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American Roulette: How I Turned the Odds Upside Down---My Wild Twenty-Five-Year Ride Ripping Off the World's Casinos Hardcover - 2003

by Richard Marcus

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In "American Roulette," Richard Marcus tells his never-before-heard story, of ripping off casinos. The book follows Marcus, along with several of the world's great professional casino cheaters, as he travels from Las Vegas to London and Monte Carlo, pilfering large sums of money from casinos by performing sleight of hand magic tricks with gaming chips. As skilled cheaters, they back up their moves with psychological setups to convince pit bosses that they're watching legitimate high rollers getting lucky, while in fact they're being ripped off blind.
With the exploding growth of casino gambling, heightened by Indian reservation and riverboat expansion, more and more elaborate casino cheaters are illegally assaulting the green-felt, getting rich off of novice casino personnel. Richard Marcus's insider story is a window into the hidden world of intriguing personalities and tense situations he encounters as a member of expert casino-cheating teams who use their wits to turn the odds upside down and "earn" millions. "American Roulette" is a fascinating story not only for those who occasionally casino-gamble, but for everyone with a little larceny in their heart.

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WHEN IT FIRST HIT ME THAT I HAD PROBABLY DISCOVERED THE BEST cheating move in the history of casino gambling, one that appeared absolutely flawless, with minimal risk-even when getting caught red-handed-I experienced a feeling of euphoria that would have been complete had it not been for the silver of doubt that naturally crept into my brain.

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  • Title American Roulette: How I Turned the Odds Upside Down---My Wild Twenty-Five-Year Ride Ripping Off the World's Casinos
  • Author Richard Marcus
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Thomas Dunne Books, New York
  • Date September 1, 2003
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780312291396 / 0312291396
  • Weight 1.52 lbs (0.69 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.58 x 6.42 x 1.23 in (24.33 x 16.31 x 3.12 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Gambling, Swindlers and swindling
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003049195
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Richard Marcus has done nothing but cheat gambling casinos since he was twenty-one. He was born in New York and has lived all over the world.
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