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Review: High Stakes bookshop

Posted by Admin On April - 1 - 2008

The idea of a UK-based gambling bookshop first came about in 1990 when the publisher of Oldcastle Books, Ion Mills, reissued that landmark of poker literature, The Education of a Poker Player by Herbert Yardley. 1991 saw another gambling classic republished, Thirteen Against the Bank by Norman Leigh, the story of how a team “broke” the bank at a French casino playing roulette. Read the rest of this entry »