A Gambling Book by Richard Marcus
Past-posting refers to a kind of cheating that occurs in casinos. A past-posting occurs when bets at blackjack, craps or roulette are switched after the result has been determined. This situation is discussed in the gambling book "American Roulette: How I Turned the Odds Upside Down - My Wild Twenty-Five-Year Ride Ripping Off the World's Casinos," by Richard Marcus. In this gambling book, Richard Marcus relates his experience of traveling with a frontman, a claimer, and a mechanic as they went to different casinos and cheated until they generated millions of cash.
Apparently, "American Roulette: How I Turned the Odds Upside Down - My Wild Twenty-Five-Year Ride Ripping Off the World's Casinos" talks about the crime of theft committed by Richard Marcus. But despite the fact that this gambling talks about a crime, the way Richard Marcus has written this gambling book is entertaining.
In "American Roulette: How I Turned the Odds Upside Down - My Wild Twenty-Five-Year Ride Ripping Off the World's Casinos," readers will know that despite the number of times that Richard Marcus won in casinos through cheating, he has never experienced being caught. As a matter of fact, Richard Marcus has already retired and now, he has been open about the fact that he used to cheat.
What makes gamblers interested in "American Roulette: How I Turned the Odds Upside Down - My Wild Twenty-Five-Year Ride Ripping Off the World's Casinos" is the fact that Richard Marcus is one likeable guy. His writing style can also be described as superb, having the ability to create suspense as he plays from one casino to another.
We all know that cheating really occurs inside the premises of casinos or gambling facilities. What makes "American Roulette: How I Turned the Odds Upside Down - My Wild Twenty-Five-Year Ride Ripping Off the World's Casinos" interesting is the fact that a real professional gambler talks about the occurrence of cheating in casinos.
Richard Marcus was a professional gambler for more than two decades and almost three-fourths of his career in professional gambling, he could consider himself as a cheater. One of the forms of cheating that Richard Marcus invented was called Savannah. As a matter of fact, Richard Marcus named such form of cheating as Savannah because he knew of a stripper with such name. This form of cheating involves a chip with a large denomination which is hidden under a chip that costs five dollars on a roulette layout.
When the number of the cheater does not win, then the big chip is removed or raked. Richard Marcus had applied Savannah for years and it even allowed him to prosper to a great extent. In "American Roulette: How I Turned the Odds Upside Down - My Wild Twenty-Five-Year Ride Ripping Off the World's Casinos," Richard Marcus recounts his experiences of applying Savannah and all the other forms of cheating that he had applied.
"American Roulette: How I Turned the Odds Upside Down - My Wild Twenty-Five-Year Ride Ripping Off the World's Casinos" is really an entertaining gambling book.