Loaded Dice the True Story of a Casino Cheat

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Summary: Loaded Dice. The True Story of a Casino Cheat
Review: I enjoyed this book. A very quick read. It chronicles the life of a group of professional cheats who swing the odds in their favor and reaped the winnings. Most of the action takes place in the 60's and 70's in Vegas. So much has changed in Vegas since then that I don't think these tactics would work anymore. An interesting historical account nonetheless.

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Summary: A true story?
Review: I have to agree with David on this one. I bought the book and just finished reading it. The most of the scams wouldn't work, and about half the book has nothing to do with gambling, just some dudes uninteresting life. Total waste of my time. There are definitely better books out there.

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Summary: A true story?
Review: I have to agree with David on this one. I bought the book and just finished reading it. The most of the scams wouldn't work, and about half the book has nothing to do with gambling, just some dudes uninteresting life. Total waste of my time. There are definitely better books out there.

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Summary: I hated it (sorry!)
Review: I love Vegas and books about Vegas so it pains me to tell you that I truthfully hated this book. I was tempted to not even finish it, although I've never walked out on a book before.

I found the writing style to be sort of... archaic, I guess. It sounds like it was written in the 50s, or by a guy who is in his 80s (which may be the case, I don't know).

But primarily I disliked it because it simply cannot be a factual account. A few of the cheating methods he discussed are quite simply impossible. Even Madonna french-kissing Britney Spears at the craps table would not have been enough distraction to pull off what they supposedly did.

Some of the side stories were interesting, but nowhere near enough to recommend this book.

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Summary: I hated it (sorry!)
Review: I love Vegas and books about Vegas so it pains me to tell you that I truthfully hated this book. I was tempted to not even finish it, although I've never walked out on a book before.

I found the writing style to be sort of... archaic, I guess. It sounds like it was written in the 50s, or by a guy who is in his 80s (which may be the case, I don't know).

But primarily I disliked it because it simply cannot be a factual account. A few of the cheating methods he discussed are quite simply impossible. Even Madonna french-kissing Britney Spears at the craps table would not have been enough distraction to pull off what they supposedly did.

Some of the side stories were interesting, but nowhere near enough to recommend this book.

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Summary: Loaded Dice. The True Story of a Casino Cheat
Review: This is a really good book! I started to read it just for the content but found myself really LIKING this guy Soares. Another surprise was that he is actually a good writer. I would enjoy reading another book by John Soares. How about it John?