Gambling
Gambling is one of the most popular past times in America, with over 47 million people playing games of chance. Las Vegas is the gambling Mekka which offers the opportunity to strike it rich or loose everything. And with the invention of online gambling the opportunities are many to try your luck. In order to increase your chances to leave the tables as a winner, we are providing you with ebooks on strategy and game play as well as the best teaching and training software. Do not bet your money in a game you don't understand. Be a smart gambler, invest the time to study the games you would like to play and then go out and have fun while playing the best and most informed you can.
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The Handbook of PokerWilliam James Florence Also titled The Gentlemen's Hand-book of Poker, it is an excellent introduction to the game of poker. It not only covers the rules and some advice on how to play, but it also has a short chapter on cheating, a decent chapter on probabilities, and ends with a number of fun poker stories.
The chapter on probabilities corrects some of what Steinmetz wrote in The Gaming Table Volume 2. The book ends with an anecdote about the compiler himself.
| 2021 / 3 / 6 | $10.00 to wish list |
Queer LuckDavid A. Curtis Poker Stories from the New York Sun
| 2021 / 3 / 4 | $8.00 to wish list |
Gambling and Confidence Games ExposedH. W. Royal A famous reformed gambler reveals a multitude of gambling house and street corner scams, swindles, and cons used to fleece the unwary public in this fascinating text.
Written by H. W. "Kid" Royal, this was originally put up as a pitch book for sale at his various lecture appearances, after he decided to "go straight." In fact, he had a funny way of selling them. He advertised the lecture as free, but he wouldn't let anyone leave until he had collected the price of the book. While original copies of this book do occasionally turn up, they sell for big bucks ($275 from one recent magic auction).... | 2021 / 2 / 14 | $10.00 to wish list |
Black Jack Hole Card SwitchBrick Tilley This is an improvement in the handling of the Curry Turnover that makes this move easier to accomplish and more deceptive. A simple get-ready makes the exchange faster and infinitely more rewarding. It was perfected during hundreds of hours behind a Black Jack table without ever once being detected.
It can be used for magical purposes as well. Add this subtle weapon to your card arsenal.
1st edition 2021, PDF 4 pages, video 30 s. | 2021 / 1 / 9 | $10.00 to wish list PDF & MP4 |
10 Best Proposition Bets of America's Bigtime GamblersJohn Scarne A proposition bet is one which appears to give the taker an even chance and at times the best of it, but does just the opposite. Like con men, proposition gamblers pretend to be pleasant, friendly, easy-going, good fellows who would never think of double-crossing anyone. They also usually pretend that their prepared proposition bets are something they just happened to think up on the spot. They take great pleasure in beating seasoned gamblers; money is not the main objective. It's the prestige and self-satisfaction they derive from having outsmarted a top gambler, be he friend or foe.
While... | 2020 / 7 / 17 | $10.00 to wish list |
Wyman's Hand-Book of MagicJohn Wyman This work covers a lot of ground, from various parlor tricks, chemical tricks, card tricks, to a section on two person codes, and a section on artifices of cardsharks.
| 2020 / 6 / 28 | $8.00 to wish list |
The Change RaisersWilton Moore Tucker Reveals the inside story on how the con artist forces you, or a store, or even a bank teller to hand him too much change. This bit of larceny gains the criminal five, ten, or more dollars each time -- and that from a $2 purchase. Also shows how to keep from being shortchanged. Almost defies detection, and practically works itself. This is no pie-in-the-sky con. Newspaper and TV stories report that victims of every age and ethnicity are taken in by this technique. Audiences are hungry for this information, to avoid being "taken." Makes an excellent lecture to provide to banks, stores, senior... | 2020 / 6 / 20 | $15.00 to wish list |
The Original Blue Book 1949H. C. Evans From the back cover:
This, our latest SECRET BLUE BOOK with many features added, is the most complete catalog of the kind ever produced. The SECRET BLUE BOOK is but one of THREE CATALOGS of our complete line which covers the entire Indoor and Outdoor Amusement Field, supplying adult games of every description. | 2020 / 6 / 6 | $10.00 to wish list PDF_facsimile |
Tricks and TrapsClifton R. Wooldridge This ebook exposes the scams and swindles used by carnival midway cheats, street gangs, road hustlers, and crooked mail-order businesses to cheat the public. Written by a Chicago police detective.
Many of these scams are still in use today. But please don't read this ebook to cheat -- instead, use it for your own protection, so you don't become the next victim. Colorfully written, this handy guidebook ebook reveals the true-life scams, cons, swindles, ruses, devices and methods of the cheats and how they were taken down and brought to justice. Also includes descriptions of rigged carnival... | 2020 / 5 / 17 | $8.00 to wish list |
The Book of Thirty-OneToto From the preface and introduction:
This book could be titled "The Game of Thirty-One Revisited" because of the various articles that have made an attempt to describe the game. Why then did I set out to write this? First, because I consider the game of thirty-one such a delightful diversion from the "norm" that I want to bring it to the attention of the magic fraternity, and second, because I have many ideas I would like to add. | 2020 / 1 / 27 | $10.00 to wish list |
The Australian Gambling Game of 31Ken de Courcy The Ace to Six of each suit are placed on the table, and the two players turn cards face down alternately and a running total of the pips is maintained. The winner is the one who takes the total to no more than 31. Even after the spectator is told the secret to winning, the magician still wins. Ends with an extra kicker.
PDF 10 pages | 2020 / 1 / 27 | $10.00 to wish list |
Punch Work for Texas Hold'emT. Hayes This short ebook focuses on one of the most popular tactile card marking systems, in the context of Texas Hold'em Poker. Punch Work for Texas Hold'em begins by commenting on the history of the technique and detailing the numerous methods in which the marks can be created. Following this, how the marks can be utilised is explored from the perspective of each stage in standard Hold'em game procedure. The ebook then considers the ways in which these tactile marks can be varied to convey more information. Finally, given the ambiguity inherent in the way this marking system is commonly implemented,... | 2020 / 1 / 26 | $10.00 to wish list |
The Unkindest CutBrick Tilley A false cut that uses the action of burning a card as misdirection. Particularly useful for cheating at BlackJack. Chuck Smith was recorded doing this cut. (A letter from Chuck Smith to Brick Tilley is reproduced in the PDF.) He used it to beat players during the years of WWII. The sequence of actions is the following. You first openly cut the cards and complete the cut. Then you take the top card, turn it face up and place it as the bottom card. During the action of burning the top card you undo the cut. The demo video will prove how honest and fair this looks. You will receive a PDF... | 2019 / 11 / 26 | $30.00 to wish list PDF & MP4 |
Gamblers Don't GambleMichael MacDougall & J. C. Furnas A card detective revelations of gambler's secrets. MacDougall, who refers to himself as magician and card detective, tells of years of tracking down crooks, phony devices, and manipulations in every sort of gambling field. He shares anecdotes of various experiences, and explains several cardshark methods and moves including:
1st edition 1939, 167 pages; PDF 91 pages. | 2019 / 8 / 26 | $10.00 to wish list |
Pre-Flop Single Card PeekT. Hayes This short ebook considers the game of Texas Hold'em, in which a cheat has knowledge of a single card that will appear on the flop. Whilst a couple of methods for achieving this are briefly described, the main contribution of this work is in highlighting the advantage that can be gained with knowledge of only a single card that will appear on the flop. Using analysis of how the cheats pre-flop range may be adjusted, the results show that even knowing only the suit of a flop card will give a significant advantage.
1st edition 2019, 8 pages. | 2019 / 7 / 29 | $0.00 to wish list |
Gypsy SwitchBrick Tilley A shortened, up-to-date version of the 11 Dollar Bill Short Change routine. As a finish, the bills are sealed in an envelope. Upon opening, the envelope is found to contain pieces of newspaper. Here is a demo of the count only:
1st edition 2019, PDF 4 pages + 2 videos | 2019 / 4 / 6 | $10.00 to wish list PDF & MP4 |
The Gyp ArtistWilliam W. Larsen Here's an entertaining, 25- to 60-minute lecture that you, the magician or mentalist, can present on the topic of scams and cons. And it's a money-maker.
Become an Expert on Cons and Swindles...
Fabled Bunco Games of History... | 2018 / 12 / 15 | $12.00 to wish list |
The Destruction of Mephisto's Greatest WebJames Henry Keate All grafts laid bare being a complete exposure of all gambling, graft and confidence games with stories illustrating the methods employed by the different operators. This is a wonderful book on all things cheating at gambling (sleight-of-hand and machinery), various confidence games and other scams and crooked methods with several revealing illustrations.
| 2018 / 11 / 7 | $8.00 to wish list |
The Gaming Table Volume 2Andrew Steinmetz This second volume of The Gaming Table is from a magician's point of view much more interesting. It includes a history of dice and playing cards including a fairly detailed description of how playing cards were made. It has a chapter on fortune telling with cards. And it also features a surprisingly good chapter on card tricks with explanations for four sleights (false shuffle, false cut, glide, card change) and 18 very nice card tricks. Among them we find a version of the prearranged deck and two person codes.
For people interested in Erdnase it is interesting to note that at the beginning of the... | 2018 / 9 / 25 | $8.00 to wish list |
The Gaming Table Volume 1Andrew Steinmetz The full title of this work is The Gaming Table: Its votaries and victims in all times and countries, especially in England and in France. It is essentially a history of gambling detailing people and places. It does include some exposure of cheating, but most of that is told in volume 2.
| 2018 / 9 / 25 | $8.00 to wish list |
Poker Rules in RhymeGeo. W. Allen This is an unusual book that teaches basic poker strategies, tactics, and odds in verse form, accompanied by color illustrations. This book is mentioned in Jack Pots.
1st edition 1895; PDF 29 pages. | 2018 / 9 / 9 | $6.00 to wish list |
Saturday ReviewAuthor Unknown This is the review of Robert-Houdin's The Sharper Detected and Exposed that appeared in Saturday Review on May 9th, 1863.
1st edition 1863; PDF 5 pages. | 2018 / 8 / 23 | $2.00 to wish list |
The Sharper Detected and ExposedJean Eugene Robert-Houdin The first part consists of stories about cardsharks and other crooks from Robert-Houdin's recollections. This is very readable and an entertaining part of the work. The second part explains some of the technical details of the methods used by cardsharks. However, the methods are for the most part only described in very rudimentary form. As Robert-Houdin writes himself, this is not meant as a way to teach you how to do it, but merely to give the reader insight in how the different ruses are accomplished. Nevertheless, it provides interesting insight into the ways and means of cardsharks.
| 2018 / 8 / 23 | $7.00 to wish list |
Blue Book 1961KC Card Co KC Card Company specialized in legit and crooked gambling supplies.
1st edition 1961, 77 pages. | 2018 / 5 / 31 | $10.00 to wish list PDF_facsimile |
Danger in the CardsMichael MacDougall A fascinating casebook of true stories from the self-styled "Card Detective" that reveals the inner workings of backroom poker cheats, dice scams, bunco artists, horse race swindles, rigged games of the carnival and midway and much, much more.
Written in a breezy style, "Mickey" MacDougall takes the reader along for an entertaining and informative ride as he consults with casino bosses and card room owners to stamp out cheaters and grifters. Swindlers take many forms and purvey their trade anywhere people gather: aboard trains and cruise ships, at the racetrack, in back alleys, military... | 2018 / 4 / 28 | $10.00 to wish list |
How You Are Cheated at DiceWillard King If you play dice games, or if you have friends who play, you can't afford to be without this information.
Written for the craps player, King delivers the facts in such a way that the dice player will understand and be able to instantly recognize the principal forms of cheating now in use. The author has eliminated what is usually the bulk of other gambling books - including historical background, rules of the game, statistics, anecdotes, memoirs, and moral admonitions. Instead, he cuts to the chase with the exact methods used by dice cheats, so that you may understand and protect yourself... | 2017 / 12 / 22 | $8.00 to wish list |
Collusion Strategy and Analysis for Texas Hold'emT. Hayes Collusion Strategy and Analysis for Texas Hold'em gives a focused and comprehensive look into the concept of collusion in the popular game of Texas Hold'em. The first half of the ebook details the many techniques and strategies that may be employed by colluders, as well as some of the considerations associated with each method. The second half of the ebook then analyses both pre-flop and post-flop play in order to determine the effect of various parameters on collusion strategy. This publication represents one of the most in-depth insights into the theory of collusion, currently available.
... | 2017 / 12 / 16 | $15.00 to wish list |
Killers and StrippersT. Hayes This ebook focuses on the use of killing cards and the stripper deck to gain an advantage in the popular game of Texas Hold’em. The first part of the ebook is a short investigation into the art of using the cut to take cards out of play. Initially, the mathematics of killing cards is presented along with an assessment of probabilities when all the aces, tens and five value cards are killed. After highlighting the fact that very few cards are exposed during a round of Hold’em, the second part of the book looks at some different types of stripper deck that are available. This covers multiple... | 2017 / 12 / 16 | $0.00 to wish list |
Scientific BettingAnonymous Author This is an exceptionally good ebook on odds and percentages of various popular games including horse races.
1st edition 1947, 120 pages; PDF 87 pages. | 2017 / 11 / 9 | $10.00 to wish list |
Jack Pots: stories of the great American gameEugene Edwards This is a collection of wonderful poker stories, some obviously pure fiction, some based on true facts, at least some of the actors are historical figures that did indeed exist. It reveals a good amount of how card sharps plied their trade, and illustrates many of the local differences in playing draw poker.
| 2017 / 10 / 30 | $8.00 to wish list |
3 Disk MonteMax T. Oz You will get both a PDF and a video (download from your digital shelf).
PDF
| 2017 / 10 / 16 | $15.00 to wish list PDF & MP4 |
H. C. Evans Catalog 1929Edwin C. Hood In 1929 H. C. Evans was a large company specializing in the manufacture and sale of sporting goods and casino equipment.
1st edition 1929, 160 pages. | 2017 / 9 / 30 | $10.00 to wish list PDF_facsimile |
H. C. Evans Catalog 1909-1910Edwin C. Hood H. C. Evans was a company specializing in the manufacture and sale of gambling and carnival equipment. They also sold sporting goods like baseball gloves, various balls, hunting and fishing gear. Particularly noteworthy are their offerings for cheating purposes such as hold-outs, or dice which have been altered in a number of ways, or marked cards, etc.
1st edition 1909, 64 pages. | 2017 / 9 / 30 | $5.00 to wish list PDF_facsimile |
Wanderings of a VagabondJohn Morris A classic in gambling literature.
| 2017 / 8 / 14 | $9.00 to wish list |
The Little SecretsFrank Bonville A great book on the tricks of the trade of professional gamblers, how they cheat and get an advantage in the game. From the introduction:
It has been my fortune, or misfortune, whichever you wish to term it, to have traveled a good deal and to have observed not a little. I have engaged in more than one business; it pleased my fancy, and can say, with a pardonable pride, that I have met with some degree of success. During the past few years of my life I have studied human nature in all its phases, from its lowest forms in the gutter, in the slums, in the gilded dens of vice, in the gambling... | 2017 / 8 / 14 | $9.00 to wish list |
Fools of FortuneJohn Philip Quinn The original description read:
A history of the vice in ancient and modern times, and in both hemispheres; an exposition of its alarming prevalence and destructive effects; with an unreserved and exhaustive disclosure of such frauds, tricks and devices as are practiced by "professional" gamblers, "confidence men" and "bunko steerers."This is a massive tome on gambling, the largest one at that time, describing gambling locations, games, scams, fraud and how they are operated, as well as many personal stories from the author. Makes for fascinating reading if you are interested in the subject... | 2017 / 8 / 10 | $10.00 to wish list |
The Autobiography of an Old Sport: Fifty years at the Card TableHarry P. Dodge The record of a career famous for adventure and vicissitude, and in which the jester won more tricks than the gamester.
| 2017 / 8 / 9 | $5.00 to wish list |
Gamblers' Tricks With Cards Exposed and ExplainedJonathan H. Green This is an unusual mix of contents including magic card tricks, card games and how gamblers cheat at those games, other swindles and scams, a section on dice and cheating at dice games, as well as moralizing against the evils of gambling.
Jonathan H. Green was a reformed gambler, who made a career exposing cheating via lectures, presentations and books. If you are looking for an edited version and somewhat modernized rendition of this book you can find it here.
| 2017 / 8 / 9 | $8.00 to wish list |
The Highway to HellJohn Philip Quinn This is essentially a small excerpt from Quinn's primary work Fools of Fortune. A couple of chapters have been taken, some incomplete, together with endorsements and other promotional material, to produce this volume.
1st edition 1895; PDF 68 pages. | 2017 / 8 / 7 | $5.00 to wish list |
Koschitz's Manual of Useful InformationKoschitz Concerning marks and stamps, portable and fixed devices, manipulation of cards and other matters of interest to lovers of draw.
This is one of the better early books on card advantage play. We can be almost certain that Erdnase read this book.
| 2017 / 8 / 6 | $9.00 to wish list |
Protection: the sealed bookJoseph Ernest Meyer An underground classic, now available as an ebook! This amazingly insightful book, written by a newspaper reporter, contains full details of gambling devices and methods used by professionals to beat and cheat casinos and other players.
Also described and illustrated are rigged carnival and gambling games, card gambling games, marked cards, holdouts, and much, much more. Not content to describe methods that others may also have exposed, Meyer went the extra step to purchase the rights to gambling systems that sold for as much as $25 each. These are also detailed, in their various author's... | 2017 / 7 / 19 | $10.00 to wish list |
Inner Secrets of Crooked Card PlayersS. Victor Innis This very rare, and highly sought after, gambling book from 1915 is finally available. This book was the first to publish the fact that eight out-faro shuffles brings the deck back in its original order.
| 2017 / 5 / 24 | $20.00 to wish list |
Grafters of AmericaClifton R. Wooldridge Here is a rare treat. A fascinating, inside look at how carnival midway cheats, street gangs, road hustlers, rigged racebooks, marriage bureau scammers, 'wildcat' oil frauds and many more were brought to justice by the author, a Chicago police detective.
Many of these scams are still in use today. Don't read this ebook to cheat -- instead, read it for protection so you don't become the next victim. Colorfully written, this massive book is a true-life encyclopedia of scams, cons, swindles, ruses, devices and methods - and how the cheaters were taken down and brought to justice. Includes... | 2017 / 5 / 14 | $8.00 to wish list |
Bug HouseBrick Tilley A streamlined version of Ray Grismer's Shorty Routine.
1st edition 2017, 4 pages. | 2017 / 5 / 14 | $10.00 to wish list |
BlistrChris Wasshuber Blistr is a new card punch with two important differences to more traditional card punches. First, it is built like a pair of small pliers and therefore very easy to use. The pliers are a flexure design 3D printed from carbon reinforced nylon. (Starting design was created by BYU Compliant Mechanisms Research which I modified to fit my needs.) Second, this punch creates a bigger smoother blister than needle based punches. The tip is not sharp and therefore does not punch trough the playing card. For many this will be easier to feel than a fine needle prick. The blister is a half dome with about 1 mm in diameter.... | 2017 / 4 / 28 | $55.00 to wish list |
Card PunchChris Wasshuber This is a card punch 3D printed from the finest carbon fiber reinforced nylon. A card punch is used to mark cards imperceptible to people who are unfamiliar with it. If you do not know how to use it this item is not for you. There will be no instructions supplied with the item.
The primary innovation in this model, besides that it is 3D printed, is a screw-needle combination which makes adjusting the depth of the punch a breeze. Simply turn the screw a bit more in or out to set the needle tip deeper or higher. If you have moderately strong fingers you will be able to turn the screw by hand.... | 2017 / 2 / 27 | $55.00 to wish list |
Short-ChangingPenny Ante Jim The classic 1941 treatise on the grifter's short-change con, now available again. Don't let it happen to you!
Short-changing is is used by unscrupulous ticket takers, food vendors, carnival workers, clerks, cashiers - anywhere that money changes hands. This ebook contains the "inside dope" on how it works and how to protect yourself from becoming a victim. Described are various short-changing techniques, including the Bar Room Clip, Carnival and Circus Take and the Bill Slip-Over. Original copies of this privately printed book are extremely hard to find. A recent copy sold at auction... | 2017 / 1 / 27 | $15.00 to wish list |
China's SongBrick Tilley This is China's version of the Three Shell Game or the Three Card Monte Game. It is played with three sticks held between the fingers of one hand. One stick has a little string tied to it. The task for the spectator is to identify the stick with the string. As you can imagine this is a crooked game and the performer decides when he lets you win. This game was brought by Ching Ling Foo to America in 1899.
1st edition 2016, 4 pages. | 2016 / 12 / 4 | $10.00 to wish list |
Spot the SpotBrick Tilley Any red showing loses!
The spot game is the black widow of the midway because an untrained player has little chance to cover the red spot using the five zinc plates supplied. Rules: the player must drop the plates one at a time from a distance of at least an inch attempting to cover the entire red area. He is later allowed to drop fewer plates bettering his chances of winning. The spot game is seldom seen these days because law enforcement consider it to be beyond the possibility of chance. It is an excellent aid to the magician, especially when combined with a demonstration of a short... | 2016 / 11 / 9 | $10.00 to wish list |
How It's DoneEdward A. Litzau Available again at last. This privately printed gem contains the real work for some of the best card marking inks, daubs, shading and blockout inks that the world has ever seen. Even the infamous luminous reader formula is explained, as is an easy method to produce short or narrow cards that doesn't require a card trimmer!
Best of all, this revised edition includes modern alternatives to the chemical and dye-based compounds, making it easier than ever to obtain professional results in the privacy of your home workshop. "Your Red Daub is very fine. I find that Daub is the secret of the... | 2016 / 10 / 29 | $20.00 to wish list |
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