Garcia, Frank: Don't Bet on It The Real Secrets of 3 Card Monte ©1978 Frank Garcia Softcover, saddle-stitched, 5.5x8.5", 28 pages

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Comments: This is not a book for magicians on how to perform the 3 Card Monte, but rather a gambling expose written to help the reader to not be suckered by street hustlers.

Contents (from book):

1 Don't Bet On It: Introduction
2 - History
2 - The Play: description of how the street hustle looks to the onlooker
4 - Nomenclature
5 - Odds Not in Your Favor
6 - Pacing
7 - The Hype or Overthrow
8 - Bent Corner Ruse
9 - The Confederate
9 - More on the Bent Corner

11 The Bent Corner
13 - More History
14 - Successful Tossers
16 - Problem of Illegal Gambling
16 - More Terminology
18 - Final Warnings

19 Flimflam on 5th Avenue Flips Fuzz
19 - Real Stories from the Streets

21 Piccadilly Ploy
21 Being Hustled in London: another story