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- 1 The Gambler's Book of Life and Death 赌桌生死簿 Orphan Gong Jiudeng became the apprentice of Mr. Yi, a master of the underworld, at a young age. At the gambling table, he’s a top cardsharp. But out in the world, life and death aren’t decided by the cards alone. Danger lurks around every corner. How will he face the trials of the gambling table and the underworld, time and again? How will he find a way out? His life is both legendary and tragic... A dark underworld tale blending suspense, political intrigue, and action. It features card-sharp 167Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 2 The New Folk Tales of the Old Eight Gates 新民间老八门 My name is Nan Haohan, and I’m a man of the underworld. Every year on Tomb-Sweeping Day, I visit the graves of the “living.” Some people may still be alive, but they should have died long ago! You have to gamble in life. If you don’t, you’ll never get the chance to win! The final installment in Hei Se Jia Suo’s Underworld Trilogy. The first two books are The Life of a Card Sharp and The Underworld of Card Sharps. 127Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 3 Who Can Stand Against Me? From Street Punk to Man of the People 谁与争锋：从江湖混混到万人敬仰 Wherever there are people, there’s a jianghu. After an accident landed me in an electronics factory, I went from being bullied to being admired by thousands. Surrounded by beautiful women, I gradually found my way into the jianghu, and a legend began... —Reads—Score214d adds
- 4 No Shore in the Underworld: An Undercover Agent's Fight to Survive 江湖无岸：暗子求生 I am a hidden operative, a ghost living inside someone else's script. To keep my mother safe, I went from Chen Jianguo, a gambler in Bincheng, to Chen Guohua, a courier in Hong Kong. My memories are fake, my identity is fake, even the scar on my forehead is a carefully designed brand. My mission: get close to Song Wenchang, a Southeast Asian crime lord, press the button on my watch, then disappear “quietly.” But I didn't press it. Because in the darkness aboard a yacht, he looked at me and sudde 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Poker God 德州扑克之赌神 The only Texas Hold’em novel on all of Tomato! Some say he’s a bluffing fiend at the poker table. Others call him the face of honest Texas Hold’em. Some hail him as the God of Gambling, saying there’s no poker game he can’t win. He changed the landscape of the poker world. To many, he’s a legendary player, the new generation’s King of Poker, the God of Gambling. But Chen Ren introduces himself this way: “They call me Blackjack’s sweetheart. Twenty-One is my game. My name is Chen Ren. You can cal 48Reads6.6Score214d adds
- 6 My Life in the Underworld of Cardsharps: Unstoppable 我的老千江湖之所向披靡 A showdown between professional cardsharps isn't just about winning or losing. It can mean the difference between life and death. My name is Lin Lingdong. I'm a professional cardsharp and a powerful gang boss who commands respect throughout the underworld. As the saying goes, one thought can lead to heaven, another to hell. The underworld is a place where the strong prey on the weak, and in the world of cardsharps, you can get rich overnight or lose everything just as fast. Where do we go from h 3.9kReads8.2Score18614d adds
- 7 The 13th Book by Black Marlin Fan 喜欢黑枪鱼第13本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 220Reads—Score10014d adds
- 8 My Casino's Golden Eyes Can See the End of All Life 我的赌场金瞳，能见众生末路 I’m Zhao Fan. I make my living in casinos, with a pair of eyes that can see through fate. But who knew this wasn’t some divine power? It was nothing but a shackle, one that bore the weight of human hearts and human nature. After spending enough time around gambling, I came to understand: Nine out of ten games are rigged, and every gambler loses in the end. Stay away from gambling. The moment you sit at the table, you’re taking the first step toward ruin. You’re after money, but everyone else is 15.5kReads8.4Score98714d adds
- 9 The Rise of a Northeast China Cardsharp 东北老千成长之路 The story of a young cardsharp from the Northeast countryside who fights his way to success, making his way from rural gambling games to the ups and downs of the big city. It exposes the harms of gambling: nine out of ten games are scams. Stay away from gambling. 2.2kReads7.1Score10414d adds
- 10 The Thousand Gates, 1989: The Reborn Never Walk into a Dead End 千门1989：重生者不入死局 #Transmigration and Rebirth #The World of the Thousand Gates #Gambling Showdowns #Redemption of Human Nature #High-Stakes Plot #Hardcore Expertise #The Struggle Between the Upper and Lower Eight Generals He jumped off a bridge over gambling debts, only to be reborn as the King of the Thousand Gates. In this life, armed with peerless gambling skills, he navigates both the underworld and the legitimate world. A blood feud against his school, the code of the jianghu, and the demons of his past life 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Gambling Demon: Reborn for a Comeback? A 100% Win Rate Wipes Out the Table 赌魔：重生翻盘？百分百胜率通杀 [Invincible Thrills + Decisive and Ruthless + High IQ + A Gambling Fiend Reborn] Ling Xiao, a lifelong gambler, was schemed against by his partners and lost his last penny. He jumped to his death! But the jade bangle his mother left him activated the System, allowing Ling Xiao to be reborn and gain the power of a gambling fiend... Reborn, Ling Xiao is decisive and ruthless. He takes on casinos of every kind, matching wits with countless experts. His journey is full of fireworks and lightning, an 261Reads8.0Score1914d adds
- 12 God of Gamblers: Turning My Life Around with a One-Yuan Coin 赌神：从一元硬币翻身开始 Zhang Huailuo worked as a traffic cop for four years, diligently and conscientiously doing his duty. But after stopping a car he should have left alone, he was sent the very next day to watch over a reservoir in the countryside. While passing through a village, he spotted several slot machines. The sight brought back memories of playing them as a child and getting chased around by his parents. With a one-yuan coin in his pocket, he went in for a game, hoping to relive those childhood thrills. Bu 16Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 13 My Boyfriend Tricked Me Onto a Gambling Ship on Valentine's Day 情人节我被男友骗上赌船 My Boyfriend Tricked Me onto a Gambling Boat on Valentine's Day 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 A Cardsharp’s Life in the Jianghu 老千之人在江湖 Cheating at games? Rigged contests? Professional swindlers? They say those caught up in the game are blind, while onlookers see clearly. The moment you sit down at the gambling table, you’ve already lost. Ever since I was little, I, Lin Chujiu, lived with my second uncle. If it weren’t for him, I swear I would never have become one of the Eight Gates who make their living wandering the jianghu... I’ll use stories from my life in the jianghu to show you how terrifying gambling is... Please! Stay 112Reads—Score714d adds
- 15 A Book Above the Clouds 云上的一本书 1.8kReads9.0Score16114d adds
- 16 The Legendary Mei Luo, Master of a Thousand Tricks 千门圣手梅洛传 On New Year's Eve, a gang of thugs shoot his father and grandfather dead, leaving him an orphan. With smuggling and illicit trafficking running rampant, a certain department secretly establishes a training base to cultivate experts in every field. There, the young Mei Luo masters all kinds of gambling tricks. Watch as he makes his way through the underworld and into the Star-Picking Club. Though he loved playing the hero, in the end he made his living through gambling. As he lay dying, he repea 5.7kReads8.9Score59814d adds
- 17 One Gamble for the Thrill 一赌为快 A casino-boat dealer is drawn into chaos by the lure of money. After he's caught cheating, he escapes the gambling boat and drifts across a desolate sea... Seeking revenge, love, friendship, and family, he embarks on an extraordinary path. What awaits him in the future? This is the story of young Fu Ming's journey from a naive boy into a true man, exploring responsibility, relationships, human nature, and his clashes with other powerful figures. Its vivid cast will draw you in. When I talk about 4Reads7.4Score514d adds
- 18 Xie Shuhuan Wangdai's 21st Book 谢熟缓忘呆第21本书 My new work is here! You can head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 86Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 19 The Gambler: Ruling the Four Seas 老千之纵横四海 My master often said, “Where there are people, there are grudges. Where there are grudges, there is the jianghu. People are the jianghu, and the jianghu lives in the grudges between people. A lifetime as a person is a lifetime in the jianghu.” The jianghu stretches far and is impossible to predict. Truth and lies blur together: the false may be true, and the true may be false. (This book has no playing the pig to eat the tiger and no face-slapping plotlines. The early chapters are harsh. This is 426Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 20 My Life in the World of High-Stakes Gambling 我的老千江湖 [Based on a lifetime of gambling experience, revealing the secrets behind a hundred cheating techniques] I grew up in casinos. In the noisy halls, the lure of money blinded people to everything else: cheating, feuds, traps... They sank deeper and deeper into gambling, losing everything they owned, destroying their families, and plunging toward the abyss! After years of rising and falling, I became a professional cheat-catcher, feared throughout the gambling world! In this seemingly glamorous wor 2.3kReads8.8Score19714d adds
- 21 The Treasure-Hunting Con Artists 老千护宝团 Across ten miles of Haojiang, undercurrents run deep. Neon lights and wild revelry mean nothing to him. Neither does a life of drunken excess. Wu Qiliu, heir to the Qianmen tradition, drifts through a chaotic age, navigating casinos and the streets. Caught between rival gangs, he searches for his missing master and protects the nation's lost treasures. The Zhongyi Gang secretly has his back, but friend and foe are hard to tell apart, and every game of chance could be a deadly trap. Gambling-tabl 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 The Legendary Life of Macau’s Wash-Money Hua 澳门洗米华的传奇一生 "Wash Yinhua" was once a legendary figure in Macau's gambling industry, known as the "New King of Asian Gambling." His life was full of drama. Starting out as an ordinary casino loan shark, he built a vast junket empire before ultimately landing behind bars for cross-border gambling crimes. 607Reads—Score10014d adds
- 23 The Thousand Gates Saga Continues: After Chu Liu 千门未了：初六之后 Important Announcement: Now that Teacher Ma Xiaohu has resumed updating, I won't presume to teach my grandmother to suck eggs. I only regretted the hiatus and wanted to chat with fellow Qian fans. Starting today, I will stop updating permanently. Anyone who wants to discuss the continuation of my story or the plot of Old Qian is welcome to join the group. Next month, I will take this book down. The unpublished content will stay buried in my gut. I'll write a new book called Midnight, with an up 8.3kReads8.2Score60214d adds
- 24 A Life of Gambling 赌涯人生 I'm a card cheat! Behind the seemingly glamorous card tables lies a world of knives and swords, where every step could be deadly. I thought I'd learned how to rig the game and deceive others, but I never realized that perhaps I was just a pawn on someone else's board. 343Reads9.0Score13014d adds
- 25 Back to 2005 to Become the King of Gambling 重回05做赌王 Quit gambling. Quit gambling. Quit gambling. They say important things three times. Small bets break your heart; big bets can cost you your life. This book is written as a warning to those of you who have fallen into gambling and cannot stop: turn back before you go too far, and there is still hope. Han Bing, a casino cheat forced by a gang boss to take the fall, is reborn in 2005. In his previous life, he was controlled by others and turned into a puppet addicted to every vice, committing one c 22.8kReads8.2Score1.5k14d adds
- 26 The Swindler: Through Fire and Water for You, Uncle! 老千：赴汤蹈火啊，二叔！ If you learn the art of cheating, you’ll see me as a mayfly sees the heavens. My name is Feng Shiqi, a veteran swindler who came out of the mountains. PS: The best quit-gambling novel on the whole internet, and the most wholesome swindler story online. ⚠️ Don’t open it at night, or you won’t be able to sleep. 18.5kReads8.4Score1.6k14d adds
- 27 My Years as a Gambling-House Host and Companion in Macau 我在澳门叠码陪玩儿的那几年 I'm Chen Jun, a Hebei native who has worked as a junket agent in Macau for five years and is still in the business. People think our line of work is glamorous: we meet wealthy bosses every day and make money just by talking. But only I know the abyss of human nature I face every single day. 1.3kReads8.0Score10414d adds
- 28 A Life Ruined by Gambling 被赌博毁掉的人生 This is a true recollection! One greedy impulse drew him into a Macau gambling den. Old brothers turned against each other, and a love affair teetered on the brink. Some wagered their entire fortunes, while others sank into the abyss. Gambling crushed countless ordinary lives and laid bare the endless regrets of gamblers. 1.7kReads—Score10614d adds
- 29 Fox Ji Mi's Fifth Book 狐姬幂的第5本书 My new work is out! You can find it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what drives me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The Thousand Gates 千门 There's an old saying: nine out of ten gamblers get cheated. Wrong. All ten get cheated. My name is Chen Jiu. I'm a card sharp, and I'll use my own story to show everyone that not gambling is the real win. 2.6kReads8.4Score17714d adds
- 31 The Little Northeasterner of Macau 澳门小东北 My new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 374Reads8.4Score5214d adds
- 32 A Macau Blue-and-Red Betting Addict 澳门红蓝小赌徒 The protagonist went through online gambling, lottery betting, soccer betting, getting fired from his job, and watching his company go under, among a string of other misfortunes. It all tore his family apart. But by chance, he came into contact with red and blue, opening a new chapter in his life. With red and blue leading the way and beauties all around him, an ordinary man's comeback begins… 1.3kReads6.7Score10014d adds
- 33 Macau Memoirs 澳门回忆录 In 2020, I arrived in Macau and experienced dizzying highs and lows. One person, one city, a stretch of memories, and a bitter regret. This is the story of the pain and passion of that time. I may be unwilling to let go, but I still have to face reality. 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The Cardsharp: Back to the Underworld 老千：重返江湖 11.5kReads9.0Score96614d adds
- 35 Tales of the Thousand Gates 千门之往事 My name is Chen Xiang, and I'm a professional card sharp. Back in my hometown, there's a saying: The Outcast, above one person and below ten thousand! It means that whenever a gambler strikes it lucky at the table, tens of thousands of others are bound to lose and be trampled underfoot. If one person wins, ten thousand lose! That's gambling! Treasure your life and stay away from gambling! 1.8kReads8.5Score13514d adds
- 36 A Thousand Paths 千人有道 [Modern underworld] [Stories of crooked gambling] [Gambling scams] [Anti-gambling] When I was six, my grandaunt said I was doomed to a life of loneliness. She sold me. She sold me to an old man who had lost one hand. An old man who made his living as a swindler. From then on, I learned how to cheat at gambling from him. The old man became my master, but he told me to call him Fourth Master. I became a professional swindler, too. But on the day I graduated from my apprenticeship, Fourth Master di 12.9kReads8.8Score1.2k14d adds
- 37 The Scoundrel Immortal's Eight Gates and Generals 贱仙千门八将 [Comedy + Fortune-telling + Sleazy antics + Con artist + Flashy face-slapping + Demon-catching + Ghost-slaying + Cunning schemes + Outrageous stunts + Memorable one-liners] Wu Xuanye, Blue Star’s “Prince of Trash Talk,” stays up all night in a fierce battle and transmigrates into the cultivation world, where he becomes “Wu the Half-Immortal,” a third-level Qi Refining cultivator from Backing Mountain Village. Armed with an ancestral tortoiseshell that works only some of the time, and carrying a 185Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 38 The Winners' Club 赢家俱乐部 He can predict the outcome of a match with near-perfect accuracy. But if the stake is your conscience, would you still place a bet? A born cardsharp, the likes of whom appear only once in a thousand years, spends the rest of his life trying to atone for the crimes he committed before becoming a crime boss. Does that make him a good person? A group of nobodies, caught up in gambling and the underworld, find the good and evil in human nature magnified. How should they choose, how should they liv 121Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Making a Living on the Side in Australia 我在澳洲捞偏门 This story is based on real events. I came to Australia with a dream of studying abroad, only to be driven to the brink by reality. From a lowly street-level smuggler to a force to be reckoned with, commanding the underworld and crossing the world, I paved my way to power with cunning and bloodshed. Only when I stood at the summit and looked back did I realize that the most dangerous gamble of all is the one you make with human nature. This is a road with no turning back, but who knows which cor 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 The First Book by Jianghu Laoliu 江湖老六的第1本书 Stay away from gambling, or you’ll ruin your family. This book exposes all kinds of cheating tricks at the gambling table and reveals one rigged scam after another. Nine out of ten gamblers lose. The underworld isn’t just about fighting and killing; it’s about human relationships and social savvy! 2.6kReads9.1Score26814d adds
- 41 The Red and Blue Battlefield 红蓝战场 Of everyone I’ve lost, the person I miss most is myself. In gambling, the scariest thing isn’t winning or losing, but the temptation of desire. A decade of bets, a lifetime in chains. The neon lights of Macau baccarat once illuminated my ambition. The chips at tables back home in Texas built up a false sense of prestige. The “guaranteed win” pitches in online gambling pop-ups ultimately dragged me into a bottomless pit. I thought I had desire under control, but I had long since become a puppet o 2kReads8.0Score10614d adds
- 42 King of Gambling 赌王 Macau, a city where gambling is legal. You think gambling is all about luck? Actually, it isn't. Skill, probability, cheating… Often, a game is already decided before it even begins. And that means one thing: you lose! Anyone who comes here and gets hooked on gambling will never get back on their feet! Gambling isn't a game for ordinary people to dabble in. In the hands of those with an agenda, it's a blade that kills without drawing blood! 11.9kReads8.8Score1.1k14d adds
- 43 The Red and Black Ledgers: A Lottery Tycoon's Rebirth in the Stock Market 红黑帐本：彩票大佬的股海重生 He is the lottery mastermind who strikes fear into the hearts of all, manipulating the entire lottery market with a single move. By chance, he uncovers the secrets of the stock market and turns the odds-based thinking and market-making tactics of the lottery world into a deadly weapon in the battle for stocks. Using the lottery market’s precise predictions to crack the mysteries of candlestick charts, and the ruthless methods of underground trading to fight the capital vultures, he takes on inst 78Reads—Score1214d adds
- 44 I Roam Jianghu with Fortune-Telling, Seeing Through Hearts and Breaking Deadlocks 我靠算命闯江湖，看透人心破死局 [Period Mystery + Jianghu Secrets and Arts + Wits and Schemes + A Battle of Human Nature + Underdog's Rise + No System] In 2002, I was twenty years old, yet everyone within ten li addressed me respectfully as "Mr. Chen." When the village Party secretary married off his son, he came to me to pick an auspicious date. When a pig farmer lost a pig, he came to ask me where to look. Then one day, the town mayor's wife knelt outside my house, begging me to divine the whereabouts of her missing daughter 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Master of Illusions 幻戏师 Traditional Illusion Arts × Urban Underworld × Psychological Trickery × Deadly Protection [A Cure for a Reading Slump] This isn't a mindless power fantasy, and the villains aren't idiots! Every illusion is a life-or-death gamble, and every act of trust is a knife to the heart. From the sole survivor of a family massacre to a “fixer,” how does someone walking a tightrope between rules and human nature become the one who makes the rules? “They taught me that magic tricks fool the eyes. My dad said —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 At the Poker Table: The Dirtiest Underworld Around You 牌桌：你身边最肮脏的江湖 [The World of the Cardsharps] The card table is the easiest place in the world to get something for nothing, bar none. That is precisely why it is filled with greed, madness, and debauchery. Beneath the table lie filthy conspiracies, deceit, schemes, cruelty, and every unscrupulous trick imaginable. As the owner of a mahjong parlor for many years, I solemnly warn you: become hooked on the card table, and you’ve plunged into the devil’s abyss... 607Reads9.4Score11014d adds
- 47 How to Make a Gambling Addict and a Scumbag 赌鬼，渣男是怎样炼成的 Poor, and you're a factory girl; rich, and you're a domineering CEO. A quick look at casino rules, and a chat about foot-bath culture. Let's talk about casino secrets and help you stay away from gambling! Those who love me break their hearts for me. Those who hate me fall apart over me. If life deceives you, don't be sad or lost. Just let it fool you a few more times... If I can't be your Yang Guo, then let me be your Yin Zhiping! 14.7kReads8.8Score96614d adds
- 48 A Book by Black Shackles 黑色枷锁的一本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 3.1kReads9.1Score24314d adds
- 49 A Pickpocket’s Notebook 北派小偷笔记 I’m a thief, born in the north. My life has been full of twists and strange turns, and I’ve always felt it deserved to be written down. Along the way, I’ve met all kinds of people and seen all sorts of bizarre things. I’ve lost count of how many luxury villas I’ve broken into and how many museums I’ve robbed. Even the XX Museum, said to have the strongest security in the world, is somewhere I can come and go as I please. If you’re interested in the old Rong’s line of work, why not take a look in 4.9kReads8.8Score36614d adds
- 50 The Cheat's Underworld 老千蓝道 Trained in the Southern School, with knowledge of both Chinese and Western methods. This is my true account of years spent as a professional swindler! Using all kinds of cheating techniques, I’ve fought my way through casinos large and small across the land. Burning with ambition, I clawed my way upward, enduring the hardships of the underworld and a life of wandering with no way back! Schemes within schemes, tricks within tricks, and all kinds of dark and shady memories: I’ll expose every techn 1.6kReads7.1Score10714d adds
