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Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.94 — 27,389 ratings — published 2002
The Gambler (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.91 — 133,744 ratings — published 1866
Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.88 — 3,107 ratings — published 2003
A Rogue by Any Other Name (The Rules of Scoundrels, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.92 — 47,112 ratings — published 2012
The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King: Inside the Richest Poker Game of All Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.87 — 2,242 ratings — published 2005
Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.18 — 4,653 ratings — published 2006
Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.82 — 3,818 ratings — published
Busting Vega$: A True Story of Monumental Excess, Sex, Love, Violence, and Beating the Odds
by (shelved 18 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.82 — 3,813 ratings — published 2005
The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.07 — 16,187 ratings — published 2020
Dreaming of You (The Gamblers of Craven's, #2)
by (shelved 16 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.15 — 48,566 ratings — published 1994
The Theory of Poker: A Professional Poker Player Teaches You How To Think Like One (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.02 — 2,857 ratings — published 1983
Beat the Dealer: A Winning Strategy for the Game of Twenty-One (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.15 — 861 ratings — published 1966
The Logic Of Sports Betting (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 14 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.97 — 934 ratings — published
One of a Kind: The Rise and Fall of Stuey, 'The Kid', Ungar, The World's Greatest Poker Player (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,680 ratings — published 2005
Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.74 — 100,434 ratings — published 1953
Tishomingo Blues (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.72 — 9,983 ratings — published 2002
A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.24 — 8,196 ratings — published 2016
The Biggest Game in Town (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.75 — 1,092 ratings — published 1983
Molly's Game: From Hollywood's Elite to Wall Street's Billionaire Boys Club, My High-Stakes Adventure in the World of Underground Poker (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.84 — 25,193 ratings — published 2014
The Noble Hustle: Poker, Beef Jerky, and Death (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.39 — 3,551 ratings — published 2014
Titanic Thompson: The Man Who Bet on Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,071 ratings — published 2010
Beautiful Disaster (Beautiful, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.00 — 712,185 ratings — published 2011
The Man with the $100,000 Breasts: And Other Gambling Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.71 — 199 ratings — published 1999
Poker Nation: A High-Stakes, Low-Life Adventure into the Heart of a Gambling Country (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.59 — 589 ratings — published 2002
No Good Duke Goes Unpunished (The Rules of Scoundrels, #3)
by (shelved 10 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.86 — 24,266 ratings — published 2013
Trading Bases: A Story About Wall Street, Gambling, and Baseball (Not Necessarily in That Order )
by (shelved 10 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,439 ratings — published 2013
Lay the Favorite: A Memoir of Gambling (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.47 — 793 ratings — published 2010
Doyle Brunson's Super System (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.96 — 2,507 ratings — published 1979
Hold'Em Poker for Advanced Players (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.86 — 885 ratings — published 1987
One Good Earl Deserves a Lover (The Rules of Scoundrels, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.02 — 34,955 ratings — published 2013
The Odds: A Love Story (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.35 — 3,584 ratings — published 2007
Devil in Winter (Wallflowers, #3)
by (shelved 9 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.19 — 102,506 ratings — published 2006
The Odds: One Season, Three Gamblers, and the Death of Their Las Vegas (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.78 — 562 ratings — published 2001
24/7: Living It Up and Doubling Down (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.88 — 181 ratings — published 1999
On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.66 — 5,923 ratings — published 2024
Whale Hunt in the Desert: Secrets of a Vegas Superhost (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.76 — 408 ratings — published 2004
My Once and Future Duke (The Wagers of Sin, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.84 — 2,475 ratings — published 2018
Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,405 ratings — published 2012
The Music of Chance (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.93 — 13,752 ratings — published 1990
Straight Flush: The True Story of Six College Friends Who Dealt Their Way to a Billion-Dollar Online Poker Empire--and How It All Came Crashing Down . . . (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.67 — 2,208 ratings — published 2013
Small Stakes Hold 'em: Winning Big with Expert Play (Small Stakes Poker Games)
by (shelved 8 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.09 — 758 ratings — published 2004
Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.65 — 452 ratings — published 2009
The Smart Money: How the World's Best Sports Bettors Beat the Bookies Out of Millions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.92 — 501 ratings — published 2005
Every Hand Revealed (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,807 ratings — published 2008
Harrington on Hold 'em: Expert Strategy for No-Limit Tournaments, Volume I: Strategic Play (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,539 ratings — published 2004
Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,035 ratings — published
Caro's Book of Poker Tells: The Psychology and Body Language of Poker (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.61 — 1,513 ratings — published 1984
The Greatest Gambling Story Ever Told: A True Tale of Three Gamblers, The Kentucky Derby, and the Mexican Cartel (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.03 — 2,951 ratings — published 2020
Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.82 — 24,988 ratings — published 2018
Then Came You (The Gamblers of Craven's, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.94 — 34,404 ratings — published 1993
“Another mistaken notion connected with the law of large numbers is the idea that an event is more or less likely to occur because it has or has not happened recently. The idea that the odds of an event with a fixed probability increase or decrease depending on recent occurrences of the event is called the gambler's fallacy. For example, if Kerrich landed, say, 44 heads in the first 100 tosses, the coin would not develop a bias towards the tails in order to catch up! That's what is at the root of such ideas as "her luck has run out" and "He is due." That does not happen. For what it's worth, a good streak doesn't jinx you, and a bad one, unfortunately , does not mean better luck is in store.”
― The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
― The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
“Murphy's face went through several mutations as he spoke, as if small animals were scurrying about just beneath his skin.”
― Short Money
― Short Money
