HUNTINGTON PRESS

Get into the minds of the greatest gamblers of all time. Read in-depth interviews with eight masters of the games. Learn how they think, how they play, and what made them successful. The interview subjects include Billy Walters (sports betting), Chip Reese (poker), Doyle Brunson (poker), Mike Svobodny (backgammon), Stan Tomchin (backgammon and sports betting), Cathy Hulbert (blackjack and poker), Alan Woods (blackjack and horse racing), and Tommy Hyland (blackjack). 306 pgs, paperback, 2002

Ultimate Blackjack Strategy Cards (double-deck play) feature easy-to-use basic strategy and his new, cutting-edge ultimate strategy for use with either casino or online play from the author of the best selling Blackjack Attack. Each 3.5 by 5 tri-fold card contains four charts of the most scientifically advanced blackjack strategies available to the traditional player. Each chart allows you to use the basic, total-dependent, strategy or the ultimate, composition-dependent, strategy, which...

This is a complete and easy-to-use video poker trainer that uses games that are identical to casino games. The software can be used to analyze your slot club points, to calculate bankroll requirement, and analyze the newer multi-hand games such as Super Times Pay, Hundred Play, and Multi-Strike Poker. It lets you print out optimum strategy card(s) to take to the casino, and also includes sophisticated training features like slot club analyzers and bankroll calculators, and even analyzes...

You don't have to be a high roller to earn all the special treatment at a casino. Learn how to stay free at hotel-casinos, how to eat and drink on the house, how to play video poker for profit, even how to get bumped from airlines and fly free. 240 Pgs.1998

A simple course on improving your gaming odds. Plenty of gambling books explain how to play the games; that’s Gambling 101. Gambling 102 takes you to the next stage, where you’re playing in the best way with the least amount of effort. Within these pages, gambling’s “Wizard of Odds” provides proven strategies for all the casino games―from baccarat to video poker to sic bo to craps―in terms that are easy to understand and implement. Nineteen quick chapters (some as brief as two or three pages)...

A compilation of articles which appeared in Casino Sports magazine in the early 1980s. In addition, a selection of stuff from other sources - periodicals, personal correspondence, and a major gambling conference, have been incorporated into this publication. Sections discuss chances at winning at craps, how long we must wait for an improbable event to occur, the random walk, gambler's ruin, optimal wagers on simultaneous bets, and his craps system with an average win rate of 56%. Index 176...

From burglary to armed robbery and murder, infamous bad guy Frank Cullotta not only did it all, he admits to it in graphic detail in this book. This no-holds-barred biography chronicles the life of a career criminal who started out as a thug on the streets of Chicago and became a trusted lieutenant in Tony Spilotro's gang of organized lawbreakers in Las Vegas. Cullotta's was a world of high profile heists, street muscle, and information about many of the FBI's most wanted, info that became his...

Subtitled 'The Art of Managing Casino Games', this book reveals how casinos approach the games and the players in their pit. A casino consultant and former casino manager, Zender believes management is an art and argues against excessive concern about card counters and shuffle trackers, believing the casino manager is better off if he concentrates on increasing profits. He also believes controlled dice rollers are no threat, addresses player tracking systems, the 6-5 blackjack payout,...

Written by a pai gow expert with a background as a Gaming Control Agent, instructor and manager, this book is for players and dealers of pai gow with tiles. Zender discusses playing strategies, procedures, game protection, rules, and advice. Illustrated with pictures of the domino-like tiles and Asian names for them, this book also contains a section on how players cheat and countermeasures to use. 80 Pgs.1989

Everything You Need to Know About Gambling and Taxes. The complete tax implications of winning and losing at gambling are pretty much a mystery to accountants, gamblers, and even the Internal Revenue Service itself. The IRS offers surprisingly few details to guide gamblers through the tax maze. Furthermore, what the IRS does say is often general, vague, open to individual interpretation, and contradictory; IRS publications and personnel often leave you with more questions than answers. Tax...

Subtitled 'The Rise and Fall of Bob Stupak and Las Vegas' Stratosphere Tower', this book focuses on one of the more controversial people in the gaming industry, the self-proclaimed Polish Maverick who rose from humble origins as the son of a Pittsburgh boss gambler to head one of the largest privately-owned casinos in Las Vegas. Stupak parlayed a small slot joint into a $100-million-a-year operation by manipulating the media with outrageous stunts and promotions. Newspaper columnist Smith...

If you've watched the Ultimate Blackjack Tour on cable TV, you know Hollywood Dave, who now takes his celebrity to a new level by penning, as the subtitle 'An Uncensored Guide to Doing it Like A Pro', claims, or in other words, a hip, irreverent, totally open book about the game, the player and his experiences. Eleven chapters cover the Stardust, Thinking Like a Pro, Keeping it on the Down Low, Celebrity Blackjack, Las Vegas Trip Report, Intro to Tournaments, and The Death of a Card Counter....