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Roulette: Playing to Win

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I play roulette alot and of course I have read a lot of books on roulette. Some of the books were good and some of the books were not so good. This book takes you inside the casino and let's you know what it is like. The book covers the subject of how to read the dealer. The book also rates many of the common systems that are out there. Also covered are systems for playing the outside edge bets. The book is selling for $14.00 on Amazon and I believe you will easily make that back by employing many of the strategies that covered in this book into you roulette game.

Not as good as I was expecting. Lots of I saw this happened here or I saw that happened there. Book could have been half the size with the same amount of info.

This book has just a lot of anecdotes and information that can be found in other books and covered in more detail. If you're looking for inspiration then some of the stories are kind of fun, but for me this book is just one step beyond fiction. The author claims to have repeatedly turned a 1000 chip stake into 4000. He also claims to have not gone more than 100 chips into the hole except for three times where he had to stake 200. This is all done using money management and a regressive system that is a variation of the `Up and Pull' system which can be found in John Patrick's book, So you Wanna Be a Gambler! - Advanced Roulette (ISBN 0930911059). Mr. Patrick covers both strategies and money management much more in depth. Additionally, he covers a plethora of other systems in detail. I'm not saying Mr. Morton didn't do what he claims, however I put more faith in other approaches. Overall this book has little substantive valuable information but rather just a lot of stories.

"Roulette, Playing to Win", by Brett Morton SEEMS, at first, to be a "middle of the road" roulette book. Not too easy to understand, not too difficult, either, it covers all the basics. HOWEVER, THE REAL IMPORTANCE OF THIS BOOK IS FOUND IN THE BACK SECTION. The back section discusses, amongst other things, the way Roulette is played in various countries. The warning he gives about playing roulette in FINLAND is chilling. I hope that Finland has changed its rules since this book was published -- but if it has not, one learns very quickly, from reading Mr. Morton's book....NEVER PLAY ROULETTE IN FINLAND.....OR IN ANY OTHER COUNTRY OR CASINO WHICH ADOPTS THE RULES FOR ROULETTE, AS PLAYED IN FINLAND, AND AS DESCRIBED IN THIS BOOK! If anything in the world of Roulette constitutes a "horror story", (other than losing all one's money in unpracticed, undisciplined play), it is the system, purportedly used in Finland, at the time of the publication of this book. If ANY casino you ever encounter, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, uses these
"Finnish" rules, DO NOT PLAY ROULETTE THERE. For THESE rules are bound to "Finish" any roulette player's bank account. If encountering any casinos that insist in using these "Finnish" rules.....my advice is to play ANOTHER GAME AT THAT CASINO....perhaps "Dice" (craps), or "Sic Bo", (the only other two games at which I -- a roulette player since 1978 -- have ever won any money.) Or go to another casino which cheats less! (Yes, casinos CAN cheat -- and in the back of his book, Mr. Morton tells how they can REALLY cheat a player at roulette!)

WHAT are these "Finnish" rules? I would be defeating the purpose of this review, (that is, to get readers interested in buying this book), by telling them here. But Mr. Morton explains -- in plain, understandable, and quietly chilling language -- what these rules are, and why players should STAY FAR AWAY, from ANY casino, in ANY country, which uses them. Other casinos, in other countries, could easily adopt these rules....but if they do, NO one will play roulette, and the game will sadly die. To prevent this happening, I URGE roulette players, winning at fairer casinos, to BE fair, and give BIG TIPS when they win. That way, everyone will be happy....and more players will have more chances of winning, (some!) money at roulette.

To find out what these nefarious "Finnish" rules are at playing roulette, get this book, and look immediately at the last chapters.

This is not only a book which teaches roulette - it is a "Roulette Self-Defense Book", as well!