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Series
The Merriwell Sisters volume 3
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"Miss Venus Merriwell has been waiting for her prince to come since the tender age of fourteen. She wants a man who is a selfless academic like her, and free from all the wretched vices her gambler father enjoyed far too much before he left the Merriwellsisters practically destitute. Unfortunately, after a slew of romantic disappointments, there is still no sign of that prince at twenty-three and the only one true love of her life is the bursting-at-the-seams...
4) Unlucky
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Mallory Devereaux, a walking disaster, finds a way to take advantage of her chronic bad luck by "cooling" cards on her uncle's casino boat, where she gets tangled up with a dark-eyed undercover agent who enlists her help in catching a money launderer.
Author
Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Casinos are designed for distraction, so it helps to know a bit about when the odds are in your favor and when they’re not before you push a stack of chips onto a table. Professional blackjack player Kevin Blackwood and lifelong sports bettor Swain Scheps know a thing or two about casino gambling. In Casino Gambling For Dummies, these seasoned gaming veterans guide you through the essential strategies for walking out of the casino ahead of the...
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Series
Language
English
Description
"With the women of the Sisterhood away on a covert assignment, their significant others could be expected to kick back and enjoy a little drama-free downtime. But that's not the way Jack, Ted, Harry, Charles, and the rest of their comrades roll. An urgent call has come to the headquarters of their organization, BOLO Consultants. Bert Navarro, head of security for Countess Anna de Silva, suspects that Annie's deluxe casino, Babylon, is being stealthily...
8) Stone cold
Author
Series
Camel Club novels volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
While Oliver Stone and the Camel Club try to protect Annabelle Conroy from her mother's murderer, Stone finds men from his shadowy past turning up dead. When buried secrets are resurrected, the members of the Camel Club left standing will be changed forever.
Publisher
Quirk Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
In Casino Confidential, a veteran pit boss and dealer (who must remain anonymous) takes readers behind the scenes to show where casinos are most vulnerableand which bets are simply a waste of money. Through chapters on blackjack, Texas hold em, roulette, craps, baccarat, slot machines, and more, readers will learn: Basic strategy for the most popular casino games Five keys to successful gambling Tips for identifying and maintaining positive...
11) Casino wars
Publisher
NGHT
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Professional cheaters have come a long way from counting cards. Today, modern gadgets including lasers and microcomputers are helping them beat the house. Meet a former cheater who used a light wand to swindle $1 million from slot machines. Then, at the Aria Hotel and Casino, gain exclusive access to a subterranean surveillance facility where the latest advancements in digital surveillance and biometric identification technology are being used.
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
An Amazon Best Book of the Month. In the second novel in Joanna Shupe's the Uptown Girl series, a ruthless casino owner bent on revenge finds his plans upended by a beautiful woman who proves to be more determined than he is--and too irresistible to deny. Powerful casino owner. Ruthless mastermind. Destroyer of men. He lives in the shadows . . . As the owner of the city's most exclusive casino, Clayton Madden holds the fortunes of prominent families...
13) Temples of chance: how America Inc. bought out Murder Inc. to win control of the casino business
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1992
Language
English
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15) Ocean's eleven
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
The place is Las Vegas. The time: Midnight, New Year's Eve. Danny Ocean (Sinatra) and 10 of his ex-commando buddies get ready to rob the vaults of 5 casinos simultaneously!
16) Ocean's eleven
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Three prestigious Las Vegas casinos. More than $160 million. Danny Ocean and his 10-man handpicked team of grifters and conmen are ready to carry out the most elaborate casino heist in history, and they just might get away with it.
17) The house
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
After Scott and Kate Johansen lose their daughter's college fund, they become desperate to earn it back so she can pursue her dream of attending a university. With the help of their neighbor Frank, they decide to start an illegal casino in his house.
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Language
English
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Description
Some people join chess club, some people play football. Jack Shannon runs a secret blackjack ring in his private school’s basement. What else is the son of a Las Vegas casino mogul supposed to do? Everything starts falling apart when Jack’s mom is arrested for their family’s ties to organized crime. His sister Beth thinks this is the Shannon family’s chance to finally go straight, but Jack knows that something’s not right. His mom was sold...
Author
Series
A-list volume 5
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
The Hollywood girls make a getaway to the Palms Casino in Las Vegas where they put to the test the universal pact, whatever happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.
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