24/7 LIVING IT UP & DOUBLING DOWN IN THE NEW LAS VEGAS by Martinez, Andres

24/7 LIVING IT UP & DOUBLING DOWN IN THE NEW LAS VEGAS
by Martinez, Andres
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The author was advanced a $50,000 bankroll in 1998 and armed with a fistful of traveler’s checks, headed for Las Vegas to experience what it was to be play the role of high roller at the tables of this 24-hour, 7-day-a-week metropolis. An educated individual with a law degree and an experienced newspaper reporter, he went wild. He played at a dozen major Strip hotels. Along the way, he met dozens of unique individuals or characters who work in, pass through and thrive on Las Vegas—the minister who shines shoes at a topless joint, the retired Israeli "security officer" who dreamed of moving to Las Vegas to become a blackjack expert and the sports gambler with six children who lost eight million dollars. Martinez plays blackjack, poker and baccarat. You can see his bankroll fluctuate and feel the highs and lows of his day; gathering "tricks of the trade" from breakfast companions. His observations about the city, the games and the atmosphere are funny, sad and keenly on target. Call this a rush of a read, a head-on exploration of a unique American landscape. 329 pages, paperbound, 1999.

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