Early in Dr. Brierly's career as a mathematician doing operations research for the US Department of Defense the author acquired an interest in investigating ways to optimize winning games of chance. He recognized that every gambling game offers a potential for applying probability and statistics to optimize bets. His first interest in this regard was devoted to picking winners at the harness horse races. After several years the author developed a computer system that essentially simulated a horse race based on race program data. He applied the simulation regularly for twenty years making a profit of 30 to 50 percent on bets every year. A future book will be offered that gives information on the author's harness race picking software. In the 1980s Dr. Brierly decided that he would write a computer program that gave advantage for winning lotteries. He invented and programmed a one-of-a-kind algorithm that finds the bias in any lottery based on its past outcomes. The lottery program titled BESTLOT underwent careful development until it reached perfection. No one has an algorithm that can do what the author's program BESTLOT can do. It is a unique copyrighted program that will only be available at the author's Ebay store DOULTONANDMORE. It is believed that serious lottery players will want to buy a copy of the software after reading this book that explains in depth how the author came within a 50-50 chance of winning ten million dollars using the BESTLOT software. Verification of the BESTLOT advantage may be observed at the author's website INTERJETIC.COM. In addition, at this website there are a number of research articles written by the author in both pure and applied mathematics. The author's biography may also be found at the hyperlink Acadbio found at his website listing a number of the author's awards along with his experience and education background. Viewers will find ample substantiation for the author's abilities to have accomplished exactly what he claims at his website.

If I asked you. " Do you know what the odds are of winning the European Lottery?" You probably would not even be able to hazard a guess. It is in fact 116,541,800 to 1. There is a way to reduce these odds. If I told you that there are 30 main ball numbers from which the 5 main numbers have come out and scored 60 times for the winning jackpots in 525 draws. Which is about once every 8 to 9 draws. The odds from these 30 numbers is142,506 to 1. So picking 5 main numbers out of 30 plus covering all the star balls over six lines for a total odds of 855,036 to 1. Which would with 5 winning main numbers guarantee you a minimum of 2 lines with five numbers in each line, with each line having at least one Star Ball each. Your winnings might likely be a total of between 0.4 million and 3 million. Worst still, you could even hit the jackpot.

Why is there a twelve on the cover of this blackjack book instead of the usual twenty-one? No blackjack author in their right mind would put a hand of twelve on the cover. Glen Wiggy did--he is full of surprises like that. Part how-to manual, part memoir, 1536 Free Waters and Other Blackjack Endeavors--Finding Profit and Humor in Card-Counting chronicles Wiggy's amusing experiences while playing blackjack during more than eight hundred casino visits from January 2001 until June 2008. It also introduces blackjack card-counting in a fun and easy-to-learn format.

In addition to the everyday casino patrons, starving puppies, angry pit bosses, French doughnuts, talking sea gulls, and 1536 bottled waters make unforgettable appearances in these entertaining stories tailored for casual blackjack gamblers. For players pursuing the game for serious profit, Wiggy also presents practical tips on

- Aspects of blackjack basic strategy- Fundamentals of card-counting- Techniques for managing money- Dangers of greedy gambling behavior

Unlike most blackjack strategy guides, 1536 Free Waters and Other Blackjack Endeavors won't teach you how to "kill" the dealer or make a living playing the game. Instead, you'll learn basic strategy and introductory card-counting skills that give you enough confidence to approach the table with a positive attitude and reasonable expectation of winning. Plus, you'll learn what to expect from the cards and the wonderfully strange people and places you may encounter. Enjoy the ride.

"Undoubtedly, the most enjoyable blackjack book I've read in my twenty years as the editor of a gambling publishing company. It had me laughing out loud."--Deke Castleman, editor for Huntington Press

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