Scarne's New Complete Guide To Gambling

2005, Simon & Schuster / Fireside. Fully revised, expanded, updated hardcover edition. 871 pages, b&w photos and illustrations throughout. Includes an extended glossary of terms. "The world still recognizes the legendary John Scarne as the most authoritative expert on gambling who ever lived." He has been called "Scarne is to games what Einstein is to physics." Here is a definitive volume with individual histories on gambling games, the most reliable way to calculate odds, a discussion on playing strategies, how to detect swindling methods, and money management when it matters most. A fun book to dip into time and time again. His chapter on hustlers and cheats is absolutely fascinating.