Gambling Memoir

(This is a re-release of "Born to Lose: Memoirs of a Compulsive Gambler" that was published by Hazelden Publishing on March 3, 2005. Reviews for that book on Amazon can be viewed at: https://www.amazon.com/Born-Lose-Memoirs-Compulsive-Gambler/dp/1592851533/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1530771861&sr=8-1&keywords=born+to+lose%3A+memoirs+of+a+compulsive+gambler.) "My history of gambling really began before I was born." So opens Born to Lose, Bill Lee's self-told story of gambling addiction, set in San Francisco's Chinatown and steeped in a culture where it is not unheard of for gamblers (Lee's ...

The incredible true story of the card-counting mathematics professor who taught the world how to beat the dealer and, as the first of the great quantitative investors, ushered in a revolution on Wall Street. A child of the Great Depression, legendary mathematician Edward O. Thorp invented card...

In the late 1980s, a spectacular three-year-old female racehorse named Winning Colors was being groomed for success under her famous Hollywood trainer D. Wayne Lukas and the billionaire owner of the San Diego Chargers pro-football team Eugene Klein. Meanwhile, three fun-loving gamblers Miami Paul, Dino Mateo, and Big Bernie believed that Winning Colors could be the unlikely female winner of the 1988 Kentucky Derby.

What really happens behind the velvet ropes of Las Vegas’ high-limit rooms? For 35 years, Randy Rutecki lived the life most people only imagine — dealing high-stakes roulette in the city that never sleeps. From the Golden Nugget to the Mirage, Bellagio, and Wynn, Randy had a front-row seat to the rise of the mega-resorts and the gamblers who risked fortunes overnight. In Sleepless in Sin City: Tales from the Graveyard Shift, he pulls back the curtain on a world of: - Whales and high rollers dropping millions in a single session. - Scams, cheats, and hustlers who thought they could ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “The greatest and most controversial sports gambler ever” (ESPN) Billy Walters shares his “rollicking and edgy life story” (The Wall Street Journal)—revealing the secrets to his fiercely protected betting system and breaking his silence about Phil Mickelson...

Do you have a secret? What if that secret could kill you? A beloved community college professor, Paige Huskey adored working with her students. But outside the classroom, she had a dark secret that was controlling her life, a secret that would eventually kill her if she didn’t get help. What had started as a friendly game of poker in 2009 led Paige down what she describes as “a dark, twisting, lard-greased tunnel slide with nowhere else to go but down.”

"The Bookie's Daughter" reads like a car chase scene from a summer blockbuster. Heather Abraham's memoir of a criminal childhood filled with intimate violence is brazen and life is stranger than fiction hilarious. Her insanely alcoholic mother Bonnie survived a violent childhood to become a violent mother incapable of tenderness. Big Al, Abraham's father, was a real life giant with colossal addictions to explosives, gambling, food and adventure. Al's "dark passengers" kept him in constant pursuit of money and his family in constant chaos and danger. The crew of criminals that populated "...

I didn’t become addicted to gambling overnight. It started with a $10 spin that turned into a $5,000 jackpot — and changed my life in ways I never expected. What began as excitement slowly became obsession. For ten years, gambling controlled my money, my emotions, and my daily routine. I paid my rent, but everything else stopped mattering. Food, gas, peace — none of it mattered as much as the sound of the slot machine and the rush of winning. In How I Quit My Gambling Addiction, I speak directly to the reader and share the unfiltered truth about what gambling addiction really looks ...

Sit back, relax, and let me take you for a ride around Las Vegas. Let me share with you some of my most unforgettable cab fares in 20 years of driving a taxicab. Each chapter is based on a true story except for one. How about these stories? My fight with a porno star, a woman who’d been slipped a roofie, a carnival man, a nymphomaniac, Italian Mafia wannabees, a warrant for my arrest, a juggler, a wedding, a hit and run, a spitter, a transsexual, a shooting, a stabbing, a Mafia job offer, a robbery, a gigolo, a happy ending, nicknames and famous names, a murder, brothel runs, a ...

From the unapologetic bad boy of professional golf comes a rip-roaring account of his rollercoaster life and career From his battles with alcoholism and gambling addiction to marital problems (his fourth and current wife is facing money-laundering charges) and a highly publicized breakdown...

ALLURING LADY LUCK Inspired by True Events By Vito Zuppardo Vito Zuppardo started gambling at fourteen. By twenty-one, he knew virtually every serious gambler in New Orleans—and had already learned that Lady Luck could be both seductive and unforgiving. His life became a roller coaster of big bets, bookmakers, high-stakes gamblers, and the constant pursuit of the next score. The wins could be spectacular. The losses could be devastating. But Vito understood gamblers because he was one of them. Eventually, his reputation reached far beyond New Orleans. As a casino representative, Vito ...

In the early days, before he founded the Horseshoe Casino in Las Vegas and became the patron saint of the World Series of Poker, cowboy Benny Binion was a horse trader, a bootlegger, and the "boss gambler" of Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. This book traces Binion's rise to power in the Dallas underworld during World War II. By 1946, more than two dozen "casinos" operated illegally in downtown Dallas in hotel suites, and Benny Binion owned at least half of them.

Whale Hunt in the Desert divulges the unbridled lengths to which casinos go to bag the world's biggest gamblers - the whales. This definitive exposé reveals the shrouded world of ultra-high rollers and the Faustian pacts they forge with their hosts, the casino representatives whose job it is to part them from their fortunes. Private jets, penthouses, personal chefs, show-up money, rebates on losses, and the most beautiful women on Earth - nothing is too excessive.

The story of a young girl's entrapment in gambling addiction. The true advert for problem gambling and how it controlled her every movement, her every thought and almost took her life. How the guilt and shame that go hand-in-hand with addiction stopped her from reaching out for help for eight years as she didn't feel it was okay for a young female to be a problem gambler. How she believed it was a male dominated problem, and how eventually, she did find the tools that enabled her to become free of her addiction.

Gentleman Jack Newton: Confessions of a Crossroad Gambler" is an autobiography by Jack Newton, a legendary high-stakes gambler, narrated by 7-time WSOP bracelet winner and Poker Hall of Famer Daniel Negreanu. Jack recounts his life on the road from the Depression era through the 1970s, detailing his adventures in card games across America. The book offers a glimpse into the world of "crossroad gamblers," where both skill and cunning were used to win

An inside look at the high-stakes world of professional sports betting -- by a journalist who lived a secret life as a key gambling ring operative. "Gamblers whisper about a legendary syndicate known as The Brain Trust because they seem to understand more about sports betting than anyone else...

Gambling, Gambling, Gone is a young problem gambler's true story of denial, acceptance, and a lifelong trial to quit gambling for good. An eye opening novel focused around the hidden dangers of gambling.

In this book, the life of Jennifer Jasmine Nguyen unfolds like a deck of cards, each chapter revealing a new facet of her colorful and controversial career. Her story is a testament to the power of humor, wit, and sheer audacity in the face of the ever-spinning roulette wheel of life.

An eye-popping and hilarious joyride through the underworld of sports betting Beth Raymer arrived in Las Vegas in 2001, hoping to land a job as a cocktail waitress at one of the big casinos. In the meantime, she lived in a $17-a-night motel with her dog, Otis, and waited tables at a low-rent...

5-⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reviews WOW!! WHAT A WILD Read!!5-Star Reviews Fantastic Read!! Inspired by a True Story by the man behind the most Exclusive High-Stakes Gaming party jets to Casinos worldwide. Tales of Lady Luck, based on the actual experiences of Vito Zuppardo as a Casino Junket operator for 22 years, is an account of the wild, exclusive high-stakes gaming parties that jetted to casinos around the world. According to The Las Vegas Review, his customers dropped sixty million dollars in Nevada casinos within two years. These stories document some of the problems, demands, and unbelievable...