Category: Action/Thriller Publisher: Create Space
ISBN-10: 147918571X
Type: Fiction
Pages: 246
Copyright: August 29, 2012
ISBN-13: 9781479185719
Price: $2.95 (eBook)
The inside action of a major Nevada Casino and its workers are detailed in this novel.
Casinos and money, that's what it's all about in Nevada. To protect the state's greatest asset, cash, the eye-in-the-sky runs 24/7, but something at the Royal
casino was never supposed to be seen.
Now Kevin Webb needs to figure out which one of his friends can help him stay alive after being just a little too good at his job.
This fast-action thriller takes you behind the scenes of a major casino and lets you take-in what the cameras see and only the bosses are supposed to know about.
Excerpt
In fact, we were real lucky, because those guys at the craps table were good, and the dealers missed the obvious tells. It just wasn’t that often four players suddenly bought-in for two or three thousand dollars on the craps game. Most big players take a marker, or credit at the table, and for there to be four guys at one time, well…by the time the team had their four players all set-up, I had three cameras on the game. Mitch was calling security at the same time I was turning joysticks, and then I was calling the craps pit.
The shooter began whooping and hollering, shaking his fist as though the dice were loose in his hand, not wedged neatly between his pinky and thumb. To his right, a team member was throwing a stack of $100’s onto the table in the field-bet area, and anticipating a three-to-one payoff, and on the left side of the stick-man when the dice stayed on twelve, and two team members were bending over the layout and asking for bets from the inside dealers.
The dice left the shooter’s hand and came out the other side of the tunnel created by the bent-over members showing boxcars. The supervisor watching the game was quick enough to see what was happening and grabbed at the money in the field, scuffling with the player’s trying to get their money, and get out.
Professional Reviews
Another Hot One! (Dave Nelson-Lamont Book News)
Just another hot one from gaming author Al W. Moe. This time, instead of the steady stream of background on the Nevada Casino scene, Moe goes to work on the other side of the door. "Stealing From Bandits" tells the story from the little "eye-in-the-sky" that watches the world of the casino. Moe weaves a good tale, don't miss it.
Interesting
This is a really good book if you want to learn about how casinos work. Lots of technical gaming stuff like blackjack and roulette camera work is included, so you'll have a good idea what is going on at the casino from the protagonist's point of you. The story is told in first person.
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