The Odds Against Me by John Scarne

Details: John Scarne was an American magician and book author who was particularly adept at playing card manipulation. He became known as an expert on cards and other games, and authored a number of popular books on cards, gambling, and related topics.

Contents:

• Meeting My First Card Cheats
• A Postgraduate Course in Marked Cards and Crooked Dice
• Fire Eaters, Sword Swallowers, and Carnival Gyps
• Meeting the Racket Bosses of the Roaring Twenties
• Fooling America’s Greatest Magicians
• My Psychic Experiences with Harry Houdini
• A Bet with the Secret Service and a Performance for President Roosevelt
• My $5,000 Challenge to the Magicians of the World
• Gambling in the Army in World War II and What I Did About It
• Beating the Black Jack and Baccarat Tables: My $100,000 Challenge
• Adviser to Conrad Hilton on Gambling at the Caribe Hilton Casino in Puerto Rico
• Gambling in More Ways Than One in the Cuban Revolution
• My Gambling Mission to Panama and My Senate Appearance
• Appendix

• Publisher: Simon and Schuster
• Pages: 537
• Location: New York, USA
• Edited by: An Autobiography
• Dimensions: 6″x9″
• Date: 1966
• Binding: hardbound

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