Other chapters show you how to: get the best out of your casino - pick up free drinks, meals, hotel accommodation, thousand-dollar shopping trips, room upgrades, flights, bonus money etc.; make the most of your trip to Las Vegas or anywhere else - casino information, the best places to gamble (for each game), recommended hotels and attractions; win online - which sites to avoid and which can be trusted, a discussion of every game from poker through to online bingo, including bonuses, incentives, play-through data and the best strategies to use. The Mammoth Book of Casino Games covers every major casino game in detail, as well as many less well known games, including: blackjack, roulette, punto banco (baccarat, chemin de fer, chemmy), poker (including three-card, Caribbean stud and video poker), Chinese dice and domino games (including sic bo, gwat pai and kap tai shap), slots (three-wheel, multi-line, bonus), other casino games (including Keno, Wheel of Fortune, Red Dog and Spanish 21) and tournaments (slots, roulette etc.). Praise for The Mammoth Book of Poker: 'I've won 20 times the price in the last three days!' Gareth Hughes

Download or read book The Amazing Book Is Not on Fire written by Dan Howell and published by RH Childrens Books. This book was released on 2015-10-13 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From YouTube sensations Dan Howell (danisnotonfire) and Phil Lester (AmazingPhil) comes a laugh-out-loud look into the world created by two awkward guys who share their lives on the Internet. More than 11 million YouTube subscribers can't wait for this book! Since uploading their first ever videos as teenagers, Dan and Phil have become two of the world's biggest YouTube stars. Now they invite you on a behind-the-scenes journey, filled with absolutely essential advice, tons of humor, lots of awkwardness, and TMI honesty that they will probably regret. Here's just a small sample of the fun surprises readers can look forward to: • The inside story of that time they met One Direction. • Excerpts from Phil's teenage diary. • Reasons why Dan's a fail (so far). • How to draw the perfect cat whiskers. • Reasons why Phil was such a weird kid (back then). • Quizzes! Which of their dining room chairs represents you emotionally? • What really happened in Vegas. . . . In The Amazing Book Is Not on Fire, Dan and Phil are candid, heartfelt, and hilarious. Their struggles and success haven't changed their strong friendship or their core belief that it's okay to be weird. The cat whiskers come from within! This full-color book is bursting with unseen photographs and drawings, making it an ideal gift for that hard-to-shop-for teen.

Download or read book The Experts Guide to Casino Games written by Walter Thomason and published by Lyle Stuart. This book was released on 1997 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walter Thomason has selected a top group of professional gamblers to explain their skills in particular games. His own contribution is a chapter on the advantages and disadvantages of long and short play periods. "The Experts' Guide to Casino Games" offers the best advice--and that extra edge--from the best players about all types of casino games.

Download or read book A Gambling Guide written by Nicolae Sfetcu and published by Nicolae Sfetcu. This book was released on 2014-05-03 with total page 975 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gambling as a betting action – wagering money or something of material value on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning additional money or material goods. A guide about what is gambling (with a special section for online gambling), casino games with both beatable casino games (poker , blackjack, video poker with progressive jackpot, pai gow poker, sports betting, horse racing – parimutuel, slot machines and other gambling machines) and unbeatable casino games (baccarat, craps, roulette, keno, casino war, faro, pachinko, sic bo, let it ride, 3-card poker, 4-card poker, red dog, Caribbean stud poker, etc.), and non-casino gambling games (bingo, lottery, mahjong, backgammon, bridge, etc.). Fixed-odds gambling in sports is also present in this book with horse racing, greyhound racing, football (particularly association football, American football and rugby), golf, tennis, cricket, baseball, basketball, ice hockey, snooker, motor sports, boxing, darts, cross-country skiing and biathlon. Please, don’t forget to take a look to the legality of the gambling and online gambling, as well as to the articles, warnings and links dedicated to the gambling addiction. Extreme cases of problem gambling may cross over into the realm of mental disorders.

Download or read book Secrets of the New Casino Games written by and published by Cardoza Publishing. This book was released on with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is he only book on the new breed of casino games, including Caribbean stud poker, let it ride, pai gow poker, Spanish 21, and three-card poker. All the games are covered in complete detail, along with descriptions of pai gow (Chinese dominos), red dog, sic bo, and war. You'll learn the preferred playing methods and strategies, the complete rules of play and etiquette, the betting options, the best and worst wagers to make, the values of different hands, and the odds of getting pat hands. 144 pages

Download or read book Powerful Profits Winning Strategies For Casino Games written by Victor H Royer and published by Lyle Stuart. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You know the basics—now learn the pros' secrets! It is possible to win big at casinos. But to win consistently and walk out richer every time, you need more than luck and basic game smarts—you need the kind of insider knowledge that only a pro like gambling authority and casino consultant Victor H. Royer can provide. In this updated edition of Powerful Profits: Winning Strategies for Casino Games, the man the gambling houses turn to for advice puts his experience to work for you. You'll learn how to beat the casinos by attacking each game at its weakest point, giving you the maximum profit in the shortest amount of time. Discover: Updated strategies for Blackjack Powerful new strategies for Roulette, Craps, Slots, Pai Gow Poker, Let It Ride, and other popular casino games How to clean up in short-term wins instead of always relying on bankroll-consuming "long-haul" percentages Why traditional strategies like card counting no longer work on many Blackjack games and tables How to manage your profits to ensure that they stay yours And much more! Brand-new strategies even the casinos don't know about! Based on more than twenty years of research and play—including more than nine million hands of Blackjack—these methods will give you the edge that turns a serious player into a professional gambler. If you ever wanted to know how to play for profit and win, this is the book for you. 117,500 Words