A Gambler's Life

A hundred gambling experiences have taught me to warn people to stay away from gambling. Nine out of ten bets are rigged, and no gambler ever comes to a good end. Gambling has never been about luck: it’s all sleight of hand and scams.

Those who know the tricks can get rich overnight at the table, buy houses and cars, marry and have children, and still have plenty of savings left over.

But outsiders who blunder into the gambling world without knowing its ways can only end up as helpless prey, at the mercy of others. At best, they lose everything; at worst, their families are torn apart and their homes destroyed.

I’ll use a first-person perspective to reveal the secrets of gambling that most people never see, taking you into the mind of a professional cheat and showing how they exploit human greed to drag people step by step into the depths of hell.