Thomas A Bass
,
The Newtonian Casino
(Penguin, UK); titled
The Eudaemonic Pie
in the US (Penguin US, o/p). Every gambler's dream: the true saga of how a group of computer graduates at the end of the 1970s constructed a shoe-size computer to predict the revolutions of the roulette wheel. So did they beat the casinos? Read on ?
Edward Thorp
,
Beat The Dealer
(Vintage Books). The card-counter's bible; mathematical proof that it is possible to win at blackjack if you're equipped with the perfect brain. The casinos soon learned not to fear those who attempted to follow this first of many fiendishly complicated systems.
Barney Vinson
,
Las Vegas Behind The Tables parts 1 and 2
(Gollehon Press). A casino insider gives the low-down on the gambling business and all that goes with it; fascinating reading, even if it makes you want to give up for good.
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