THE KING OF LAS YEGAS and America's greatest professional sports handicapper reveals a powerful program for breaking all the rules,beating all the odds, and achieving all your dreams.In The Zen of Gambling, the star of Spike TV's Wayne Allyn Root's WinningEDGETM shows readers why--be it in the casino, on the playing field, or in the boardroom--it is so vital to take risks in life. Wayne Allyn Root lives an American Dream: he makes tons of money watching sports on television.In fact, as CEO of GWIN Inc., America's only publicly traded sports handicapping firm, Root is a self-made millionaire with hundreds of thousands of sports-betting clients and fans. In this book he reveals the spiritual principles behind his consistently winning hand.

Turning the popular conception of the chain-smoking, overweight, "down-and-out" casino denizen on its head, Root shows readers how to bring a Zen consciousness to taking risks. Presenting a unique contrarian approach to gambling that involves never following the masses and always taking the lead in life, Wayne Allyn Root shows readers how to navigate the many gambles in life successfully.WAYNE ALLYN ROOT is the star of Spike TV's Wayne Allyn Root's WinningEDGETM and host of the WinningEDGE radio show, heard on major sports stations around the country.A former host and star of sports-gaming programs on USA Network, Financial News Network, PAX, Comcast Sports Network, and Fox Sports Net, Root is CEO of GWIN Inc. He lives in Las Vegas with his wife and their three children.

INTRODUCTION From S.O.B. (Son of a Butcher) to King of Las Vegas!

PART I

MASTERING THE ART nF RISK

ONE Be aRiverboat Gambler!

TWO Viva Las Vegasl: Navigating the Highs and Lows of the Ultimate Contrarian Dreamland

THREE Contrarian Betting Strategy: The Road Less Traveled

FOUR The Cattle Are Headed to the SlaughterhouseS!Stop Following the Masses

FIVE The Experts Are Not

SIX The Critics Are Idiotsl: Those Who Can, Do;Those Who Can't, Criticize the Crowd 

SEVEN Value Investing: How Not to Follow the Crowd

EIGHT My Personal Story: The World's Greatest Riverboat Gambler

NINE Root's Rules for Success

TEN The Spiritual Gambler: Cultivating Positive Addictions 

PART II A COMPLETE GUIDE TO CONTRARIAN SPORTS BETTING

ELEVEN Why Bet on Sports? 

TWELVE  Root's Rules for Sports Betting

THIRTEEN  History Meets Contrarian Strategy:Historical Trends, Theories, and Systems for Sports Gambling Success 

FOURTEEN  The Contrarian Betting Calendar: Winners Like Clockwork 

PART III

RIBKING IT ALL AND WINNING IN OTHER GAMBLING ARENAS

FIFTEEN  Contrarian Poker 261

SIXTEEN Wall Street: The Ultimate Contrarian Adventure

GLOSSARY OF COMMON GAMBLING TERMS

CONCLUSION The Joy of Risk: Be One of the World's Greatest Gamblers