Casino Gambling the Smart Way: How to Make More Money and Have More Fun in Any Game You Choose [Paperback]

Andrew N. S. Glazer (Author)

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In gambling vernacular, Glazer wants the best of it. A sometime professional backgammon, poker, and blackjack player who paid his college and law school tuition with his winnings, he is conservative by nature and anticasino in attitude, and what he calls gambling the smart way means knowing that the casino has the winning percentage. Written in outline format, this book is intended for the novice, amateur, or recreational player stuck in a gamblers abyss. Unfortunately, it fails to deliver on its promises. Gambling literature should be informative, mathematically and statistically geared, or entertainingly anecdotal. This book meets none of the requirements and occasionally has a sour-grapes tone. Perhaps he fails to realize that people gamble for various reasons and that fantasy is acceptable as long as you realize the casino is a business using psychological means to earn money. Anyone who wants to gamble the smart way should start with a more positive attitude and material with personality (such as Scarnes New Complete Guide to Gambling, 1986). Not recommended.Martin Soven, Woodside, NY
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Career Press (March 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 156414416X
• ISBN-13: 978-1564144164
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,326,370 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for the beginning gambler, September 19, 1999

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Roy B. Chandler (Splendora, Texas, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Casino Gambling the Smart Way: How to Make More Money and Have More Fun in Any Game You Choose (Paperback)

I bought this book just prior to our first trip to Vegas in 25 years. As novice gamblers, Mr. Glazer's book offered excellent advice on which games to avoid altogether because of the bad odds, and which games had the best odds. Plus, I liked the strategies to help me make my money last for the entire time alloted for our visit.

As a slot player, I liked the advice on where the most lucrative machines were located, as compared to the poorest locations. Keep up the good work.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How NOT To Gamble In A Casino, June 4, 1999

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William Alan Hafey - See all my reviews

This review is from: Casino Gambling the Smart Way: How to Make More Money and Have More Fun in Any Game You Choose (Paperback)

Andrew Glazer's "Casino Gambling The Smart Way" is unique among gambling books. Unlike all the others I've read it tells you up front that you CANNOT win in a gambling casino. But fear not - it doesn't preach to you either. It doesn't tell you that you shouldn't go to a casino to have a fun time. Instead, Glazer tells us, in short, amusing, and straight-to-the-point chapters, how to avoid losing our shirts . . . how to treat a visit to a gambling casino as entertainment rather than gambling per se. And yes . . . you CAN win, and frequently will. But the main thrust of Glazer's excellent book isn't on winning. It's on having a great time. Bill Alan

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A book that will save/earn you much more than its cost, September 11, 2001

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Andy Glazer - See all my reviews

This review is from: Casino Gambling the Smart Way: How to Make More Money and Have More Fun in Any Game You Choose (Paperback)

Hi,

I'm Andy Glazer, the author of Casino Gambling the Smart Way. You can read what I wrote in 1999 about this book elsewhere on the site.

It's two years later now, and I have a somewhat different perspective. Casino Gambing the Smart Way is a good but not great book. The good news is, I feel that way mostly because my standards have gone up. I'm quite sure it will be worth somewhere between 5-20,000 times the cover cost to most people. It's also pretty funny.

I'll be writing more books soon, a wave on poker first, actually, but this one is an excellent start into the right philosophy to take into the casino. There is also a mistake in the blackjack chart, about the proper way to play a hand of 12. The one page in the book I didn't get to proof and voila.

I'm more advanced in my craft now, but CGTSY will still be a good, easy and valuable read.