Gamble to Win: A Complete Guide for the Serious Player [Hardcover]

R. D. Ellison (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1998

Explains how professional gamblers succeed, how they look at life, and what they know that gives them an edge. Tables & charts.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Ellison's approach to gambling is like Sherman's approach to Atlanta--all business." --Skip Tate, Cincinnati Magazine -- Cincinnati Magazine, September, 1999

"Overall, you get more than you expect from most books with Gamble to Win." --Howard Schwartz, Gambler's Book Club, Las Vegas -- Gaming Today book review, November 24-30, 1998

"The book is well-written. . . [Ellison] uses his wealth of personal experience to build a model of attack on the casinos." --Frank Scoblete, Gaming's Number One Author -- rgtgaming.com book review, August 23, 1999

Product Details

• Hardcover: 346 pages
• Publisher: Lyle Stuart; First Edition edition (November 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0818406011
• ISBN-13: 978-0818406010
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,596,086 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Teaches you how NOT to lose!, February 4, 2001

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peter kudsieh (montreal, quebec Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gamble to Win: A Complete Guide for the Serious Player (Hardcover)

This book is a must read for anyone who is interested in playing seriously. True, the author does not give you a specific system to use. He gives you much more! He gives you all the tools you'll need to survive the mighty opponent we call the casino. He teaches you how not to lose first, which by my experience and other pro-gamblers I have spoken to, is MORE important that how to win. If you can control yourself, your urges and recognize the casinos weapons against you, you are on your way to winning. Now, that being said....he does give plenty of information,advice and a few strategies on how to win. In one section of the book, he teaches you how to build a large bankroll from $100 sessions in stages and outlines exactly how to do that. I am a much better gambler because of it.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Honest Appraisal of the Factors That Enhance Your Chances, June 22, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Gamble to Win: A Complete Guide for the Serious Player (Hardcover)

As with most books on gambling, the rules and procedures for the major casino games in the United States are explained. The author through the use of illustrations, provides sufficient detail and clarity for even a beginner to approach any gaming table with an understanding of what he is doing and his best chances of winning.

What sets this book apart is the practical advice that it contains. It pulls no punches and emphasizes that the odds are always with the house. Still, if one follows the practical advice, based on personal experience of the author, he will "know when to hold them and know when to fold them".

5.0 out of 5 stars Logical haters aside. THE BEST BOOK ON EXCTRACTING CASH FROM A CASINO., January 7, 2012

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Vince James - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gamble to Win: A Complete Guide for the Serious Player (Hardcover)

Logical MIT types will hate this book. They will accurately point out that in the long run no one can beat a negative expectation game. And yes..that is correct. Ellison doesn't deny this either.

What he does point out in easy.... yet brilliant fashion is that in the "short term" strange things happen all the time in casinos. (Actually not so strange at all as you'll learn)

Think RED can't come up 14 times in row? LOL....wrong. If the ball goes black three times in a row....you either bet black or you don't bet at all.......because if you are wrong you lose one bet. If you are right....you might jump in on of those so-called "trends that defy logic." lol.

Ellison lays out a very straight forward approach that will cut your loses and let your winners run wild.

I rank this and Lyle Sturat's The Winners' Guide to Casino Gambling as the two books that literally taught me that gambling is about winning..not PLAYING. Hit and run...and live to fight another day. You "players" who fill the slot pits and attempt to earn your free meal that's tougher then a 2 dollar Las Vegas Steak will hate this book. Because you don't really want to WIN....you want to PLAY.

Big Difference. Kudos. I've read them all. Great book for those who get it..and those who don't.......hate away. peace, Vegas Vince