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THE DEFINITIVE BOOK ON DICE GAMES World-renowned game designer Reiner Knizia has written the absolute classic on dice games and strategies. Straightforward and easy-to-read, this little gem gives detailed instructions, comprehensive odds, and insightful strategies on nearly 150 dice games and variations-several of which appear only within these pages Topics covered include: Betting games - Including casino
favorites where a little knowledge can give you a distinct
advantage...or at least minimize your disadvantages ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Reiner Knizia is one of the world's most successful and prolific game designers of all times. He has had more than 500 games and books published in many countries and languages with sales totaling over 15 million games. He has won numerous international awards including five German Game Prizes, two German Game of the Year Awards, the German Education Game Award, four Austrian Game Awards, the Swiss Game Award, three French Grand Prix du Jouet, the Spanish Game of the Year Award, the Dutch Game of the Year Award, three Finnish Game of the Year Awards, the Swedish Game of the Year Award, the Danish Game of the Year Award and the Japan Board Game Prize.
Betting on Horse Racing For Dummies is packed with information that teaches you the ins and outs of the racetrack. You'll learn how to improve your odds, avoid common betting mistakes, and just plain have fun at the races. This is a spectator's easy-to-understand guide, so you'll have no trouble identifying the racing breeds with their strengths and weaknesses, sizing up the jockey, understanding the importance and role of a trainer, placing bets, managing money, and beyond. Can't make it to the track? No worries! You'll get the scoop on online betting with off track betting sites and apps. This update covers the latest changes in the betting world and in the racing world, so you'll know just what you're wagering. Learn about the different types of horse racing Discover and identify the best racing breeds Know your jockeys and trainers Make smart wagers and manage your funds For beginning betters, Betting on Horse Racing For Dummies is your ticket to well informed wagers and a winning edge. Already know the ropes? You'll love the market trends and insider tips you'll find inside.
What are the odds against winning the Lottery, making money in a casino, or backing the right horse? Every day, people make judgements on these matters and face other decisions that rest on their understanding of probability: buying insurance, following medical advice, carrying an umbrella. Yet many of us have a frightening ignorance of how probability works. Taking Chances presents an entertaining and fascinating exploration of probability, revealing traps and fallacies in the field. It describes and analyses a remarkable variety of situations where chance plays a role, including football pools, the Lottery, TV games, sport, cards, roulette, coins, and dice. This new edition has been fully updated, and includes information on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" and "The Weakest Link", plus a new chapter on Probability for Lawyers.
5-star reviews for Lottery Results Almanac "SPRINT, RUN, HOP over fences to get this jewel " "Everything I expected and more I can say without reservation
this book is well worth having for its easy and convenient
access." "Great addition to my lottery library Hard copy information is
much easier to refer to when looking up data." Lottery Post's Lottery Results Almanac series is an essential part of every lottery player's library, providing the fundamental data and accurate documentation of past numbers that is at the heart of every lottery system. In this book you will find: Every state in the USA with an official lottery (also includes Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico). Every winning number in the year of 2012 for every game, including games that were only played for part of the year. The jackpot amount for each drawing date (for games with a rolling jackpot). Detailed information for every game, including game parameters, drawing schedule, drawing method, start or end date for games drawn only part of the year, and Web links for more information. The lottery results pages were carefully designed to be as clear and legible as possible, so you can find what you're looking for quickly. You will want to keep this book close at hand and refer to it often.
Come with me as I explain how I consistently beat the casino at the Roulette table without any impossible betting systems or schemes. We all know that you can't outbet the house; there are no bets that give a player the edge. Join me as I explain a different perspective on the physical aspects of the game. This book won't help you win Roulette online or against a computerized Roulette game. I'm here to show you how to exploit the weaknesses of real Roulette wheels and dealers to create your own personal ATM. Whether you want a skill to impress your friends on Casino night, or a skill that will help you make money for the rest of your life, this book will forever make you look at Roulette differently.
The 999 Original "Half Dollar for $600" Lottery System for Predicting Triples in the Pick 4 Cash 4 Games -------------- Targeting the Highest Paying Combinations in the Pick 4 Lottery Games...With Precision -------------- Did you know that triples in the Pick 4 Cash 4 Daily 4 and Win 4 drawings rarely appear without first letting you know they are coming? 999's HD-4-600 Lottery System helps you to identify the "trigger" combinations that show up in your state's lottery before the actual triple falls, giving you a chance to set the net and catch the digits as the fall If you become frustrated with missing hits as triples fall in your Pick 4 game, you now have a tool to help you corner these $600-$5000 wins with relative ease. The HD-4-600 gives you: A set of specific combinations to watch for in your Pick 4 Drawing A specific set of just 20 combinations or less to play when you see any of the "trigger" combinations fall, and A "hit" winning combination that may occur within 1 to 21 days of seeing your trigger combination Using the System is as easy as one, two, three. You need just three things to help you succeed. 1) You observe that a "trigger" combination has come out in your Pick 4 Lottery Game 2) You play a set of 14-20 numbers that are attached to that trigger combination; and 3) You decide how to spend (or save) your winnings to meet your particular freedom goals. If you have ever missed cashing in on a $600 lottery payout because you did not know a triple was about to drop inside your Pick 4 Cash 4 drawing, then this system is for you. Start winning more in your "non-computerized" lottery drawing this month
Almost everyone is familiar with Monte Carlo's association with gambling, and its famous Casino. Many may also have come across the Monte Carlo fallacy, so-called after the Casino's roulette wheel ball fell on black 26th times in a row, costing players, who believed that the law of averages made such streaks impossible, millions of dollars. However, the Casino also lends its name to a tool of statistical forecasting, the Monte Carlo simulation, used to model the probability of uncertain outcomes that cannot be easily predicted from mathematical equations. This book provides a detailed account for how aspiring sports bettors can use a Monte Carlo simulation to improve the quality, and hopefully profitability, of their betting, and in doing so unravels the mystery of probability and variance that lies at the heart of all gambling.
If you want to become a full-time professional gambler it takes a lot of time, knowledge, and practice to ensure that you have an advantage over the casino. However, if you are just a recreational gambler looking for the best ways to win money in a casino, this is the book for you. I've made the methods as simplistic as possible. The goal of this book is to show gamblers how to play at "even odds" without having to make many changes. A gambler can't ask for more than that without spending a great deal of time studying and practicing the games. It does help if you have a basic understanding of blackjack and the different poker hands before you read this book. This book goes beyond the simple bets that one needs to make in order to have a realistic chance of going home a winner. There are many other aspects to gambling that can't be ignored if you want to be successful. Such as: Money Management Bankroll Self-Discipline Gambling Sessions Gambling Without the Guilt Emotional Control These are all components of becoming a gambler that has a realistic chance of winning when you gamble. There are some people that just want to go to the casino to have a good time and they don't care if they lose money. In fact, most of them expect to lose. That is certainly acceptable if that is what you choose to do, but hopefully this book will show you that with a few simple changes you can increase your chance of success greatly. I'm not going to make silly promises of you winning thousands of dollars, but why should you let the casino have a 10-15% advantage over you when there are ways to reduce that to close to 0%?
Are you tired of searching for the hidden "secret" to winning millions of dollars on slot machines? Are you tired of being lied to about a "system" that guarantees you will win money every time you play slot machines? Well I am, so I decided to put the truth out. The bad news is there is no "secret system" that exists where you can beat the casinos playing slot machines. The good news is there is a system (for some reason people love the word "system" when it comes to gambling methods, so I'll stick with it), where you can leave the casino with money in your pocket, and not have that empty hollow feeling inside because you just lost more money than you can afford to lose. This is where I come in. With the system I've developed, you can still play slot machines and have a good time, but using these methods, you're more than likely going to come home with some money.
Make sure to check out Mr. Tuttle's blog site (http: //thetuttlemathpsm.com/), for winning picks and much more. Plus, it's a wonderful way to read some very lengthy excerpts of all nine of his horse handicapping books currently selling on Amazon.com. Although (going by the subtitle), this book was written with "Bigger" Football Bettor's in mind; its teachings are useful for the Beginner/Novice; as well as the Avid football bettor. The "systems" discussed in this book are absolute light years ahead of their time, yet Mr Tuttle has been implementing them now for the past 6 football seasons And now, he's finally ready to go "public" with his applied theories and methodologies. Thank you to all of my fans. Signed, Joseph J Tuttle
LEARN THE SECRETS OF THE TILES Pai Gow Tiles is "the thinking person's casino game." It's played in casinos throughout the United States, including places like Las Vegas, New Jersey, and California. Exotic and engaging, it combines skill and luck and-for the knowledgeable player, Pai Gow is also one of the fairest games offered in casinos and cardrooms. It may seem mysterious at first, but you'll soon see that the game is actually pretty "simple to learn, challenging to master, fun and sociable, and a great table game for preserving your bankroll." In 1981, Michael Musante was Supervisor of Oriental Games at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas when he self-published a little book entitled Pai Gow - Chinese Dominoes. It was the first English-language book to comprehensively explain the game. In fact "the Musante House Way"-based on the first edition-is the foundation for the house way in many casinos. After 30 years, that book is acknowledged as a gaming classic with some online sellers asking hundreds of dollars for a used copy. This book revisits the original edition and contains extensive updates, all-new graphics, and additional insights into this ancient game. You'll get an outstanding introduction to the lore, rules, and strategy of Pai Gow and a variety of tips and techniques for mastering the tiles. Also included are several suggestions to improve your play, as well as "a first-of-its-kind chapter on how to memorize the order of the tiles." With this book and a bit of practice, you'll be able to play intelligently and with confidence ABOUT THE AUTHOR Michael J. Musante is considered one of the foremost authorities on the game of Pai Gow in the United States. He was instrumental in establishing the first "legal" game of Pai Gow in California at the Huntington Park Casino. He trained the dealers, supervisors and surveillance personnel for Pai Gow at the Casino de Quebec in Hull. He also was an expert witness for the County of Los Angeles in a case involving the legality of Pai Gow in California. Mr. Musante has been in and around the gaming industry for the last forty years. He has worked in three major resort areas of Nevada: Lake Tahoe, Reno, and Las Vegas. He has dealt and supervised every game offered in a casino including "21," Craps, Roulette and Baccarat and was also one of the first Occidentals to have ever dealt the game of Pai Gow in a North American gaming establishment.
Lottery Master Guide is the most comprehensive book on scientific lottery strategy ever written. Once you apply the methods in this book, you will never look at Lotto numbers the same way again. By using the powerful and effective rules and tools in Lottery Master Guide, you'll learn how to spot specific numbers for specific drawings, and make the best use of the dollars you spend on Lotto. You will learn to recognize the winning patterns that produce winning numbers--and spot the Hot Numbers of tomorrow... TODAY Lottery Master Guide is a virtual library of indispensable lottery information--everything serious players need to know about pick-5, pick-6, pick-10, Powerball and Mega Millions. It also lists state and Canadian lottery addresses, telephone numbers, drawing result hot lines, odds, drawing days, etc. After you have read Lottery Master Guide from cover to cover, not only will you be on your way to winning more prizes, but you will be an authority on lotteries--and you will have the world's best strategies to beat them LOTTERY MASTER GUIDE REVEALS HOW YOU CAN: * Turn a game of chance into a game of skill. (Page 2) * Reduce the odds by millions. (Page 32) * Buy fewer tickets yet have a greater chance to win. (Page 90) * Discover the one thing ALL jackpot winners have in common. (Page 165) * Tell if a number is about to start a long losing streak before it loses 15 or 20 games or more. (Page 53) * Know when to play--or when not to play--a specific number for a specific drawing. (Page 68) * See how often you can expect to trap the six, five, four or three winning numbers in your wheeled group. (Page 128) * Tell which "cold" number is best to play. (No, it is not the number out the longest ) (Page 44) * Detect at a glance which numbers are hot and which are not. (Page 53) * Avoid playing Lotto numbers that are sure to lose. (Page 19) * Cash in on the luck of others. (Page 152) * Eliminate one quarter to one fifth of the Lotto numbers in your state's game and turn a 49-number game into a 39-number game. (Page 39) * Know how many cold, lukewarm, and hot numbers to include on your tickets. (Page 41) * Spot a Hot Number before it gets hot--so you can be on it when it starts its winning streak. (Page 53) * Know which of last game's WINNING numbers has the best chance of winning the next drawing. (Page 65) * Know which of last game's LOSING numbers have the best chance of winning the next drawing. (Page 68) * Tell which numbers have an affinity to win most often with your strongest numbers. (Page 71) * Cash on the most predictable indicator--the balancing Bias Tracker(tm). (Page 34) * Learn how to choose the best and eliminate the rest. (Page 45)
Punters have never had it so good. In a world of rapidly progressive technology and ever-changing ways to bet, the days of punting solely in the betting shop and on the racecourse are long gone. Since the invention of Betfair in 2000 and the mass move online, bookmakers have never been closer to their customers. Punters are able to place bets at the click of a button - on the move, from the pub and even in the office - and the gambling industry has boomed because of it. Football has taken over as the market leader but horseracing is still hugely popular, while odds on other popular sports have opened them up to a fresh audience - the punters. But in a world of flickering screens and rifling numbers can come confusion. Whether you're a newcomer or a seasoned bettor, the Racing Post Betting Guide provides a lighter look at betting in the current climate, covering horseracing, football and other major sports such as golf, cricket and tennis. The views of our unparelled team of experts can help shape your thinking. Call on the Racing Post's unrivalled expertise, soak up all the knowledge you can and become a better bettor. Among the chapters to consider are: Ten top tips by Pricewise supremo Tom Segal-Studying the form by tipping judge Paul Kealy-Football accas and in-play by Mark Langdon-Punting at the big festivals by David Jennings-Golf betting and the Majors by Steve Palmer-Betting on the favourites by Richard Birch-Tackling the handicaps by Keith Melrose. Other forms of betting covered are: Betting exchanges, pool betting, multiple bets, ante-post betting, pedigree punting plus betting on NFL, darts, rugby, UFC and cycling plus more!
Tennis is the second biggest sport for in-play turnover in the betting markets. It offers fantastic potential for educated, professional traders to achieve high levels of profits. Mastering Tennis Trading gives you the tools to take a calm, strategic approach to tennis trading - in contrast to the emotional, impulsive trading style of many - and this will give you an edge in the markets. You will learn tennis trading strategies for the in-play markets on the online betting exchanges - the largest of which are Betfair and Betdaq. The strategies presented will open your eyes to the possibilities in the in-play tennis markets and help you to add statistically-proven techniques to your trading armoury. This will give you a professional, organised trading script and prevent you from taking a haphazard, impulsive and purely gambling trading approach. Strategies featured include: - Backing the favourite when losing - Backing the server - Laying bad servers - Tiebreak trading - At the end of the first set - The deciding set - And many more!Guidance is given on basic areas such as a trading set-up and how to avoid technological issues, through to more advanced subjects such as assessing which trading strategies work best and which entry points provide the best risk/reward ratios, as well as avoiding specific danger points which will help to eradicate costly losses. There are also statistics, compiled over many hours, that reveal high-odds trading opportunities. With the help of Dan Weston, you will be able to improve your tennis enough to earn you a part-time income, or to eventually allow you to turn full-time once you have gained enough experience. You'll soon be on course to master tennis trading.
A powerful classic that shows experienced and novice handicappers
how to analyze their real winning chances when playing favorites,
middles odds and longshots, and in 25 winning systems, the proper
formula they need to win by betting each group.
A fresh edition of author's 17th-century treatise, with spellings and explanatory notes. Thomas Gataker was a disputatious Puritan divine. His The Nature and Uses of Lotteries (1627) was the first systematic exposition of a modern view of lotteries, not just as a form of gambling, but as a fair method of division. Gataker approved of these uses, but condemned divination and sorcery using random signs or spells. This important treatise is often referred to, but is generally inaccessible due to its rarity and old-style of language. The text of this edition has been fully modernised, with notes on important sources used by Gataker and includes a new introduction and index
A rip-roaring saga of murder, money, and the making of Las Vegas They say in Vegas you can't understand the town unless you understand Benny Binion-mob boss, casino owner, and creator of the World Series of Poker. Beginning as a Texas horse trader, Binion built a gambling empire in Depression-era Dallas. When the law chased him out of town, he loaded up suitcases with cash and headed for Vegas. The place would never be the same. Dramatic as any gangster movie, Blood Aces draws readers into the colorful world of notorious mobsters like Clyde Barrow and Bugsy Siegel. Given access to previously classified government documents, biographer Doug J. Swanson provides the definitive account of a great American antihero, a man whose rise from thugdom to prominence and power is unmatched in the history of American criminal justice.
Cardano, next to Vesalius the greatest physician of his day, was also a devoted and skilled gambler who played for personal pleasure and profit. His mathematical genius enabled him to devise simple rules of probability for his own benefit and for his gambling contemporaries. These he collected in his Book on Games of Chance and embellished them with essays on the tricks of cheats and kibitzers, as well as on psychological rules of play. In this biography of a stormy Renaissance personality, Cardano's gambling studies are deciphered for the first time, and a translation of the Book on Games of Chance is appended. Originally published in 1953. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
"More Hold'em Wisdom" for all players will help you refine your hold'em game. Build on the 50 concepts and strategies covered in his first book, "Hold'em Wisdom for All players", Daniel Negreanu offers 50 new and powerful tips to help you win money at Hold'em Cash and tournament games! If you love playing poker, you owe it to yourself to learn more ways to polish your skills, and get the most enjoyment you can from the game. Learn the thought processes and advanced no-limit hold'em betting strategies being used by today's pros, so that you too can win money! |
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