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Bet the House: How I Gambled Over a Grand a Day for 30 Days on Sports, Poker, and Games of Chance
Bet the House: How I Gambled Over a Grand a Day for 30 Days on Sports, Poker, and Games of Chance
Bet the House: How I Gambled Over a Grand a Day for 30 Days on Sports, Poker, and Games of Chance
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Bet the House: How I Gambled Over a Grand a Day for 30 Days on Sports, Poker, and Games of Chance

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During the course of 30 days in early 2009, Richard Roeper risked more than a quarter million dollars on practically every method of gambling currently available in America. Chronicling his wild ride in a breezy, humorous manner, this entertaining exploration both celebrates and details the many pitfalls and lures through Roeper's stories about his lifelong affair with gambling. With insight and aplomb, the narrative answers the questions What is it like to bet money you don’t have, knowing that if you lose, you’re in serious trouble? What is it like to play in a poker tournament alongside celebrities and world champions? and What are the 10 best gambling movies of all time? This delightful dalliance proves that the true national pastimes aren’t baseball, basketball, or football, but instead fantasy football, March Madness, poker, slots, the lottery, craps, blackjack, church raffles, and bingo.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateFeb 23, 2010
ISBN9781569766118
Bet the House: How I Gambled Over a Grand a Day for 30 Days on Sports, Poker, and Games of Chance

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    This was a fascinating read. Also, Richard Roeper is a bad ass.
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    Gambling is the lowest of all the appealing parts of "Bet the House." I first learned of Richard Roeper when he did a talk radio show on WLS-AM, followed that with his Sun-Times columns, other books and then his Ebert & Roeper. I enjoy his opinions and his writings and "Bet the House" is no exception. While I'm the lowest common gambling denominator: slot-machine zombie -- I learned a lot from his descriptions of table games and many other forms of gambling. Definitely entertaining!

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