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Who does not know the famous egg bag trick which Malini performed to perfection or the classic Cups and Balls which are performed by magicians for hundreds of yeas? Manipulation with billiard balls is part of many of the best stage manipulation acts. You will also find in this category tricks with balls of the softer variety - sponge balls.

In craps, players wager money against the casino on the outcome of one roll, or of a series of rolls of two dice. Craps is a simplification of the Old English game hazard. It was introduced in New Orleans by Bernard Xavier Philippe de Marigny de Mandeville, scion of wealthy Louisiana landowners and a gambler and politician.

David Malek is considered one of the world's foremost experts on game protection. His sleight of hand skill with cards and dice is legendary. Mr. Malek puts on presentations for law enforcement, casino personnel and celebrity clients. He works as a gambling consultant for film and television productions, as well as giving demonstrations at trade shows and hospitality suites for a variety of Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Malek lives in Newport Beach, California.

(March 4, 1903 - July 7, 1985)

He was born Orlando Carmelo Scarnecchia in Steubenville, Ohio. Leaving school after the eighth grade, he learned as a teenager how to perform card tricks like three-card monte and to gamble using cards and dice. His mother, disappointed in how he was making his money, encouraged him to take up magic instead. He soon started making money at card tricks.

Scarne became quite an expert at tricks and games of all kinds. Articles were written about him in various magazines, and he was hired as a consultant or advisor by various companies. He wrote 15 books on magic, gambling and games. He served as a technical advisor in the 1973 motion picture, "The Sting",...

... 1940-1946-? Pro dealer (as Vampire Magic) in London 1938-1958. Also ran a photo studio in London as a sideline. Moved to New Zealand (where he worked cabarets) and thence to Australia where he worked briefly in Alf Hayes' magic shop in Sydney before retiring. Died in Australia.

Invented the Dice Frame Escape (by 1939).

The first time you see somebody stack dice it looks impossible to do. But with the right equipment and knowledge, and a bit of practice it is not so hard to stack dice. The more advanced skills will take lots of practice, though.

... primary interest is recreational math and applying it to puzzles and magic. He has contributed countless articles to a number of magic journals including Magische Welt, Zauberkunst, Aladin, Genii, Magigram, Club 71, and others.

He won the 1989 and 1992 Tenyo Magic Competition each with a Flash Dice Routine.

... 8th June 1950 - )

Learned in 1957. A top pro society and nightclub magician in Los Angeles. Taught Jason Randal in exchange for karate lessons. Also taught magic course in Los Angeles Community College. In 1990s turned to trade-shows.

Wrote Take a Stroll with Me (1989, 16pp), Miller's Dice (1995, 2pp), and Nothing up My (Green) Sleeves! (1998, 28pp). Articles and tricks in Genii, Talisman, and MUM. Columnist for The Magic Menu.

Barry has been a magician for over thirty years, and as a professional, working dinner functions, car promotions and weddings since the early 1990's. His passion and forte is close-up, strolling magic and doing readings using dice, as he likes the personal contact with the clientele.

... Bill Malone, Allan Ackerman, Amando Gutierrez, Don May, Randy Wakeman

Marlo wrote over sixty books and manuscripts, and contributed over 2000 tricks in the field of card magic many contributed to various magazines. He did not limit himself to cards as he also authored works on coin magic and dice magic. His most famous works are The Cardician and Revolutionary Card Technique.

He also wrote a series of private manuscripts that were circulated only among the top card magicians of the era. Titles included Riffle Shuffle Systems, Patented False Shuffle, Faro Controlled Miracles and others. They are extremely rare and highly sought after.

(Liverpool, England: 23rd September 1929 – 15th May 2013)

Stage name of Robert W. Arkley. Semi-pro close-up in clubs and at kid-shows. Won British Ring close-up competition. Invented Dice Prediction (1953), Spooky Dice, Beam Shot = Laser Beam (1969), and Submarine Card. Wrote Fingertip Fantasies (1968, 88pp). Tricks in Abra, New Pentagram, Linking Ring, Magigram, New Talon, Genii, etc. Martin Breese recorded an interesting audio with him.

... magic teacher since 1960s. Co-edited (with Ian Baxter) Blueprint 1974-78. Partner (with Graham Etherington) Abracadabra Promotions since 1985, a promotion company thru entertainment, particularly magical.

Wrote Close-up Magic Restaurant Style (52pp), One Pitch is Worth a Thousand Words (32pp), Dice and the Purse, and Close-up Magic--Restaurant Style 2 (1992, 52pp). Tricks in Gen, Apocalypse, S.O.B. Jr, Pabular, MUM, Magic Makers, Blueprint, Linking Ring, Genii, New Directions, and Australian Magic Monthly.

... Chicago World's Fair. Sometimes did a nightclub act. Then a gambling investigator and lecturer, competing bitterly with John Scarne in 1940s. Later left magic to be a stamp and coin dealer.

Wrote Gamblers Don't Gamble (1939, 166pp, with J.C. Furnas), Card Mastery (1944, 81pp), MacDougall on Dice and Cards (1944, 90pp), Card Mastery (1944, 81+205pp), Don't Be A Sucker! (1945, 80pp), and MacDougall on Pinochle (1951, 90pp). Memoir is Danger in the Cards (1943, 319pp).

... (1932), N.R.A. Deck (1933), Cosmic Ray Cards (1933), Nudist Deck = Mental Photography Deck (1934), Mirage Deck (1934), Photographic Card (by 1935), Nu-Idea Deck (1935), Jim Jam Cards (by 1936), Delirium Tremens (by 1936), Tuned Deck (by 1938), and Coo Coo Cards (by 1940). Also invented Goofy Dice (by 1940).

Wrote Eye-Openers (1932, 20pp), More Eye-Openers (1933, 28pp), Fifteen Minutes with a Rope [late 1930s; 2nd ed by Snyder, 1942), Modernism in Pasteboard (1934, with Nelson Hahne), Smart Magic (1935, with Nelson Hahne), etc. See Trevor H. Hall, The Testament of Ralph W. Hull.

... the staff at Tannen's in late 1958.

Also noted expert on gambling cheating methods. Co-founder (with George Schindler) of the School for Magicians (in New York City) 1973-78.

Wrote Frank Garcia's Sponge Balls (1959, 14pp), Frank Garcia's Billiard Balls (1960, 23pp), Marked Cards and Loaded Dice (1962, 274pp), Million Dollar Card Secrets (1972, 128pp), Super Subtle Card Miracles (1973, 214pp), Million Dollar Card Secrets (1974, 96pp), All in a Nutshell (1974, 81pp; with French translation by G. Lammertijn, 45pp), Amedeo's Continental Magic (1974, 115pp, with George Schindler), Magic with Cards (1975, 175pp, with George Schindler; repr), The Encyclopedia of Sponge Ball Magic (1976,...

... wholesale.

Invented "Poker Player’s Nightmare" (by 1964). Edited The Senator's Pink Sheet 1957-59 as house organ. Columnist for New Tops since 1962. Moved to Hollywood by 1970. AMA Best Lecturer 1970, 1974. Taught Gary Michaels in 1974.

Wrote Entertaining with Magic (1952), How to Stack Dice [1974, 18pp], and The Best of Senator Crandall (1998, 108pp, ed. by Neil Foster, based on his New Tops column).

Todd Strong is a juggler. He is particularly known for making and selling devil sticks and diabolos at the Pike Place Market in Seattle, and his dice stacking innovations.

H. C. Evans was a Chicago supplier of crooked as well as legit gambling supplies, such as marked cards, loaded dice, literature on gambling, money trays, a.s.o. They were established in 1892.

... with Into the 4th Dimension ... and beyond (1973), Michael Skinner's Intimate Magic (1982, 45pp), The Paul Fox Checker Cabinet (1985), The Automated Sefalaljia Book (1995, 56pp), The Secret of the Palmettos (1998), etc. With joint pen name (with Paul Burton Spencer) of "Burton Williams" wrote Dice—Squares, Tops and Shapes (1982, 104pp). Co-authored (with Bart Whaley and Martin Gardner) The Man Who Was Erdnase (1991, 434pp), which won the SAM Special Library Award. See Craige Snader, Pre-Epoptica Writings 1976-1981 by Jeff Busby (1988, 24pp). Tricks and articles in Chronicles, Magicien, etc.

... there. Owner of "Irv Weiner's Studio of Magic" in Boston 1949-55. Pro close-up, specializing in college 2-hour one-man shows. Pet effects: Vernon's Travellers, Thumb Tie.

Wrote Dabbling with Daub (1951, 7pp). Invented over 200 original effects published as "Manu-Secrets", including Soft Dice (1952), Flabbergasting! (1952), Red Tape Thumb Tie (1953), No Nest Cups & Balls (1953), Soft Dice (1954), The Travelling Salesman (1954), Just Imagination (1954), Alphabet Soup Card Trick (1955), Beyond Belief (1955), Red Tape (1955), Guillo Card (1956), and The Prophet’s Beard (1957, with Ray Hyman). Tricks in Genii, New Jinx, MUM, Linking Ring, etc.

... Great Chandu" (1938), and "Rajah Singh" (1938). Founding member and 1st President of Australian Magic Circle 1923 and Australian Magicians' Club 1944. A notoriously contentious man.

Edited Magic Mirror 1921, The Conjurer (Australia) 1922-38, Magic in Australia 1924-25 (4 issues), and Box and Dice 1946-53? (22+ issues). Wrote Stage Magic, Dinkum Magic (1928), Magical Revelations (1941), and Practical Magic (1946). Tricks in Magic (1910) and Linking Ring (Mar 1971 "Parade").

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   1. ... Table
   75. 20. Heads or Tails
   76. 21. The Coin in the Knot
   77. 22. "Vanishing" Coin from Handkerchiefs
   78. 23. The Missing Coin
   78. 24. Coin, Glass, and Plate
   79. 25. A Coin Joke
   80. 26. A Quick Coin Vanish
   80. 27. The Talking Coin
   81. 28. Box and Coin Trick
   82. 29. The Coin Through the Sleeve
   82. 30. The Coin at the Elbow
84. V. DICE AND DOMINO TRICKS
    84. 1. The Magnetic Dice
    84. 2. Naming the Total
    85. 3. The End Numbers
    86. 4. The Incomplete Game
    87. 5. Sixteen Dominoes
    87. 6. Totalling Three Dice
89. VI. EGG TRICKS
    89. 1. The Balanced Egg
    90. 2. Spinning an Egg
    90. 3. The Floating Egg
    91. 4. Eggs, Spools, and Glasses
    92. 5. Egg to Confetti
93. VII....

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1. ... That Isn't
145. Twentieth Century Sorcery
146. The Four Pile Location
146. The Cut Pack Location
147. A Card is Found Once More
148. Odd or Even
148. The Alternate Detection
149. A New Kink
149. Eight in a Row
149. Gardener's Unique Principle
150. Second Card Location
150. Long Distance Location
151. The Super Spread
151. Simple Triple Location
151. No Dice
152. The Vanishing Mirror
152. The Marked Deck
152. The Fingerprint Discovery
153. Living and Dead Test
153. A Count Down Discovery
154. Siamese Twins
154. Your Card, Your Number
155. Elimination Extraordinary
155. Reading the Cards
156. Ne Plus Ultra Location
156. One in Ten Detection
157. Uni-Mentality
157. Challenge of the Year
158. Card Location Supreme
159. Hummer Detection
159. Instant Mind Reading
160. A Counter Location
160. A Principle...