Lucky Devils: The True Story of Three Rebel Gamblers Who Beat the Odds and Changed the Game by Chellel, Kit
Lucky Devils: The True Story of Three Rebel Gamblers Who Beat the Odds and Changed the Game by Chellel, Kit

Lucky Devils: The True Story of Three Rebel Gamblers Who Beat the Odds and Changed the Game

The rollicking true story of a trio of gamblers hell-bent on beating the house, who used their...
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Author: Kit Chellel
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Lucky Devils: The True Story of Three Rebel Gamblers Who Beat the Odds and Changed the Game by Chellel, Kit

Lucky Devils: The True Story of Three Rebel Gamblers Who Beat the Odds and Changed the Game

$95.99 $49.71
Lucky Devils: The True Story of Three Rebel Gamblers Who Beat the Odds and Changed the Game by Chellel, Kit

Lucky Devils: The True Story of Three Rebel Gamblers Who Beat the Odds and Changed the Game

$95.99 $49.71
Author: Kit Chellel
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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The rollicking true story of a trio of gamblers hell-bent on beating the house, who used their ingenuity to rake in hundreds of millions of dollars, transforming the way betting games are played.

In the late 1970s, three men declared war on the casino. They were card counters and misfits who arrived in Las Vegas determined to make their fortune. When blackjack got too easy--and they got kicked out of too many casinos--they aimed for bigger prey. Could they predict a roulette wheel's outcome by sight alone? Use computers to "solve" poker? Anticipate game-day outcomes better than veteran bookies? Crunch enough numbers to predict which horse would come in first? Using innovative strategies and technology that was decades ahead of its time, they did all that and more. They became pioneers of "advantage play." Their pursuit of an edge would take them from the Las Vegas Strip to the grand casinos of Northern Europe to the sprawling, 85,000-capacity racetracks of Hong Kong. For more than thirty years they faced down angry pit bosses, violent mafiosos, bankruptcies, nights in foreign jails, lawsuits, and personal betrayals. They learned that the only thing harder than reaching the pinnacle of gambling is staying there. Drawing from exclusive interviews with the three players and their associates, award-winning Bloomberg journalist Kit Chellel delivers a cinematic and often uproarious account of fortunes gained, lost, and gained again. Scrupulously reported and irresistibly told, Lucky Devils reveals how these players did more than simply amass wealth; they revolutionized the game itself. Along the way, they defied gambling's oldest rule. The house doesn't always win.

Author: Kit Chellel
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: 04/14/2026
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.14h x 5.92w x 1.19d
ISBN: 9781668080894


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/23/2026
Booklist 03/01/2026

About the Author
Kit Chellel is a reporter at Bloomberg and Businessweek Magazine, covering sports gambling, financial scandals, state-sponsored espionage, and more. He has received a Gerald Loeb Award, an Overseas Press Club Award, and a feature reporting prize from the New York Press Club. He is coauthor, with Matthew Campbell, of Dead in the Water, which was shortlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award.
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