Walters, Billy
Summary: "Anybody can get lucky. Nobody controls the odds like Billy Walters. Widely regarded as "the Michael Jordan of sports betting," Walters is a living legend in Las Vegas and among sports bettors worldwide. With an unmatched winning streak of thirty-six consecutive years, Walters has become fabulously wealthy by placing hundreds of millions of dollars a year in gross wagers, including one Super...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: 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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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie House 2017Summary: A fast-paced, sexy drama that follows the elite Las Vegas surveillance team charged with maintaining the security of one of Sin City's largest resorts and casinos. Includes 23 episodes of TV's hit drama uncut and uncensored.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2003
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV LASSummary: Sydney, a poker-faced professional gambler plays guardian angel to unlucky John and his girlfriend. When John's and his bride's honymoon night leads to a disastrous hostage situation, the gambler takes care of it as usual. But when a slick casino pro threatens to reveal a secret from Sydney's past, Sydney decides to hedge his bets and not leave anything to chance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 1999
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HARSummary: The gambler: Kenny Rogers stars as the high-rolling frontier gambler Brady Hawkes, who has been summoned to Yuma, California, to rescue the son he never knew. Along the way, he befriends Billy Montana, a young Easterner who fancies himself a professional poker player. Brady teaches Billy a few lessons--about cards and also about life--and the two men end up forming a strong team.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: When retiree Jerry Selbee discovers a mathematical loophole in the Massachusetts lottery, he and his wife Marge go on an exciting multi-million dollar winning spree to revive their small Michigan town. But when a selfish college student cheats the system, Jerry must find a way to make the game fair for all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie JerryScarne, John.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Borders books 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 795 SCASummary: A sly, merciless thriller where a best-selling author and therapist wants to help a client by making restitution for the money he owes to a gambler. After she meets the attractive cardsharp, her own compulsions take hold as he lures her into his world of high-stakes deception. Starring Lindsay Crouse and Joe Mantegna, this film is a rich character study told with the cold calculation of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY HOUSummary: A small-time Los Angeles night club owner falls for a lavish invitation to gamble at a private club.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Disc 1. 1. Start up -- 2. Conjecture -- 3. Griddle -- 4. Adult -- 5. Serious soul-searching -- 6. Self-destruction -- 7. Transmission -- 8. Shrimp -- 9. Fried cutlets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Anime, Call number: BLU-RAY ANIME MR.Feehan, Christine
Summary: "Vienna Mortenson isn't your typical gambler. She prefers to stay under the radar, using her poker winnings to support her family and her community, including the local search and rescue team, which she heads up. Out in the backcountry there's no time for hesitation when lives are on the line. Vienna prides herself on being tough and decisive. She's not the sort to make a fool of herself over a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FEERoes, Nicholas A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brandon Books 1988
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A group of college students used its math skills to win millions and life in the fast lane seemed like a sure bet. Slip back to the '80s and '90s, when a group of overachieving M.I.T. students morphed into high-rolling, big-stakes gamblers. Backed by anonymous investors, they checked into hotels under assumed names and, pretending not to know each other, communicated with secret gestures and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A&E Home Video 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 795.423 BREKonik, Michael.
Summary: An inside look at the lucrative world of professional high-stakes sports betting by a journalist who lived a secret life as a key operative in the world's most successful sports gambling ring. When Konik landed an interview with Rick "Big Daddy" Matthews, the largest bet he'd ever placed was $200. Konik was no stranger to Vegas, but Matthews was in a different league: the man was rumored to be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2006
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bonus Books 2000
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Place a hold to request this item.Pickford, Billy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Bird Pub. 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 795 PICRoeper, Richard
Summary: Follows the author on his quest to gamble at least a thousand dollars a day for thirty days using every method he could find on a trip across America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press, Inc. 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 793 ROECardoza, Avery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cardoza Pub. 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 795 CARWhitehead, Colson
Summary: "In THE NOBLE HUSTLE Colson Whitehead does for participatory journalism what he did for zombie novels in ZONE ONE: Take one literary genius, add $10,000 and a seat at the World Series of Poker, and stir. On one level, Colson Whitehead's THE NOBLE HUSTLE is a familiar species of participatory journalism - a longtime neighborhood poker player, Colson was given a $10,000 stake and an assignment...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014