Scarne, John: Scarne on Dice ©1945 John Scarne, Military Service Publishing Co. Hardcover, w/dj, 422 pages ©1980 John Scarne, Eighth Revised Edition Crown Publishers Inc., NY Hardcover w/dj 496 pages

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Comments: Not really magic, but some information in here may be helpful in constructing patter around dice effects. Illustrated; photos by George Karger.

Contents (Chapters courtesy Dietrich Keller, magiccafe.be, updated Aug 2022)

vii Foreword
1 Chapter 1 Modern Dice and Their History
23 Chapter 2 The Mathematics and Science of Gambling
40 Chapter 3 Psychic or Educated Dice
52 Chapter 4 Various Crap Games and Scarne's Rules
61 Chapter 5 Scarne's Correct Odds on Craps
71 Chapter 6 One Reason Private Game Right Bettors Die Broke
78 Chapter 7 Bank Craps Las Vegas Style
137 Chapter 8 Open or Money Craps
154 Chapter 9 The Private or Military Game of Craps
175 Chapter 10 Illegal Craps Is Big Business
193 Chapter 11 Gamblers, Hustlers and Cheats
206 Chapter 12 Crooked Dice: Inside Work
229 Chapter 13 Crooked Dice: Outside Work
249 Chapter 14 Crooks at Work: Moves
287 Chapter 15 So You Have a System?
308 Chapter 16 Scarne's Rules for Other Dice Games
370 Chapter 17 Scarney Dice
395 Chapter 18 Scarney-The Best in Card Games
423 Chapter 19 Scarney Gin The World's Best Two-Handed Card Game
441 Chapter 20 Scarney Baccarat The World's Best Casino Card Game
453 Glossary of Dice Terms and Gambler's Argot
477 Appendix A
479 Appendix B
481 Appendix C
482 Appendix D
487 Index