Powerful Profits: Winning Strategies for Casino Games

by Victor Royer and Victor H. Royer

It is possible to win big at casinos. But to win consistently, and walk out richer every time, you need more than luck and basic game smarts -- you need the kind of insider knowledge that only a pro... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0818406887
• ISBN13: 9780818406881
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Lyle Stuart
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Unusual and interesting gambling book

This is a good book on gambling that makes sense, with good chances to turn on a profit. The first 80 pages are kind of an introduction that is to long and boring. However once you get to the methods it is quite interesting. The implementation of each method goes against the usual advice from other books that is to "hit" and "run" and quit after 2 or 3 losses in a row. The methods in the book require a huge bankroll and no emotions when losing hand after hand with the firm believe that one win only will make you a winner. I found a flaw in the book, on my opinion, with the explanation of betting on dozens on the Roulette. This seems the simplest method but unfortunately the explaining Table "Value by Event" is wrong under the columns "Gross Win" and "Net Win". I am wondering if there is a correction from the author on "Win Value by Event" table, dealing with betting on dozens method of the Roulette. Also I am wondering if perhaps other readers found the same "flaw".

Profitable Methods for Dedicated Smart Players

Whenever you play any casino game, using any playing method, there are usually three cardinal "sins" to avoid: 1. Don't consider any one event, or one experience, as the defining result. 2. Don't play undercapitalized. 3. Master the method before trying it. Anyone who has played casinos games with any profitable methods always knows this. A little knowledge, but without understanding of it, is dangerous. People who don't "get it" often make big mistakes, and then blame their losses on the method, instead on their own inexperience, and often misunderstanding. This is kind of like the carpenter blaming the hammer when he hits his thumb with it. In fact, the author of this book, and the many others he has written, says so plainly, and clearly, in all his books. The example of the carpenter is also used by him to make precisely this point. Sadly, some people will always have a problem with the "hammer", instead of the person using it. This is the case with the nice young man who has posted a review of the Craps methods here, for this book, and for the other books dealing with these methods. He seems like a very fine young man, who perhaps thought these methods were something like a "get rich quick" scheme. They are not. They are hard to master, especially the hardways methods used by the author in the section on Craps in this book. It takes many years to gain a successful mastery of some of these advanced concepts. The author makes this point many times, and plainly. He clearly states this, in no uncertain language. Playing any of these methods once, and with insufficient capital, and then blaming the method for any failure is simply wrong. It shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the very principles that the author so clearly states, and warms against. This book, and the other books by this author that mention any such playing methods -- however derived and no matter from which source -- require the player to understand at the very least the three fundamentals of successful method-gaming, those that are listed here, and understood by smart gamblers everywhere. The books are clear on all these subjects, and there are ample warnings by the author, who states repeatedly that these methods are advanced means of playing, and that they therefore require a great deal of expertise and understanding before they can be used successfully. The author makes it abundantly plain that this is essential to the success of these methods, and indeed any methods, even those from other authors or sources. Success in method-gambling is predicated on such expertise. If you don't have the dedication to learn it well, and practice it even more, before you try it, the fault lies with you, and not the book. The good news is that the author offers many other methods, those that are easier to master, and can be played even by casual players. But no matter how well they are described, the ultimate success always lies with the player himself or herself. The makers of

The Brave World of New Thinking and Great Wins

The author of this wonderful new book has done what none have before. As he so succinctly puts it in the Postscript: " ....I have here offered something new. I have gone out on a limb, so to speak ... " (page 263). Both are pretty gutsy positions by this Author of so many great books on casino games and casino gaming. Something new. Well, that is certainly what he has done. The author has here provided a series of new methods for several casinos games. His position on these new methods is pretty clear. As he writes in the Preface: "What I am offering you in this book are not "systems". They are "methods", and there is a difference. In the past few decades, the word "system" has come to mean something "bogus", or something which "assures a win if done that way." Neither description is what applies here, to what I am offering. What I have devised are "methods", and this simply means that these are vested in a thorough understanding and application of not only the games, the game rules, the mathematics and statistics, but also the realities of the actual casino games as they are really played, as opposed to merely the theory behind them." (Page XVII). His position throughout this book -- as well as all of his other books -- has always been that the mathematics of the games are an excellent guideline, and are an important part of your playing expertise. But he has also stated that in the Casinos of the 21st Century, players who wish to become profitably successful should, and must, use a new variety of means to accomplish those goals. The author also makes it clear that this won't be easy. As he again writes in the Preface: "I don't know you, and I can't possibly know how skillful you are, or can become, what your levels of knowledge may be, how experienced you are in the casino games and casino lifestyle, how emotionally stable you are, how financial stable you are, and a whole slew of other existential and personality traits I can't possibly know, or anticipate, but all of which will have a direct impact on your ability to make money with these methods. To be successful using these methods will require you to reach a level of expertise, knowledge, ability, skills, physical strength, mental agility, financial stability, emotional levity, good acting, and a great amount of personality, and all of it pleasant, gregarious, and friendly at all times when "on the job." " Out on a limb. Well, that's true. The author himself admits that, as I have already stated earlier in this review. Nothing that is so new is ever offered without risk. It is always open to a slew of criticisms, primarily from people so mired in the "old was of thinking" that they simply cannot understand the paradigm and perspective shifts that allow such new methods to function as designed. Some become -- shall we say -- "not nice" about their limitations and tend to try and destroy the good works done by such far-thinking innovators as the author of this book. Once such person app

A Great Resource For Advanced Strategies

This book contains advanced methodologies for the most popular casino games, including blackjack, craps and slots. These advanced methods are usually not traditional. But they are based upon logical ways at looking at each of the games, as well as the author's many years of professional experience. I found the book to be a great addition to the existing literature. The methods were explained very well and made alot of sense to me. Experience gamblers should definitely study what's in this book. Those who don't have basic knowledge of the games such as blackjack and craps should read the author's other books that focus on those games (Powerful Profits From Blackjack, Powerful Profits From Craps, Powerful Profits From Slots, Powerful Profits From Video Poker, etc.). I found the information in this and the other books by the author refreshing in originality and usefullness. Serious gamblers should examine what the author has to say because there might be something useful that can be added to your own strategies or methods.