The casino business is a cat-and-mouse game. Going all the way back to the 1950s, the casino provides a game, and then intelligent and/or observant players devise ways to beat it. Just about every game has been taken advantage of and then the rules of the game or dealing procedures are adjusted to catch up.
From counting cards in blackjack to sliding dice in craps to placing late bets in roulette, casinos try and adjust their rules and procedures as fast as they can to signs that a game has been compromised.Most of the time these signs are financial. The Casino will notice that their win percentage decreases on a game, attempt to figure out why, and then make the necessary adjustment to fix the problem.
Nowadays, with so many different casinos, variations of games, and disparity in dealer quality, there are many games and situations that an astute player can take advantage of. There is even a whole category to describe this type of player. The term “Advantage Player” was created to describe a player that follows all of the rules of the game, but somehow finds a way to get an advantage over the house.
The following three books are must-reads if you'd like to attempt to be a full-time gambler and win on a consistent basis. The only way to win on a consistent basis is to have an advantage over the house. It's impossible to beat a game over the long haul with a mathematical disadvantage.
Advanced Advantage Play by Elliott Jacobson, Ph.D.
This book is listed first because it has the widest variety of information and is the most affordable on the topic of beating lots of games. It is subtitled, Beating and Safeguarding Modern Casino Table Games, Side Bets, and Promotions. It has almost 500 pages of advantage play techniques covering almost every game currently playable in a casino.
The book provides basic house advantage statistics, how much the house advantage can be swung on a game based on what you can do during play, ways to beat casino promotions, and details of blackjack side bets and their weaknesses.



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