Ortiz, Darwin: Gambling Scams ©1984 Darwin Ortiz; Dodd, Mead & Co., Inc., NY Hardcover, w/dj, 262 pages ISBN: 0-396-08366-8

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Contents:

xvii Introduction

1 I. Private Card Games and Professional Cheating
1 Finding Action
2 Setup Games
3 Road Mobs
5 Shuffle Work
5 - Culling and Stacking
5 -- The Discard Cull
6 -- The Pickup Cull
6 -- Overhand Runups
7 -- Riffle Stacking
8 -- The Double Duke
8 -- The Pickup Stack
9 -- The False Shuffle
9 - Beating the Cut
9 -- The False Cut
10 -- The Crimp
11 -- The Hop
12 Crooked Deals
12 - The Second Deal
13 -- The Heel Peek
14 -- Tells on the Second Deal
16 - The Bottom Deal
17 -- Beating The Cut On The Bottom Deal
17 -- The Bottom Peek
19 -- Tells On The Bottom Deal
20 - The Greek Deal
21 - The Center Deal
22 Switching Cards
22 - Hand Mucking
25 - Holdout Machines
27 - Card Transfers
28 -- The Spread
28 -- The Brush
29 --The Bottom Deal Transfer
29 -Capping The Deck
30 -Coolers
32 Specialized Moves
32 -Draw Poker
32 -- The Three Card Draw
33 -- The Lowball Slug
33 - The Double Discard
33 - Five Card Stud
35 - Dealer's Choice

36 II. Private Card Games - Amateur Cheating
36 The Amateur Hustler
37 Gaffs
37 - Marked Cards
37 -- Resealing Decks
38 -- Blockout And Cutout Work
39 -- The Riffle Test
40 -- White On White
40 -- Shade Work
40 -- Flash Work
41 -- Luminous Readers
41 -- The Juice Deck
43 -- Sand Work
44 -- Daub
45 -- Black Line Work
46 - Glims
47 - Strippers
48 -- Banker And Broker
49 - Holdout Tables
50 - Gambling Supply Houses
51 -- Sucker Work
52 Petty Hustles
52 - Team Play
53 -- Signaling Hands
53 -- Playing Best Hand
54 Location Play
54 - Shorting Pots
54 - Check Copping
55 - Duplicate Chips

56 III. Casino Cheating From The Inside
56 Are The Games Honest?
57 Underground Clubs
58 Craps
58 - Six-Ace Flats
59 - Switching In Tops
61 - Steer Joints
61 - Juice Joints
62 Blackjack The Single Deck Game
63 - Dealing A Blister
65 - Peeking
65 - The High-Low Pickup
67 - Flopping The Deck
68 - Switching Hole Cards
69 The Early Shuffle
70 Blackjack The Shoe Game
70 - The Holdout Shoe
71 - The Anchor Man
72 - The Short Shoe
73 - The High Card Slug
74 Roulette
74 - Juiced Wheels
75 The More You Win The More You Lose

78 IV. Casino Cheating From The Outside
78 Surveillance Techniques
79 Blackjack
79 - Hand Mucking
81 -- The Money Switch
82 -- Bold Marks
83 Front Loading
84 - Glims
84 - Spooking
87 - Marking Cards During Play
89 - Capping And Dragging
92 Craps
92 - The Thumb Switch And The Palm Switch
94 - Tops
95 - Weight
96 - Casino Precautions
97 - Double Number Dice
97 - Beards
98 - Splash Moves
99 - Clean-Hand Dice Switches
100 - Claiming Sleepers
100 Roulette
100 - Past Posting
101 - Roulette Computers
102 Slot Machines
103 - Becoming A Slot Thief
103 - Past Cheating Methods
104 - Opening Machines
104 - Three Drilling Scams
106 - The Squeeze Play
106 - Computers And CRTs

107 V. Casino Cheating Conspiracies
107 Enforcement Problems
108 Standard Card Manipulation
109 - Circumventing The Floorman
110 - Coolers
111 - The Baccarat Slug
112 - Poker Room Scams
113 Looking The Other Way
113 - Past Posting
114 - Card Counters
115 Information
115 - Signaling Hole Cards
116 - Flashing Top Cards
117 - Gaffed Shoes And Marked Cards
118 Stealing
119 - Subs
121 - The Boxman
122 - Overpayment
123 - Chip Cups
124 - Poker Room Thefts
125 - Slot Scams
125 - The Stardust Case

127 VI. Cheating In Private Dice Games
127 - Gaffed Dice
127 - Tees
128 - Loads
130 - Shapes - Flats And Bevels
131 - Sucker Work
131 Private Crap Games
132 - Spontaneous Games
134 -- Amateurs
136 - Roundtable Games
136 -- Errors
137 -- Monogrammed Dice
138 - Street Games
140 Controlled Dice Shots
140 - The Whip Shot
140 - The Slide Shot
141 - The Drop Shot
141 - The Pad Roll
142 - The Greek Shot
143 Bar Dice Games
143 - The Dump Shot
145 - Beating The Trip Up
148 - The Whip Cup
148 - The Counter Magnet
149 - More Bar Techniques
150 - The Tat
151 Backgammon
152 - More Cup Moves
153 - A Backgammon Juice Joint
154 - Dice Switches
154 - The Butterfly Cup
155 - Double Cube Hustles

156 VII. Crooked Carnival Games
156 An Underrated Problem
157 Legitimate Games
158 - Hanky Panks
158 - P.C. Games
159 -- G Wheels
159 -- Set Spindles And Mice
160 -- Penny Falls
161 Flat Stores
161 - The Patch And The Police
163 Count Stores
163 - The Razzle
166 -- The Send
167 -- The Isolation Factor
165 -- The Odds
169 -- Miscounting
170 -- Add, Raise Or Double
171 -- H.P.
171 -- Variations
173 -- Just For Laughs
174 -- The Real Secret
174 Peek Stores
174 - The Clothespin Joint
176 -- Shills
177 - The Blower
177 Alibi Stores
177 - Six-Cat
179 - The Swinger
183 - The Push-Up Bottle
184 - The Nail Joint
185 Other Alibi Joints
185 -- Tip The Tee
185 -- English Pool
186 -- The Three Pin Game
186 -- Spot The Spot
186 - Danger Signs
187 Chalk Stains

188 VIII. Three Card Monte
188 The Scenario
189 The Monte Mob
190 - The Broad Tosser's Sleight Of Hand
191 - The Shils
192 -- Blocking Her Man
193 Monte Capital Of The World
194 Ernest Money
195 The Payoff
196 - Bluffing
197 - "You Can't Wise Up A Chump"
198 A Little History
198 - Canada Bill
199 - George Devol
200 -- The Bent Corner Twice
201 -- The Broad Tosser's Credo
201 Some Variations
201 - The Stick Handler
202 - The Pencil Mark
202 - Acting Techniques
204 The International Scene
205 - The Hungarian Method In New York

206 IX. Con Games
206 What Constitutes A Con Game?
207 - The Big Con Vs. The Short Con
208 The Top Scam
208 - Put-And-Take
210 - The Outside Man And The Inside Man
212 The Smack
213 - The Blowoff
213 - The Tear-Up
214 The Drunken Mitt
216 - Larceny
217 The Last Turn
217 - The Big Con
221 - The Big Store
222 - The Cros
224 The Lost Ring

227 X. Proposition Bets
227 Professional Prop Hustlers
228 Impossibilities
230 - The Lit Match Prop
230 - The Tossed Match Prop
231 - The Coin In Glass Prop
231 - The Knotted Cigarette Prop
232 - The Eye Bet
232 Percentage Props
234 - The Bar Six-Eight Craps Prop
234 - The Hardways Prop
235 - The Court Card Prop
237 - The Two-Deck Prop
238 Games
238 - Nim
239 - Face Up Poker
241 - The Clipped Card
242 - The Card Turnover
242 Setups
244 Con Games
245 Parting Advice

247 Glossary