Royal, H.W.: Gambling And Confidence Games Exposed ©1896 H.W. Royal, Chicago Softcover, saddle-stitched, 60 pages

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Comments: "Showing how the Proprietor of Gambling Houses and the Players can be cheated. Giving the Introduction and Story of all Confidence Games. Exposing all Crooked Tools and Giving the Exact per cent of all Square Games."

Contents (from book ToC):

7 Sketch of My Life
12 Gold Brick Scheme
23 The Story of the Over-Issue
25 Green Goods
27 Bunko or Confidence
28 Short Change
30 Three Card Monte
35 Three Shell Game
37 Race Track or Wire Tapping Gag
38 Spectacle Fraud

39 Expose Of Crooked Gambling
39 Faro Bank
40 Roulette
41 Hazard and Craps
43 Draw Poker
45 Giving Victims the Best of It
47 At Faro Bank
48 At Roulette
48 Big Hands on Trains
50 Top and Bottom
54 Soap Game
55 Spindle Game, Bookmakers’ Wheel and Policy
56 Bucket Shop, or Tape Game
57 Per Cent of All Square Games