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"The World's Greatest Gambling Scams" details the best scams ever pulled off in the adrenaline-fuelled gambling world. They range from those relying on basic sleight-of-hand manoeuvres to those that utilise gadgets based on the very latest high-tech wizardry. Scams examined include: the famous Ritz Roulette Scam that used mini-computers and cell phones to determine on what number the roulette ball would drop; big-action baccarat games in which the dealers merely pretended to shuffle the cards; a dye solution for marking casino cards that can only be seen with special contact lenses and disappears without trace an hour after its application; and, a tiny weightless receiver embedded into a roulette ball and controlled by a radio transmitter hidden in a pack of Marlboro cigarettes. As well as describing the scams from their inception to implementation, Marcus introduces us to the vastly diverse characters who carried them out and analyses what made them tick.
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The World's Greates Gambling Scams, 11 Jun 2007
By John J. Hayes - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The World's Greatest Gambling Scams (Paperback)
I'd give this book 5 stars, except for some typos in the book. Marcus spins the stories of gambling scams down through the years,making them interesting. I'm sure there are some embellisments to some of the dialog in the stories, but the scams themselves actually happened.
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Fun read . . but obviously flawed book, 29 Sep 2008
By Eric Holtman - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The World's Greatest Gambling Scams (Paperback)
It's obvious that most of the dialog in this book was re-created. That doesn't bother me. What bothered me most was the chapter on the Keno scam. It's quite clear that the cheating was done by knowing how the RNG (Random Number Generator) worked, but the author insists on having the drawing done with actual Keno balls.
If he made *that* up (or just didn't understand it), how much else in this book was fake?
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent read., 29 July 2009
By PubDragon "PubDragon" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The World's Greatest Gambling Scams (Paperback)
As I have written in my reviews of other books, I love to read about gambling and its long, sordid history. But I have frequently met with sub-par accounts. Not so, here. The stories have a first-person, eye-witness feel to them that makes for excellent reading. Even if some of the details are things the author couldn't possibly know first-hand, it doesn't matter, as long as the story is accurate.
Overall, I would recommend this book. It is well-written and researched and is a very absorbing read.
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