Repeat Until Rich

Not really related to game design, programming, or software engineering, but I've found that this crowd also likes gambling -- specifically, the sort of gambling games that can actually be beaten.

Repeat Until Rich was recently published and is a well-written tale of one card counter's journey through that world. Josh Axelrod (the author) was part of a blackjack team in the team heyday 6-8 years ago. I enjoy these sorts of personal stories; they show the glamorous side of such potentially lucrative pursuits as well as their darker sides; the hard grind of card counting, for one. The movies make it look awesome, but in practice it's god-awful boring.