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2) Even money
Author
Language
English
Description
Ned Talbot has worked all his life as a book-maker so he knows not to expect any sympathy from the punters as they count their winnings at Royal Ascot. When a man steps forward from the crowd claiming to be his father, Ned is thrown into turmoil. He'd been told that both his parents died when he was a baby. Barely an hour later, his father stabbed by an unknown assailant. Before dying, he warns Ned to "be very careful." But of whom? Of what? Ned finds...
Author
Series
Publisher
Adams Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Betting money on sports can be great fun and is a sure way to turn any sports game into an exciting must-watch event. However, it can be dangerous to the uninitiated-new gamblers can risk too much, bet randomly, or even lose it all. The Everything Guide to Sports Betting won't let that happen. Filled with tips, tricks, and tactics, this handy guide shows you how to place bets strategically. You'll learn all of the different types of bets you can...
Publisher
KL Studio Classics
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Français
Description
Suffused with wry humor, this underworld comedy of manners melds the toughness of American gangster films with Gallic sophistication to lay the roadmap for the French New Wave. As the neon is extinguished for another dawn, an aging gambler navigates the treacherous world of pimps, moneymen and na̐ve associates while plotting one last score, the heist of the Deauville casino.
Author
Series
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Everyone has heard of the Gameshouse. But few know all its secrets... It is the place where fortunes can be made and lost through chess, backgammon - every game under the sun. But those whom fortune favors may be invited to compete in the higher league... a league where the games played are of politics and empires, of economics and kings. It is a league where Capture the Castle involves real castles, where hide and seek takes place on the scale...
Author
Series
Merriwell sisters volume 3
Language
English
Description
"Miss Venus Merriwell has been waiting for her prince to come since the tender age of fourteen. She wants a man who is a selfless academic like her, and free from all the wretched vices her gambler father enjoyed far too much before he left the Merriwell sisters practically destitute. Unfortunately, after a slew of romantic disappointments, there is still no sign of that prince at twenty-three and the only one true love of her life is the bursting-at-the-seams...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Based on extensive insider interviews and participation, author Ben Mezrich's Straight Flush tells the rags-to-riches tale of a group of University of Montana frat brothers who turned a weekly poker game in the basement of a local dive bar into AbsolutePoker.com, one of the largest online companies in the world. At its height, Absolute Poker was an online empire earning more than a million dollars a day, following savvy business strategy and even...
11) A wedding wager
Author
Series
Blackwater brides volume 2
Publisher
Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
Three noble brothers are offered a preposterous opportunity to restore their family's mortgaged lands. An eccentric uncle promises a lavish inheritance, but only if each marries -- thus redeeming -- a fallen woman. And if even one brother fails to fulfill the old man's decree, none will gain the windfall. Lady Serena Grantley was born to the nobility, but fortune's whim placed her in control of her gamester stepfather, who uses her beauty to lure...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Everything he had ever known was a lie... Sebastian, Duke of Hasford, has a title, wealth, privilege, and plenty of rakish charm. Until he discovers the only thing that truly belongs to him is his charm. An accident of birth has turned him into plain Mr. de Silva. Now, Sebastian is flummoxed as to what to do with his life-until he stumbles into a gambling den owned by Miss Ivy, a most fascinating young lady, who hires him on the spot. Working with...
13) Casino gambling
Author
Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Casinos are designed for distraction, so it helps to know a bit about when the odds are in your favor and when they're not before you push a stack of chips onto a table. Professional blackjack player Kevin Blackwood and lifelong sports bettor Swain Scheps know a thing or two about casino gambling. In Casino Gambling For Dummies, these seasoned gaming veterans guide you through the essential strategies for walking out of the casino ahead of the game....
Author
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"A history of Indian casinos in America reveals the lesser-known partnership between Native American tribes and the Mafia that has been responsible for the creation of hundreds of Vegas-style casinos throughout the United States, in part by taking advantage of historical injustices and cultural protections,"--NoveList.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Description
Traces the rise of the world's most competitive online poker players, profiling a group of former college students who banded together through online communication networks to organize a multi-million-dollar winning team in Las Vegas.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
An international backgammon hustler, who has amassed a fortune through psychic tomfoolery, develops a large tumor on his face that compromises his vision and eventually threatens his life, forcing him to pursue an experimental surgery and contemplate existential questions.
19) Trading bases: a story about Wall Street, gambling, and baseball (not necessarily in that order)
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
20) Bet the house: how I gambled over a grand a day for 30 days on sports, poker, and games of chance
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press, Inc
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
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