Archive for February, 2008
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Golden casino
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Al Francesco
Many of Us ton’s teammates, however, and especially AI Francesco-the man who had invented the team concept and taught Uston how to play-felt betrayed. AI had been using his BP teams since 1971, racking up huge wins at all of the major casinos in Las Vegas and Reno, without any inkling of suspicion within the […]
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The Big Player,
In 1977, Ken Uston’s first book, The Big Player, became a best seller for Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. Co-authored with professional writer Roger Rapaport, this was the book that taught the public at large, and casino industry insiders, how AI Francesco’s blackjack teams got away with winning huge amounts of money in casinos all over […]