Whether you are going to the casino for the first time or are an experienced player you need to know the odds of the games you are playing. The object of the casino is to make money and for you to lose money while you are having fun and enjoying free drinks !! Every bet you place or machine you play has odds that are in favor of the casino. However, there are games and bets to play where the Casino's edge is very small or non-existent. In this booklet the best games and machines to play are described and strategy guidelines given on how to play them so that you have the best chances of winning. The game of craps, which is intimidating especially to beginners, is described in simple terms and a simple betting strategy for beginners is given. Also, the games or machines to avoid where the odds are too much in favor of the casino are discussed. This guide is short and easy to read and should make your visit to a casino more enjoyable and hopefully profitable.

The definitive guide to the best strategies at the gambling table-now in a fully revised and updated fourth edition Long recognized as the gambler's bible, The Winner's Guide to Casino Gambling has been completely revised and expanded to include new rules and strategies for every major game in the casino, including several popular new ones. This entirely updated fourth edition remains the most authoritative and comprehensive book in its field, bringing gambling expert Edwin Silberstang's professional secrets and expertise into the twenty-first-century casino. The Winner's Guide to Casino Gambling can literally replace a shelf full of guides to individual games-each chapter is a book of its own. Silberstang shows readers - the best strategies to beat multiple-deck blackjack, including simple but powerful card-counting methods - how to exploit the free-odds wager in craps to minimize the house edge - ways to win at the most popular video poker games - the secrets to the new casino games, such as Three Card Poker and Let It Ride® - what games to play where for the best odds - a winning approach to thinking as a gambler, worth the cost of the entire book

The only guide readers need to uncover the secrets of successful gambling. Learn how to beat the dealer and play the percentages, master various strategies for each game and improve performance to play within means.

Walter Thomason has selected a top group of professional gamblers to explain their skills in particular games. His own contribution is a chapter on the advantages and disadvantages of long and short play periods. "The Experts' Guide to Casino Games" offers the best advice--and that extra edge--from the best players about all types of casino games.

A professional gambler offers his secrets for winning at all major casino games, with tips on betting strategies, successful money management, and self-control under pressure. 64 illustrations.

Published annually since 1992, the 2005 edition of this bestselling guide continues to gain fame as the best available source for information on U.S. casinos. The new 2005 edition lists more than 650 casinos in 35 states and comes complete with maps of all states showing where the casinos are located, plus detailed maps of Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Reno and the Mississippi gambling resort towns of Biloxi and Tunica.

"The runaway winner as the best overall gambling encyclopedia written in the past 20 years.”--Detroit Free Press Walk away from every casino a winner! Take it from Mensa, the society for people with high IQs: you don’t have to be a genius to triumph at the tables. Here’s the inside line on the games and bets that give the best advantage. Do you know whether to split a pair of aces in blackjack, which slot machines carry the worst payback for the player, and why losses are more significant at video than "live” keno? Beat the bank by understanding all this and more, including odds and probability, the "house edge,” money management, and gambling psychology. The chips will just pile up. The author lives in New York, NY.