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Books for the Poker Geek - 2004-01-21
From time to time I like to recommend books that I think might interest poker players, not because they’re about poker, but because I think they’re liable to interest the same kinds of people who take a serious interest in the game.

Ben Mezrich’s Bringing Down the House, the story of an MIT-based card-counting team, has been in the news often since its release in 2002. The book is lively and engaging, the more so the less you know about how blackjack teams work.
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Gamblers help Cincinnati casinos increase their revenue - 2004-01-21
The Greater Cincinnati's three riverboat casinos generated a total of 9 percent more money last year than 2002. New end-of-year figures indicate that betters spent 684 million on the table games and in the slots of the three Indiana casinos.

In 2003, slots brought in $574 million, while table games like blackjack, poker and roulette brought in $110 million. Casinos keep around 7 percent of the total money that's gambled, paying out the rest to gamblers.
Read the full story at Kentucky Post, KY