Gambling Wizards

Can you imagine betting a million dollars on a football game or winning seven million on a single horse race? Can you even fathom what it would be like to be the resident backgammon player at the Playboy Mansion or to win the World Series of Poker … twice? How would you react if a gun-wielding casino owner demanded back the money that you won playing blackjack in his casino? 


It’s all in a day’s work for the gamblers in this book.


Billy Walters—sports bettor

Chip Reese—poker player

Tommy Hyland—blackjack card counter

Mike Svobodny—backgammon player

Stan Tomchin—sports bettor

Cathy Hulbert—blackjack/poker player

Alan Woods—horse bettor

Doyle Brunson—poker player 


It isn’t luck. Collectively, they’ve won hundreds of millions of dollars playing the games most people consider unbeatable. Discover what it really takes to become a master gambler.