Double or Nothing: How Two Friends Risked It All to Buy One of Las Vegas' Legendary Casinos

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Double or Nothing: How Two Friends Risked It All to Buy One of Las Vegas' Legendary Casinos
by Tom Breitling
from Tantor Media

Features:

• Audiobook
• CD

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Only Mildly Entertaining
  I'm trying to figure out how big of an ego one has to have to believe that the world is interested in this story. A connected guy (Tom) brings in a buddy (Tim) and they make some money when the timing is right. The buddy then decides to write a book that provides only minimal information on the "how" or "why" the events unfolded, but covers a lot of the "what" happened - which is already documented.

• do you gamble?
  if you love stories about gambling or love gambling in general this should interest you.

• An Interesting Story but an Incredibly Disappointing "Memoir"
  This book had the potential to be very good - the story was interesting, the backdrop was the Internet Boom and Vegas, and the main characters were fairly original. However, as a result of the puff piece writing, this turned out to be one of the worst "memoirs" (if you can even call it that) I have ever read.
  The major problem with this book is that it just skims over the real interesting parts of the story. For example, these two guys purchase the Golden Nugget, which is inherently interesting.... more info

• WONDERFUL STORY! GREAT READ! OH, BY THE WAY....IT'S ALL TRUE!!!
  Truly one of the most remarkable success stories in the fascinating, ever evolving history of Las Vegas. Tom Breitling and Tim Poster rank among the elite of the mavericks who molded and shaped Las Vegas, such as Benny Binion and Sam Boyd. Much like Boyd and Binion, Breitling and Poster started their dramatic and profitable rise on little more than a wing and prayer, not to mention a few "floated" checks.
  Bucking the odds of the corporate casino mentality and invoking a strategy of "Old Vegas", Tim and... more info

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