Mensa Guide to Casino Gambling: Winning Ways

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Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., 2004 - Games & Activities - 272 pages
"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.
 

Contents

INTRODUCTION
6
BECOMING A SMART PLAYERPART I22
22
BLACKJACK
38
SLOT MACHINES
75
VIDEO POKER92
92
CRAPS
124
BACCARAT
142
ROULETTE
149
POKER
181
SPORTS BETTING200
200
KENO
216
OTHER CASINO GAMES225
225
BECOMING A SMART PLAYERPART II
233
MASTER CHART OF ALL CASINO BETS250
250
RECOMMENDED READING AND RESOURCES
263
WHAT IS MENSA?
269

CARIBBEAN STUD POKER
158
PAI GOW POKER
172

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