Jimmy "The Scot" Jordan is a recreational gambler and long-time games instructor. He has worked in that capacity for several major Strip casinos, teaching newcomers how to play the various floor games. He is the author of numerous instructional DVDs that teach the most popular casino games and include hints and tips on how to get the most out of your gaming dollar.

 Tony Salinas, a native of Texas, moved to Las Vegas to enjoy his work--handicapping sports and picking winners. He won the $85,000 Castaways Challenge, the original football handicapping contest, and followed that with numerous other wins, including the $135,000 Hilton Superbook Handicapping Championship

Today Howard will interview a visiting guest from the store,NEIL BUSH. Howard and Neil will talk about Neil’s life and gambling, the books he likes and how he gambles. In the last part of the podcast, Howard will have a short discussion on the latest book arrivals onGamblersBook.com

Jane Haigh has lived in Fairbanks for most of the last 35 years, except for the last few winters which she has spent in Tucson working on her PhD in U.S.; History at the University of Arizona. Jane earned a Masters Degree in Northern Studies from the University of Alaska, served as guest curator for two major exhibits at the University of Alaska Museum, and was a popular speaker for the Alaska Humanities Forum Speakers Bureau. She also served on the School Board, and ran for the state legislature, twice.

"KING CON The Story Of Soapy Smith" is the first full biography in more than forty years, in it Haigh chronicles the rise to power of a man without a conscience. Starting as a street corner shell game artist, Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith rose to power as a gang leader in Denver, then chose raw, lawless Skagway as his headquarters to fleece the thousands heading for the Klondike Gold Rush in 1897. Less than a year later he was dead, killed in a vigilante shootout on the Skagway wharf.  I am busy working on my Dissertation, based on the material I stumbled into while researching Soapy Smith:  "Political Power, Patronage, and Protection Rackets: Municipal Politics and Corruption in Denver 1889-1904". www.janehaigh.com

Bob Dancer Michael S. Skaff, Ph.D

Bob Dancer is the author of several video poker strategy books and numerous strategy cards devoted to the most popular video poker games in the casino. He has also created a tutorial called Video Poker for Winners, software that you can play as a game, use as a tutorial, create strategies, focus on problem areas, check unusual hands, calculate bankroll requirements, figure slot club paybacks, check expected value, and more. When he's not busy earning his living at video poker, he holds seminars and offers private lessons for his winning techniques.

Michael S. Skaff, Ph.D. is a professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Detroit Mercy. For over forty years, Dr. Skaff has been a teacher, consultant, lecturer, and computer programmer for education, business, and industry. He has published at least thirty-five papers and has written a weekly computer column for several local newspapers. His Craps 101 book focuses on taking the fear out of craps for the beginner and his DVD of the same name makes the game seem like child's play. When he's not playing craps or teaching, Dr. Skaff enjoys tending his Koi pond and flower garden. He has run over twenty-five marathons.

Geoff Schumacher is a journalist and author in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 2004, Schumacher published "Sun, Sin & Suburbia: An Essential History of Modern Las Vegas"(Stephens Press) His second book, "Howard Hughes: Politics, Paranoia & Palace Intrigue", is now available at Gamblers Book Shop. Schumacher writes a weekly column for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. He has been a reporter, editor and columnist for Las Vegas newspapers for 20 years. He is the Review-Journal's director of community publications, overseeing an array of weekly publications, including the View Neighborhood Newspapers, CityLife, El Tiempo and the Pahrump Valley Times.

Dan Gordon is regarded as one of the best sports handicappers of our era and has a winning record as a professional bettor for over two decades. He has written columns that have appeared in the New York Daily News, San Francisco Examiner, Boston Herald, Log Angeles Herald Examiner, College and Pro Football Weekly and other newspapers and magazines and he served as handicapping consultant to Pete Axthelm of NBC, ESPN and Inside Sports Magazine for seven years. His latest book Beat the Sports Books - An Insider's Guide to Betting the NFL is a best-selling work on football betting and is available at Gambler's Book Shop.

Join Larry Grossman of Las Vegas Gaming talk radio fame, as he is interviewed by Howard Schwartz. Veteran broadcast anchor, Larry Grossman has interviewed the gaming and wagering wizards of yesterday, today and tomorrow. On his former radio show, "You Can Bet On It", he has interviewed World Champion poker players that include Amarillo Slim, Puggy Pearson, and Tom McEvoy. Regular guests during the football season included Lem Banker, Mike Lee, Mort Olshan, and Andy Iskoe.

During the 1997 and 1998 season, Grossman hosted a nationally televised show that featured many of the nations' top handicappers.

Larry Grossman is the author of two books, "You Can Bet On it" Volume 1 - Casino Games and Volume 2 - Sports Betting. He is a regular columnist for many gaming publications. Larry has hosted and produced handicapping seminars in Las Vegas.

BIG SID FROM CHICAGO, TALKS ABOUT THE PONYS AND ARLINGTON RACE TRACK

As the year comes to a close, Howard talks about a half dozen of the most popular gaming books at Gambler’s Book Shop, including one title Mafia that reads like a thick rap sheet on top mobsters of the past. Also, he interviews a long-time Gambler’s Book Shop customer from Chicago, Big Sid, a horseplayer, who talks about what the tracks are doing right and wrong, the demographics of the wagering public, and about the writer who influenced him the most.

Bets, Drugs, and Rock and Roll" "The Rise and Fall of the World's First Online Sports Book"

The gambler’s high is like a rush; he feels invulnerable.  That high lasts, though, only until the next big loss. Such is the story of Steve Budin, who created the first online sports betting company. Under the tutelage of his father, a legendary, old-school Miami bookmaker, and with the help of a cocaine-addicted polygamist, Budin revolutionized the shadowy business of spreads by taking them global. But he also stuck to some tried and true methods, like plying clients with trips to Vegas, hookers, and hardcore drugs. In the end, Budin raked in hundreds of millions of dollars and stood on the verge of a deal worth billions more. He took bookmaking into an automated, virtual worldwide casino that anyone could access, anywhere and at any time.  For anyone fascinated by the "wild West" that is internet gambling, here is a rare peek into that exciting, dangerous world.