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Author
Publisher
Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
With mathematical rigor and narrative flair, Adam Kucharski reveals the tangled history of betting and science. The house can seem unbeatable. In this book, Kucharski shows us just why it isn’t. Even better, he shows us how the search for the perfect bet has been crucial in the pursuit of scientific knowledge and technological innovation. --Amazon.com
Author
Series
Burnt Boot volume 4
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Brennans and the Gallaghers put aside their one-hundred-year feud every Tuesday for their weekly poker game. This week, the stakes are sky-high. Goaded to recklessness, Declan Brennan bets one thousand dollars that he can woo the next woman to walk into the saloon. A minute later, fiery-haired Betsy Gallagher pushes through the doors. If Declan can tame this wild Gallagher, he'll have earned every penny. Betsy can outshoot anybody in Burnt Boot...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
After her parents perish in a tragic accident, Cosima Saverio assumes leadership of her family's haute couture Italian leather brand. While navigating the challenges of running a company at twenty-three, Cosima must also maintain the four-hundred-year-old family palazzo in Venice and care for her younger siblings: Allegra, who survived the tragedy that killed their parents with scars and a spinal injury, and Luca, who has a penchant for wild parties,...
Publisher
Ultimate Poker Company
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
This DVD give you everything you need to learn the basics of the game and become a very good player. Including special sections on the poker scale, psychology, betting limits, number of players, small blind and big blind, the flop, the turn, the river, the showdown, reading the board, position, raising, raising to eliminate players, before the flop, on the flop, raising to get a free card, raising to gain information, raising to get value from your...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
An international backgammon hustler, who has amassed a fortune through psychic tomfoolery, develops a large tumor on his face that compromises his vision and eventually threatens his life, forcing him to pursue an experimental surgery and contemplate existential questions.
12) Last shot
Author
Series
Sports beat volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Steven Thomas is one of two lucky winners of the U.S. Basketball Writer's Association's contest for aspiring journalists. His prize? A trip to New Orleans and a coveted press pass for the Final Four. It's a basketball junkie's dream come true!But the games going on behind the scenes between the coaches, the players, the media, the money-men, and the fans turn out to be even more fiercely competitive than those on the court. Steven and his fellow winner,...
13) Intacto = intact
Publisher
Studio Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003, c2002
Language
Español
Description
Considered "lucky" after surviving a plane crash, a thief is recruited into an underground gambling ring where death and luck intermingle. Sam is the ring leader of a gang who discovers the thief's luck and attempts to "steal" it from him.
14) All-in
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Having won thousands of dollars playing high-stakes poker in Las Vegas, seventeen-year-old Denn Doyle hits a losing streak after falling in love with a young casino card dealer named Cattie Hart.
Author
Publisher
Casino Vacations Press, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The 2020 American Casino Guide provides casino-goers with money-saving, detailed information that can be helpful for both seasoned casino veterans, as well as first-time casino visitors. Anyone who is looking to learn more about gambling, or simply planning a gambling-related vacation, will find the book to be extremely helpful. The guide provides detailed information on more than 750 casino/resorts, riverboats and Indian casinos in 41 states, including...
16) The Omaha palace
Author
Series
Gunsmith volume 367
Publisher
Jove Publications
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Arriving in Iowa to make a fortune at the gaming tables, Clint Adams discovers that with his winnings comes crooked lawmen, pretty saloon owners, and high-stakes challenges
17) The house
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
After Scott and Kate Johansen lose their daughter's college fund, they become desperate to earn it back so she can pursue her dream of attending a university. With the help of their neighbor Frank, they decide to start an illegal casino in his house.
18) Even money
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
The lives of nine individuals fate begin to increasingly entwine in a web of addiction and gambling, culminating at one critical moment where their lives will be lost or reclaimed. Struggling writer Kate loses her family's savings at a casino; a washed-up Vegas performer tries to help Kate regain her money; Clyde owes so much money to his dangerous bookie that he asks his NBA-destined nephew to throw a game.
19) The sting
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
A 1930's ambitious small-time crook and a veteran con-man seek revenge on a crime lord who murdered one of their friends.
Author
Series
Publisher
A Signet book
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When he loses at the tables on the Delta Jack riverboat, professional gambler Abner Mason has one night to raise all the funds to pay off his debt to the most powerful man on the ship--if only he can stay alive long enough to do so.
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