Gamble to Win: A Complete Guide for the Serious Player (Hardcover)

by R. D. Ellison (Author)

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

Product Details

• Hardcover: 346 pages
• Publisher: Lyle Stuart; First Edition edition (November 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0818406011
• ISBN-13: 978-0818406010
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,046,900 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

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

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

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

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".

2.0 out of 5 stars S A D L Y.......D I S A P P O I N T I N G, May 16, 2007

By	Patricia "A Reader" (Queens, New York, USA) - See all my reviews

I was very sadly disappointed by this book. I had bought, (and truly
enjoyed) Mr. Ellison's GAMBLE TO WIN: ROULETTE book......and expected
this volume to be a compendium-reprint of it, and Mr. Ellison's other
gaming books, in slightly smaller print. A compendium book would obviously save me money, and since I had enjoyed Mr. Ellison's GAMBLE TO WIN ROULETTE book so much, I decided to buy this one, and see what he had to see about other games, too.... I looked forward to being entertained and instructed on how to play these other games, as well as reviewing Mr. Ellison's views on roulette.....

This turned out not to be what happened. This book is not a compendium, but a re-write, (in the roulette section), and a set of confusing explainations (in other games' sections). In the roulette section, gone
was the humourous aside of what to do if an alien invades your casino, or
at-home game. Gone, too, were the clear explainations of how to play the game and how to win. In place were complicated meanderings that were so complex and incomprehensible, that I wondered if this had really been written by the same person whose other book I had enjoyed so much! I didn't dare waste my time of what I feared would be similarly confusing if not incomprehensible explainations of other games........

The only good thing I can say about this book is that, being a hard-cover volume, it gives a PICTURE of Mr. Ellison, as the soft-cover GAMBLE TO WIN; ROULETTE book, did not. From the wisdom imparted in the Roulette book, I had expected Mr. Ellison to be at least 45, and perhaps balding and paunchy. How delighted I was to discover that, from the picture on the jacket, he appears to be far younger, and quite handsome, as well!
I look forward to his writing many more books, (baccarat, blackjack and slots await!), and I earnestly hope that they are given the humourous, erudite, and hightly intelligent treatment given in his Roulette book....and not the over-complicated meanderings, disappointingly found here.