| Edition |
Fully revised, expanded, updated edition. |
| Description |
xxii, 871 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Published in 1961 under title: Complete guide to gambling. |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Gambling, America's biggest industry -- The Mathematics and science of gambling -- Horse racing, the king of sports -- Betting on sports events -- Lotteries, sweepstakes, pools and raffles -- State lotteries and how they work -- The numbers game -- Bingo, the $3 billion national pastime -- Gambling casinos, carpet and sawdust joints yesterday and today -- Craps, the world's fastest gambling game -- Correct odds in dice games using two, three, four or five dice -- Black jack (blackjack) strategy -- Roulette -- Slot machines, the one-armed bandits -- Chemin de fer and baccarat -- Scarney baccarat -- Keno, Nevada's solitaire bingo-type game -- Casino side games -- Backgammon -- Scarne's rules for private betting games -- The Match game -- General -- Money poker -- Carnival, fair, bazaar, arcade and amusement park games -- Private card games, cheating and how to detect it -- Poker, America's favorite card game -- The wide world of bridge -- Gin rummy -- Skarney, the world's best rummy-type game -- Punchboards, chain letters and pyramid clubs -- Private betting propositions, hustlers and cheats. |
| Subject |
Gambling -- United States.
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Gambling.
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Gambling systems.
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| ISBN |
0671217348: $14.95 |
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9780671217341 |
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