Article: New Blackjack Books Bolster Basic Skills

The blackjack books we've looked at the last couple of weeks have stood the test of time - Ed Thorp, Peter Griffin and Stanford Wong are musts in any would-be blackjack expert's library.

But blackjack publishing is by no means frozen in time. New books have met the demand created by the growth of casino gaming in the '90s. Some play into the wishful thinking of gullible gamblers. They promise too much, telling readers they can play a winning game without counting cards by using basic strategy, betting progressions and money management schemes. It sounds too good to be true - and it is. These techniques can only narrow the house edge; they can't overcome it.

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