Can you imagine betting a million dollars on a football game or winning seven million on a single horse race? Can you even fathom what it would be like to be the resident backgammon player at the Playboy Mansion or to win the World Series of Poker – twice? How would you react if a gun-wielding casino owner demanded back the money that you won playing blackjack in his casino? It’s all in a day’s work for the gamblers in this book. Billy Walters–sports bettor Chip Reese–poker player Tommy Hyland–blackjack card counter Mike Svobodny–backgammon player Stan Tomchin–sports bettor Cathy Hulbert–blackjack/poker player Alan Woods–horse bettor Doyle Brunson–poker player It isn’t luck. Collectively, they’ve won hundreds of millions of dollars playing the games most people consider unbeatable. Discover what it really takes to become a master gambler. Gambling Wizards delves deeply into the lives and minds of some of the most successful professional gamblers of all time.