Scarne's New Complete Guide to Gambling Book

Introduction

1. Gambling: America's Biggest Industry

America's $500 Billion Gambling Handle
Does the Mafia Control Gambling in America?
The Law vs. Gambling
Another Scarne Gambling Survey
Types of Gamblers
Gambling and the Federal Tax Problem

2. The Mathematics and Science of Gambling

What Is Gambling?
Gamblers and Scientists
Chance and How It Works
What Are Odds?
Percentage and How It Works Against the Player
Gambling Operators Also Have Headaches
Hot and Cold Players
Luck and How It Works
Gambler's Fallacy
The "Guesser's Disadvantage,"
Gambling Systems
Skill vs. Chance
How to Better Your Chances of Winning

3. Horse Racing: The King of Sports

The Historical Background of Racing
Bookmaking as an Industry
Win, Place, Show and Exotic Bets
Types of Races
The Track Line and the Morning Line
Origin of Bookmaking and the Pari-mutuel Betting System
How the Totalisator and the Pari-mutuel System Work
How Nickel and Dime Breakage Works
How the State and Track Guts Beat Down the Players
Minus Pools
Race Touts and Their Methods
Betting Rings
Crooked Horse Racing
Hunch and Form Players
System Players
Portrait of a Bookmaker
Women Bookies
Horse Mobs Who Cheat Bookmakers
The Inside Operation of a Bookmaker
Scarne's Advice on Betting the Races
Scarne's Advice on "Exotic" Pari-mutuel Bets
Legalized Off-Track Betting vs. the Illegal Bookie
Protection and Graft
Legalized Off-Track Betting in Various Countries
Puerto Rico's Track and Off-Track Betting
Legal Off-Track Bookmaking in Nevada
New York City's OTB or Off-TrackBetting
What Congress Should Do About the 10% Federal Excise Gambling Tax Law
Scarne's State Off-Track Betting Plan

4. Betting on Sports Events

Sports Offices and Bookmakers
Misconceptions About Betting Scalpers
Race Bookies and Sports Betting
The Sports Line and How It Is Made
Betting on Baseball Games
Baseball's 40¢ Line
Baseball's 20¢ Line
Baseball's 10¢ Line
Baseball's 5¢ Line
Why Some Sports Bookies Get Ulcers
How to Figure Your Winning Baseball Bets
Baseball's Run Spread Bet
Betting on Football
Betting on Basketball
Basketball's Under and Over Bet
Betting on Hockey
Betting on Greyhound Dog Racing
Scarne's Advice on Betting the Dogs
Betting on Jai Alai, the World's Fastest Game
Betting on Elections
Betting on Prizefights
Betting on Golf Games
Scarne's Legalized State Sports Betting Plan

5. Lotteries, Sweepstakes, Pools and Raffles

The First Public Money Lottery
The British Lottery Mania
Great Britain's Premium Bond Lottery
The British Football Pool
Small British Lotteries
Early American Lotteries
Policy Shops
The Louisiana Lottery
The Puerto Rican Lottery
Crooked Lotteries
Treasury Tickets: Father of Today's State Lotteries
Baseball and Football Pools
The Irish Hospitals' Sweepstakes
Taxes on Sweeps Tickets
What are Your Sweepstakes Chances?
Raffles

6. State Lotteries and How They Work

Scarne's Proposed Triple-Action Lottery Plan
The Giant Sweepstakes and How It Works

7. The Numbers Game

Operation
Origin of Today's Numbers Game
Treasury Tickets
Clearinghouse Numbers
The Racket Boys Move In
The $6 Million Numbers Swindle
The Pari-mutuel Handle Number
Protection and the Law
New York City's Numbers Game
Lucky Numbers
Number 614
Numbers Bets and Payoff Odds
The Economics of the Numbers Bank
The Numbers Game Odds
The Numbers Bank Percentage Take
Scarne's Proposed State Numbers Plan

8. Bingo: The $3 Billion National Pastime

Legal vs. Illegal Bingo
The Origin of Bingo
The Mechanics of the Game
Bingo Equipment
The Play of the Game
The Bingo Debate
Bigtime Games
Bingo Mathematics
Cheating at Bingo
Your Best Bet at Bingo

9. Gambling Casinos: Carpet and Sawdust Joints Yesterday and Today

Carpet Joints
Sawdust Joints
The Barn
The Racket Boys Move In
Early Casinos
Faro
Monte Carlo
Canfield and Bradley
New Casino Games
The History of the Las Vegas Strip
Is Gambling in Nevada Honest?
Government Supervision of Puerto Rican Casinos
Casino Operation
Gambling Junkets
Nevada Gambling and Big Business
Honest Casinos vs. Steer Joints
Tips on How to Spot a Crooked Casino
Casinos' Earning Power

10. Craps: The World's Fastest Gambling Game

Casino and Candy Store Dice
Men and Women Dice Degenerates
The Unfinished Craps Hand
Bank Craps, Money (or Open) Craps, New York Craps, Scarney Craps and Private Craps
Origin and History
The First Craps Bookmaker
The Origin of Vigorish
Scarne's Official Rules for Private Craps
Private Craps: Hustlers and Chumps
Bank Craps Las Vegas Style
Bank Craps Layouts
Bank Craps Bets
New York Craps
Scarney Craps
How to Gamble Sensibly at Bank Craps
Money (or Open) Craps
How to Detect Crooked Dice
Cheating with Honest Dice
Protection Against Dice Cheats
Craps Betting Systems

11. Correct Odds in Dice Games Using Two, Three, Four or Five Dice

12. Black Jack, or Twenty-One: Casino Style

Casino Betting Limits
The $250,000 Win
The $1 Million Freeze-out
Black Jack Mechanics
Black Jack's History
How Black Jack Got Its Name
Casino Variations
Scarne's Casino Black Jack Rules
The Black Jack Dealer's Exact Percentage Take

13. Black Jack Strategy

The Science of Black Jack
Beating the Black Jack Tables
Scarne's Four-Deck Black Jack Shuffle
Strategy for Drawing and Standing
Player's Soft Hand, or Two-Way Count
Splitting Pairs
Doubling Down
Insurance Betting
Additional Black Jack Strategy
Cheating at Black Jack
Scarne's Rules for Private Black Jack

14. Roulette

Roulette Wheels -- Yesterday and Today
Standard Roulette Equipment
Roulette Personnel and Their Duties
Scarne's Rules for Playing Roulette
Possible Roulette Bets, Odds and Percentages
Roulette Betting Limits
The $400,000 Roulette Win
Roulette Betting Systems
Cheating at Roulette
Gaffed Roulette Wheels
Cheating with an Honest Wheel
How to Protect Yourself Against Short Payoffs
How to Gamble Sensibly at Roulette

15. Slot Machines: The One-armed Bandits

Legal and Illegal Slots
Charles Fey and the First Slot Machines
Federal Taxes and Law Enforcement
How to Spot a Crooked Slot Machine
Modern Slot Machines and Paybacks
Slot Machine Odds
Calculating the Payout Percentage on Other Machines
Slot Players
Beating the One-armed Bandit
The Rhythm System
Pinball Machines
Advice to Slot Machine Players

16. Chemin de Fer and Baccarat

History
Scarne's Rules for Chemin de Fer
Baccarat Las Vegas Style
Scarne's Rules for Playing Baccarat Las Vegas Style
Percentages Against the Player at Baccarat and Chemin de Fer
Advice to Baccarat and Chemin de Fer Players
Cheating at Baccarat and Chemin de Fer
Crooked Dealing Shoes Used to Cheat at Baccarat and Chemin de Fer
Private Chemin de Fer, or Slogger
Baccarat-en-Banque

17. Scarney Baccarat

History of the Game
Scarne's Rules of Play for Scarney Baccarat
Scarney Baccarat Strategy
Scarney Baccarat Strategy Table

18. Keno: Nevada's Solitaire Bingo-Type Game

Playing Rules