This book is for you only if you gamble to make money. *** NOTE: This work is all-original and all-unique. The Table of Contents is fully linked. If your idea of "fun" and "entertainment" includes giving away your hard-earned money to casinos, I can't help you. If you enjoy sitting in a mindless, bright lights/dinging trance while you drop quarters down a slot, this book is not for you. If you think casinos are built and run by stupid people, you better stay out of them. If you think you can beat a blackjack dealer by wild-assed guessing, think again. If you play poker just because it's now so popular . . . you don't need my book. If you believe that you can just happen to be "lucky" enough to beat the odds, you live in a fantasy world and you'd hate this book for destroying your illusions. But if you're hard-headed, serious, willing to work, and tired of the mainstream gambling books that simply teach you how to lose less instead win . . . If you understand that casinos don't stay in business by giving out more money than they take in . . . This is an extensive examination of the most p0pular forms of gambling. If you can find any positive expectation bets, and how. Some of the material is controversial. Some of it is unique. It's not for beginners. If you don't already know how to play blackjack or craps, buy and read the basic books first. This one assumes you know and understand the rules of play. If you have emotional or psychological issues around money -- my strong advice is, don't gamble. If you want to believe that casinos are playgrounds built for your amusement, this is not the book for you. I use statistical concepts and common sense to strip away the bright lights and glamor to reveal the mathematical reality of gambling. For the most part, it's not pretty. Not if you want to make money instead of lose it. But there are opportunities there for people willing to work hard and understand the obstacles so they can surmount them. If you're still an emotional child needing the adrenaline rush and excitement of "winning" money, this is not for you. Richard Stooker is a freelance writer and copywriter with a long time interest in health and money-related subjects. He had no serious interest in gambling until one day he drove by the Alton Belle Casino and realized that many thousands of dollars were exchanged there every day. There had to be some legitimate way to put some of it into his pockets. Thanks to the course in Statistics he took in college, he soon realized that casinos were not built by their investors to make gamblers make money. Just the opposite. And not only the casinos -- hordes of online scammers selling bogus systems online also were after the money belonging to would-be pro gamblers. He also brings to the table his background in accounting, insisting that you haven't made a profit at gambling until you've also paid all the extra expenses. He cautions that, until you can enter a casino and remain blind to the red carpeting, the flashing lights, dinging slots and the entire aura of glamorous partying -- you'll remain a loser. If you have enough money to pay for a mirage, that's up to you. Most people don't.