Licence-protected, real-estate heavy and mathematically certain in the house's favour; the interesting risk is regulatory and financial, not statistical.
The first proven way to beat blackjack, by counting the cards left in the deck.
How the Chicago mob ran Las Vegas casinos, told through bookie Frank Rosenthal.
How slot machines are designed to keep gamblers playing longer.
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The standard general history of gambling.
How Las Vegas grew from the Rat Pack era into a family holiday city.
Wynn, Adelson, Kerkorian and the megaresort capex race.
The MIT blackjack team; dramatised and disputed in places.
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