1.   As Martinez details in his book, serious gamblers still get free meals, rooms and even airfare.

2.   At the Post Time Pavilion, serious gamblers placed bets on Lone Star Park races and races across the country.

3.   In Texas, however, the most serious gamblers remain at corporate headquarters, not the tracks.

4.   Now, Louisianans suffer in the knowledge that most serious gamblers follow the billboards straight from the New Orleans airport to the Gulf Coast in Mississippi.

5.   There are certain lessons serious gamblers must learn quickly.