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Summary: Frugal Gambler
Review: Jean Scott grew up in a Midwest town as the daughter of a preacher. At age 35, Scott got tired of the preaching and turned to gambling. She traded her Bible for Lenny Frome's book "Winning Strategies for Video Poker." She never goes to the casino without it. Now a grandmother, Scott thanks her lucky stars that almost everything is free...all you have to do is know the angles.Scott and hubby Brad spend more than half the year sleeping in beds that are comped by the casino. They don't bother to pay for meals, the meals are free too. Scott says the key to successful gambling is to know where to play and what to play.
Scott's book "The Frugal Gambler" lays it all on the line for novice gamblers. When a game is programmed to pay out more than 100 percent of the coins put in, the longer you play, the more money you win.
Scott belongs to every players club on the planet. Her philosophy is, "Playing any machine in a casino without using a slot card is like going to your room after each gambling session and throwing fistfuls of dollars out the window." That was in the year 1998 when Dan Rather profiled Jean and Brad on the CBS news show 48 Hours.
Scott was singing a different tune in 2001. Mr. and Mrs. Scotts ten year winning streak turned to dust. They finally joined all the other slot players and went on a losing streak. Month after month they learned what it felt like to be a loser...they couldn't climb out of the black hole.
Sadly, other slot players couldn't help them, they didn't have Scott's charisma. In fact, it is doubtful if other slot players would have helped Scott whose arrogant, superior, pompous, sassy attitude through the years makes it hard for them to digest what she writes.
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Summary: A great primer for the novice gambler
Review: Jean Scott has given some terrific advice in this book. Even people who think they are experts can learn a thing or two, but it is the novice that will truly gain from this book. To them, it will be worth many, many times the purchase price.
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Summary: A Must Read Book for "Low to Mid Rollers"
Review: Jean Scott's book covers it all in a very easy to understand Format. For everybody who has heard about FREE buffets, rooms and flights, this book tells you how YOU, the low roller, can get them for yourself. She also explains what to look for and what to do before sitting at Video poker machines, Blackjack tables and other Games, to maximize your Profits and Minimize your Losses. The Chapters regarding Slot Clubs make The Frugal Gambler a Must Have book for the casual-to-serious gambler. Jean Scott makes it easy and fun to get Freebies and explains clearly how you can also do it easily. Loved the book. Read it twice in the first week and passed it along to a friend before his trip.
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Summary: Rehashes Basic Information
Review: Most of the information in her book is available on cable TV for free. She gives very little specific information regarding anything about how to play. If you want info on how to join a slot club, available free at any casino, then this book is for you. Otherwise, forget it.
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Summary: A cut above the usual gambling book
Review: Okay, I'll admit it. I'm a gambling book junkie. I've purchased and read probably 30 books on the subject. Most books on gambling teeter between terrible and awful. They usually follow the following tedious formula: 1) describe a game in away no one could possibly figure out, 2) point out the extremely awful bets, 3) describe a gambling system or two, 4) relate a couple of great stories about how the author or his buddy used this technique to make a zillion bucks. This book certainly doesn't fit that formula at all (which is a good thing). I bought this book for my mother. My mother is now officially a senior and I don't get to see her often enough, typically twice a year for a day or so. Last year we went on a Vegas vacation together which seemed to give some very quality mother/son time. However, this was my mother's first visit to Vegas and she was a bit overwhelmed on how to deal with the extreme access to gambling (which means that she probably lost more than she felt comfortable with). Her previous experience has been with local Indian casinos - which means she's never really spent more that a couple of hours in a casino prior to our Vegas trip. This book has some advice on gambling, lots of advice on getting comps, but the parts I found interesting are the cheap diversions. It talks about free gambling blackjack tournaments, cheap slot tournaments, and looking for coupons. All of these are fun diversions from having the casino grind the money out of you. I know lots of folks like to shop, go to Hoover Dam, or do other non-gambling activities in Vegas. But let's face it; most of us go to Vegas to gamble. At least the diversions in the book are intended for serious gamblers. I've been to Hoover Dam, I've seen all the casinos on the stripe, I hate shopping, but some of Jean's suggestions sound fun. If you're expecting great literature or some profound revelation about gambling forget it. You won't find that in any gambling book (with the possible exception of "Theory of Blackjack", by Peter Griffin - which is my favorite gambling book by far but is only recommended to folks who really like math). The bottom line is that this is a good value for a gambling book, especially if you are looking for some low-cost diversions that are interesting to a gambler.
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Summary: Too much like work
Review: Parts of this book are interesting but what the author advocates is like going to work instead of having fun. Most of us plan our vacations for pleasure. This book is good if your job is trying to get comped at a casino. A disappointment for those of us who want good strategies.
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Summary: nonsense
Review: pure and simple. DO go ahead and hang around crowded airports waiting to get bumped. Put your head deep into digusting garbage cans to retreave some coupons. Is this fun? The book is filled with nonsense.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: Since its publication in 1998, this book has dramatically changed the gambling experience for thousands of readers. This is a fantastic introductory book that gives many casino patrons their first glimpse at the possibility that they have a good deal of control over their gambling experience and outcome. Proof of this change can be found on gambling message boards where players frequently quote Jean's strategies and successes. I have bought many copies of this book for gifts. Whenever I hear that a novice friend is going to visit a casino, I give them a copy of the book.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: Since its publication in 1998, this book has dramatically changed the gambling experience for thousands of readers. This is a fantastic introductory book that gives many casino patrons their first glimpse at the possibility that they have a good deal of control over their gambling experience and outcome. Proof of this change can be found on gambling message boards where players frequently quote Jean's strategies and successes. I have bought many copies of this book for gifts. Whenever I hear that a novice friend is going to visit a casino, I give them a copy of the book.
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Summary: A common-sense gambling guide for the low roller
Review: The Frugal Gambler details low-roller secrets for staying free at hotel-casinos, beating casino promotions, eating and drinking on the house, playing video poker for profit, and stretching your gambling bankroll. One whole chapter details how to get free airfare, good for the non-gambler as well as the gambler. The Frugal Gambler covers the ways to make money using coupons and working the comp and slot club systems. It shows you how to win more and lose less at both table games and on the machines. If free is your favorite word, as it is for the author, then you must read this book before you walk into any casino in the United States.
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