Author : Nora Roberts
Publisher : Large Print Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,24 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Blackjack (Game)
ISBN : 9780786266746
A #1 New York Times Bestselling AuthorSerena MacGregor's father knew she'd never settle down and produce a grandchild while working as a blackjack dealer on a luxury cruise ship. But he knew he could stack the odds in his favor by sending unsuspecting Justin Blade - part Comanche and all gambler - to see that his daughter was lucky in love . . .
Author : Jeffrey Ma
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 13,62 MB
Release : 2012-02-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0230109683
As part of the notorious MIT Team depicted in Ben Mezrich's now classic Bringing Down the House, Jeff Ma used math and statistics to master the game of blackjack and reap handsome rewards at casinos. Years later, Ma has inspired not only a bestselling novel and hit movie, but has also started three different companies—the latest of which, Citizen Sports, is an innovative marriage of sports, betting, and digital technology—and launched a successful corporate speaking career. The House Advantage reveals Ma's cutting-edge mathematical insights into the world of statistics and makes them applicable to a wide business audience. He argues that numbers are the key to analyzing nearly everything in the world of business, from how to spot and profit from global market inefficiencies to having multiple backup plans in anticipation of every probability. Ma's stories and business lessons are as intriguing as they are universally applicable.
Author : Hal K. Rothman
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 19,76 MB
Release : 2007-10-15
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0826354106
"This collection of Hal Rothman's wide-ranging, brash, and brilliant essays on Las Vegas offers up a treasury of insights on the follies and possibilities of the New West. Confident, passionate, learned and, yes, wise, Rothman is simply one of the most important voices writing on the region today. He is also a hell of a lot of fun to read." - Virginia Scharff, professor of history and Director, Center for the Southwest, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, and Women of the West chair at the Institute for the Study of the American West, Autry National Center, Los Angeles "Hal Rothman has been enlightening me, irritating me, surprising me, and making me laugh for twenty years. Reading his columns reminds me why. He has long been one of the brashest, loudest, smartest, and most original voices in the West. Not even ALS could quiet him. These columns aren't the same as talking to him, but they come close." - Richard White, Margaret Byrne Professor of American History, Stanford University "Hal Rothman is both the greatest Western historian of his generation and an H. L. Mencken in cowboy boots. Here is a magnificent collection of his opinion, wit, and wisdom." - Mike Davis, author of Planet of Slums and Buda's Wagon
Author : Nora Roberts
Publisher : St. Martin's Paperbacks
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 29,42 MB
Release : 2020-06-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1250775620
Playing the Odds begins the family saga of The MacGregors, the beloved and passionate series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts, introducing an adventurous spirit who takes a risk on embracing life’s possibilities outside her familiar world—and encounters a chance for love she may never find again. Raised in wealth and luxury, Serena MacGregor wanted something money couldn’t buy, an independent experience she can get only by living it. Working as a blackjack dealer on a cruise ship, she keeps her elite privilege a secret. Then gambler Justin Blade appears and drops big bucks on her table. He’s a mystery who keeps his cards close to his chest—but finds himself desiring to prove to Serena that together they’ve hit the jackpot.
Author : Michael Oher
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 46,73 MB
Release : 2012-02-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1101560037
The football star made famous in the hit film (and book) The Blind Side reflects on how far he has come from the circumstances of his youth. Michael Oher shares his personal account of his story, in this inspirational New York Times bestseller. Looking back on how he went from being a homeless child in Memphis to playing in the NFL, Michael talks about the goals he had to break out of the cycle of poverty, addiction, and hopelessness that trapped his family. Eventually he grasped onto football as his ticket out and worked hard to make his dream into a reality. With his adoptive family, the Touhys, and other influential people in mind, he describes the absolute necessity of seeking out positive role models and good friends who share the same values to achieve one's dreams. Sharing untold stories of heartache, determination, courage, and love, I Beat the Odds is an incredibly rousing tale of one young man's quest to achieve the American dream.
Author : King Yao
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,32 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Sports betting
ISBN : 9780935926309
This book by King Yao, author of the widely-acclaimed Weighing the Odds in Hold 'em Poker, should be used as a guideline to sports betting rather than a blueprint. The sports betting market changes and adapts quickly. The underlying principles shown in this book should help the reader adapt and continue to make good bets even when the market changes.
Author : Jocelyn Davies
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 48,56 MB
Release : 2016-09-20
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1481440551
A bolt of lightning inspires an incredible adventure in this charming, magical realism story that takes four teens on an all-night journey through the streets of New York City. Extraordinary things happen when we least expect them. Tiny, Lu, Will and Nathaniel used to be best friends. Then life-defining events the summer before high school tore them apart. Now, three years later, they hardly talk anymore. Nathaniel has become obsessed with winning the prestigious science scholarship that his genius older brother once won. Will has risen from anonymity to popular soccer star. Lu grew into a brash, impetuous actress. And shy, poetic Tiny has slowly been fading away. But fate weaves their lives together again the night before the SATs, during a wild thunderstorm that threatens to shut down New York City. And lightning strikes. Before they know what's hit them, the four teens embark on an epic all-night adventure to follow their dreams, fall in and out of love, reconcile the past, and overcome the fears that have been driving them since that one lost summer. And by the time the sun rises, odds are they’ll discover that there’s a fine line between science and magic, and that the mysteries of love and friendship can’t be explained.
Author : Amy Axelrod
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,88 MB
Release : 2003-07
Category :
ISBN : 9780613671569
For use in schools and libraries only. While trying their luck at various games at the county fair, members of the Pig family find out what the odds are that they will go home as winners. Includes an explanation of odds and probability.
Author : Jeff Strand
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 26,60 MB
Release : 2020-05-11
Category :
ISBN :
After a disastrous evening playing slot machines, Ethan Caustin wonders how he's going to explain his massive loss to his wife and kids. As he tries to find his way out of the casino, sick to his stomach and filled with self-loathing, he's approached by a stranger who offers a solution to his problem. It's a simple game. A 99% chance for him to win ten thousand dollars. In the remote chance that he loses...well, he'll be strapped into a device that shatters his left arm. The odds are very much in his favor. But this is only the first round. As the game goes on, the prizes and penalties keep changing, along with his chances of winning. As the high stakes get out of control and Ethan desperately wants to quit, he'll learn that they've only offered him one means of escape: play the game to the very end... A thrilling novel of suspense from the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of PRESSURE and MY PRETTIES.
Author : Stewart O'Nan
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 15,45 MB
Release : 2012-01-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1101554355
In the new novel from the author of Emily, Alone and Henry, Himself, a middle-age couple goes all in for love at a Niagara Falls casino Stewart O'Nan's thirteenth novel is another wildly original, bittersweet gem like his celebrated Last Night at the Lobster. Valentine's weekend, Art and Marion Fowler flee their Cleveland suburb for Niagara Falls, desperate to recoup their losses. Jobless, with their home approaching foreclosure and their marriage on the brink of collapse, Art and Marion liquidate their savings account and book a bridal suite at the Falls' ritziest casino for a second honeymoon. While they sightsee like tourists during the day, at night they risk it all at the roulette wheel to fix their finances-and save their marriage. A tender yet honest exploration of faith, forgiveness and last chances, The Odds is a reminder that love, like life, is always a gamble.
