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The World's Greatest Gambling Scams

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March 2007 US/April 2007 UK

The World’s Greatest Gambling Scams details the best scams ever pulled off in the adrenaline-fuelled gambling world. They range from those relying on basic sleight-of-hand manoeuvres to those that utilise gadgets based on the very latest high-tech wizardry, including:

• - the famous Ritz Roulette Scam that used mini-computers and cell phones to determine on what number the roulette ball would drop
• - big-action baccarat games in which the dealers merely pretended to shuffle the cards
• - a dye solution for marking casino cards that can only be seen with special contact lenses and disappears without trace an hour after its application
• - a tiny weightless receiver embedded into a roulette ball and controlled by a radio transmitter hidden in a pack of Marlboro cigarettes.

Richard Marcus has appeared on television in the US as an expert on gambling scams. He appeared in the UK on the Challenge TV series on gambling scams and has also had a successful career as casino cheat which he detailed in American Roulette and Great Casino Heist.

As well as describing the scams from their inception to implementation, Marcus introduces us to the vastly diverse characters who carried them out and analyses what made them tick.

Richard Marcus
0-9551697-1-7; 360pp; £10.99/$17.95; paperback
234 x 156mm/6x9

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Dirty Poker: The Poker Underworld Exposed

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April 2006 Europe/May 2006 US

Do you:

Ever wonder if you have been cheated at poker?
Have any idea how much it goes on?
Know about collusion, sleight-of-hand, marked cards and chip dumping?

Cheating in poker is more common than people care to believe. In fact it’s rampant. Especially online and in major international tournaments including THE WORLD SERIES OF POKER in Las Vegas, not to mention regulated public cardrooms. There are many ways to cheat, some subtle, some not so subtle. Richard Marcus knows about them all.

Ten years ago poker was a minority interest. The advent of online play has changed all that - poker is now big business. Millions of players play every day, both live and online. If you are one of them you will want to ensure that the games you play in are clean. This book will tell you how cheaters operate, what methods they use and how to spot them.

Richard Marcus has spent a lifetime cheating casinos at roulette,  blackjack, craps and poker. He catalogued his exploits in his remarkable book The Great Casino Heist (American Roulette in the US) which gave readers a rare glimpse into the underworld of casino cheats. He has appeared on the highly successful Challenge TV series,’The World’s Greatest Gambling Scams’ in the UK and he has been profiled on the History Channel's ‘Breaking Vegas’ in the US. He has been featured in FHM magazine as well as Inside Edge. He is the ultimate poker cheat and has now produced the definitive study of cheating at poker

Richard Marcus
0-9551697-0-4; 256pp; £10.99/$17.95; paperback
234 x 156mm/6x9

© Under Cover Publishing 2006