I'll be interested to hear what you think of the book after you've read it. I received it as a gift, and (my opinion, others may disagree) while it was OK, it's not all that wonderful in my opinion. Mostly early history of gambling (lots of dice stuff), history of biased roulette wheels and those exploiting them, card counters, a little on game theory, a lot on computers analyzing checkers, chess, and poker, but not much that will be new to most on this forum, and not much information that could be translated into new advantages over the casino.
Again, it was an OK read, but especially had nothing to make me a better player or give me advantages I didn't already know about.
--BG===============
4a. The Perfect Bet
I just ordered a book called The Perfect Bet: How Science and Math are taking the Luck Out of Gambling, by Adam Kucharski.
I did this after catching a Washington Post article that interviewed the author. The link to the article is very long and I can't figure out how to post it.
If you google "three basic mistakes that people make at casinos" you will find the article.
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