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Title Page and Frontispiece

THE
SECRETS OF CHEATING

THE DETECTION OF KEPPLINGER 'Then, suddenly and without a moment's warning, Kepplinger was seized, gagged,
    and held hard and fast.... The great master-cheat was searched, and upon him was
    discovered the most ingenious holdout ever devised.'—Chap. v. p. 99 .

THE DETECTION OF KEPPLINGER

‘Then, suddenly and without a moment’s warning, Kepplinger was seized, gagged, and held hard and fast…. The great master-cheat was searched, and upon him was discovered the most ingenious holdout ever devised.’—Chap. v. p. 99.

A COMPLETE REVELATION OF

The Secrets of Cheating

AT GAMES OF CHANCE AND SKILL

BY


JOHN NEVIL MASKELYNE

LONDON


LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.

AND NEW YORK: 15 EAST 16

th

STREET


1894


All rights reserved

TO THE ATTENTION OF


THAT MAJORITY SPOKEN OF BY CARLYLE


AND WHICH MAY BE SAID TO INCLUDE


ALL GAMBLERS


THIS BOOK IS PARTICULARLY ADDRESSED
BY THE AUTHOR


Book contents

Front matter

  1. Title Page and Frontispiece
  2. Preface
  3. Contents
  4. List Of Plates

Chapters

  1. Chapter I — Introductory
  2. Chapter II — Common Sharpers And Their Tricks
  3. Chapter III — Marked Cards And The Manner Of Their Employment
  4. Chapter IV — Reflectors
  5. Chapter V — Holdouts
  6. Chapter VI — Manipulation
  7. Chapter VII — Collusion And Conspiracy
  8. Chapter VIII — The Game Of Faro
  9. Chapter IX — Prepared Cards
  10. Chapter X — Dice
  11. Chapter XI — High-Ball Poker
  12. Chapter XII — Roulette And Allied Games
  13. Chapter XIII — Sporting-Houses
  14. Chapter XIV — Sharps And Flats

Notes and Postscript

  1. Postscript
  2. Footnotes
  3. Edition Notes and Source