Games : Gambling

If Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn had come of age at the end of the 20 th century looking for an all-American adventure, they probably would've headed for Vegas. They'd have been hard-pressed to go on a wilder ride than the one taken by Tom Breitling and Tim Poster to the top of the famed Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino. Call them the Odds Couple. Breitling is the kid who lives next door if you grow up in Burnsville, Minnesota. He never saw a hundred dollar bill or The Godfather until he went to college. Poster comes from a family of oddsmakers who reach for the Doritos on football Sundays and scream for the point spread. He was whistling Sinatra and booking games at his Las Vegas high school. Their unlikely friendship began in college over an $8 veal parmigiana sandwich that led to a partnership in a hotel reservation business. Starting with a desk, a chair, a pillow, and a telephone, Tim and Tom grew a company that they sold during the dot.com boom for $105 million. This allows Tim to pursue his childhood dream of owning a casino and bringing back the glory days of Vegas. When Tim ups the odds and raises the limits to give gamblers the best game in town, a craps player nicknamed "Mr. Royalty," who's on one of the hottest winning streaks in history, heads for The Nugget. When he begins to take Tom and Tim for millions, the partnership is put to the test. But Tim refuses to back off on the odds or the high limits, telling his partner, "It's a ballsy proposition here. It's gonna be a roller coaster ride. But we don't have a public company to answer to. It's just you and me.". When Mr. Royalty rolls twenty-two consecutive passes and rakes in a mountain of chips, he takes Tim and Tom to the brink. They must figure out a way to hold up The House. Just as they do, the roller coaster ride really gets rolling—and the ride becomes crazier than they'd ever imagined. more...

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The Everything Casino Gambling Book, 2nd Edition brings you up-to-date information on a wide variety of casino games, strategies, Internet resources, and even the psychology of gambling-all in one complete volume! more...

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Computer-based forecasting methods are no longer restricted to the traditional statistical methods. Knowledge-based approaches, which utilise the knowledge gained from human experts in their construction, and machine learning methods in which the computer learns from available examples without significant human intervention are now in general use as forecasting tools. This book examines the application of these methods to the domain of horseracing in Great Britain and overseas and provides a detailed step-by-step guide to implementing these methods. Included are instructions on the use and development of rule-based systems for horseracing, an introduction to developing knowledge-based systems including methods for handling inexact and uncertain data, a description of neural neyworks and a guide to how these can be applied to the horseracing problem and several examples illustrating the proposed methods complete with evaluation. more...

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The author of the acclaimed On Tilt, was given £5000 by leading matched betting company, Betfair, and 9 months to turn a profit and learn the intricacies of this new online betting phenomenon. Game, Set & Matched details how to bet successfully on all types of sports from horse racing to soccer and rugby to golf and reveals new strategies to profit consistently for p2p betting plus Iain's own diary of his efforts to master Matched Betting. more...

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One of the most comprehensive and useful ready reckoners ever published and, with a simple guide to settling bets which explains the short cuts and systems used by the professional bet settler, there is no bet that a Gentleman should not be able to settle himself. This handy guide covers: • The settlement of all standard bets such as Singles, Doubles, Trebles, Accumulators, forecasts and much more • Details on how to calculate the newer and more esoteric bets • Short cuts to settling your bets • Chart which shows odds as a percentage • Achieving Value for Money • How to make a "book" • Tic Tac "sign language" chart of all the major prices - know what the bookies are "saying" • Full glossary of bets and betting terms Graham Sharpe is the Media Relations Director more...

Price: $11.99