American Roulette: How I Turned the Odds Upside Down---My Wild Twenty-Five-Year Ride Ripping Off the World's Casinos (Thomas Dunne Books)

In American Roulette Richard Marcus tells his never-before-heard story of ripping off casinos. The book follows Marcus along with several of the worlds great professional casino cheaters as he travels from Las Vegas to London and Monte Carlo pilfering large sums of money from casinos by performing sleight of hand magic tricks with gaming chips. As skilled cheaters they back up their moves with psychological setups to convince pit bosses that theyre watching legitimate high rollers getting lucky while in fact theyre being ripped off blind. . With the exploding growth of casino gambling heightened by Indian reservation and riverboat expansion more and more elaborate casino cheaters are illegally assaulting the green-felt getting rich off of novice casino personnel. Richard Marcuss insider story is a window into the hidden world of intriguing personalities and tense situations he encounters as a member of expert casino-cheating teams who use their wits to turn the odds upside down and earn millions. American Roulette is a fascinating story not only for those who occasionally casino-gamble but for everyone with a little larceny in their heart.