Scarne on Dice Eighth Revised Edition

"Mr. Scarne was not one who, when the boys rode off to war, gave them good advice, chocolate bars, or woolen underwear. Rather he took the men aside, first singly and then in groups, warning that if they like to gamble with dice and cards they were heading for an Army and a Navy abounding in plain and fancy sharpers and crooks. Then, from his incomparable knowledge of the subject, he instructed in spotting such crooked gentry and, if necessary, exposing them. "In due time Mr. Scarne’s activities around his New Jersey home became of interest to the editors of Yank, the Army weekly. With the undersigned—who functioned solely as a writer—he began in that publication a series of articles exposing crooked dice and cards, and sharpers in general. In no time the phrase ‘According to Scarne’ was as familiar and definitive to the GI’s of World II as was ‘According to Hoyle’ to less rugged generations."—Allen Churchill, Navy Editor, Yank Scarne on Dice was first published in 1945. See CoachwhipBooks.com for additional titles on dominoes, backgammon, and other games. Contents Foreword 1 Modern Dice and Their History 2 The Mathematics and Science of Gambling 3 Psychic or Educated Dice 4 Various Crap Games and Scarne's Rules 5 Scarne's Correct Odds on Craps 6 One Reason Private Game Right Bettors Die Broke 7 Bank Craps Las Vegas Style 8 Open or Money Craps 9 The Private or Military Game of Craps 10 Illegal Craps Is Big Business 11 Gamblers, Hustlers and Cheats 12 Crooked Dice: Inside Work 13 Crooked Dice: Outside Work 14 Crooks at Work: Moves 15 So You Have a System? 16 Scarne's Rules for Other Dice Games 17 Scarney Dice® 18 Skarney®-The Best in Card Games 19 Skarney Gin® The World's Best Two-Handed Card Game 20 Scarney Baccarat® The World's Best Casino Card Game Glossary of Dice Terms and Gambler's Argot Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D Index