This week's broadcast includes TWO great guests.

DAVID G. SCHWARTZ, (no relation to your host, Howard Schwartz) is the head of the Gaming Studies Department at UNLV. He is the author of
"Suburban Xanadu: The Casino Resort on the Las Vegas Strip", a book-length, essay on the history and evolution of the Las Vegas experience from its earliest days to the the advent of the mega resort. His second book, "Cutting the Wire", examines the political, social, and cultural ideas that moved Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to suggest the Wire Act (a law banning interstate transmission of gambling information), Congress to approve it, and President Kennedy to sign it into law, as well as the consequences of the law. He covers it all -- how this law first developed, how it helped fight a war against organized crime, and how it is being used today to restrict Americans from internet gambling. His latest work is titled "Roll the Bones: The History of Gambling ", which explains how the need to gamble shaped human history from the Ice Age to the Information Age when people spend nearly one trillion dollars worldwide on gambling a year.

BRAD LEWIS is the author of the Hollywood Celebrity Gangster: Mickey Cohen. All the whispered anecdotes, the news items and the underside of the crime rackets where Mickey operated are in his book, open to scrutiny. From Bugsy Siegel to Lucky Luciano and Albert Anastasia to Meyer Lansky and Carlos Marcello, Mickey knew them well and worked closely with them for many years.

Howard Schwartz & acclaimed writer Richard Eng discuss various aspects of horse racing in advance of this weekend's Breeder's Cup. Horses to follow, betting strategies, and factors that may affect the races are all covered. For the newest books on thoroughbreds, visit www.GamblersBook.com

In this pod cast, Howard will be talking about the new books that have arrived at The Gamblers Book Shopin the last week. or two. There will be information on books about to be released and Howard will discuss various books of fiction, about gambling and why the writing of this type of fiction is so hard to do well.Howard will have a short discussion on a new book or manual on baseball and sports betting that he feels may be the most important book of its type for the serious gambler who is into math and stats.Howard will also announce a visit to the store by a author and his new book on the Mafia, Hollywood and Las Vegas,