Further Reading
Print Sources on Gambling
BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE by Ben Mezrich
“Master storyteller Ben Mezrich takes you from the ivory towers of academia to the Technicolor world of Las Vegas, where anything can happen -- and often does. "Bringing Down the House" launches you into the seedy underworld of corporate Vegas -- deep into the realm of back rooms, ever-present video cameras, private investigators, and the threats and tactics of pit bosses and violent heavies. Equipped with twenty different aliases and disguises, the group of young card counters struggles around these roadblocks to live the high life -- until one fateful day when Vegas violently follows them home to Boston. Suddenly, there can be no more hiding behind false identities; the high life folds like a bad hand of cards. Filled with tense action and incredibly close calls, ‘Bringing Down the House’ is a real-life mix of ‘Liar's Poker’ and ‘Ocean's Eleven’—and it's a story Vegas doesn't want you to read.”
BUSTING VEGAS by Ben Mezrich
“Semyon Dukach was known as the Darling of Las Vegas. A legend at age twenty-one, this cocky hotshot was the biggest high roller to appear in Sin City in decades, a mathematical genius with a system the casinos had never seen before and couldn't stop -- a system that has never been revealed until now; that has nothing to do with card counting, wasn't illegal, and was more powerful than anything that had been tried before. Busting Vega$ is Dukach's unbelievably true story; a riveting account of monumental greed, excess, hubris, sex, love, violence, fear, and statistics that is high-stakes entertainment at its best.”
CARO’S BOOK OF POKER TELLS by Mike Caro
“One of the ten greatest books written on poker, this must-have book should be in every player's library. If you're serious about winning, you'll realize that most of the profit comes from being able to read your opponents. Caro reveals the secrets of interpreting tells - physical reactions that reveal information about a player's cards - such as shrugs, sighs, shaky hands, eye contact, and many more. Learn when opponents are bluffing, when they aren't and why—based solely on their mannerisms.”
Online Sources on Gambling
GAMBLING TEACHERS
“All visitors to Gambling Teachers Learn to Win programs need a starting point. Gambling Tips and Strategies is the answer. Professional gamblers at GT provide lessons about wager management, bankrolls, comps, tips, Q&A along with Casino Terms & Lingo Series. Strategies for the casino games of poker, blackjack, craps, video poker and roulette strategy are defined with this program. This lingo-terms series of 12 lessons provides casino-speak for the games of slots, poker, craps, blackjack, roulette, sports betting and other casino terms.”
THE GAMBLING SOCIETY
“The Gamble Society gambling advice provides you with a wealth of strategies, tips, ideas and suggestions that can help you to get the maximum possible benefit from your online gambling activities. Whether you want to win at gambling more often, win bigger prizes, perform better at particular gambling games or simply learn which activities to avoid, the Gambling Society gambling advice that you now have at your fingertips will help you to succeed!”
WIZARD OF ODDS
“About gambling itself, our philosophy is that if you're going to gamble you should have the best information possible so you can have the best chances of winning, and can minimize your losses if you do lose. We don't actually encourage or promote gambling, and we're not just saying that to cover ourselves -- we simply want to provide readers with the opportunity to be educated gamblers if they're going to gamble anyway. In fact, if you read the site thoroughly, the inescapable conclusion is that with very few exceptions, there is no way to beat the house.”