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SHARPS AND FLATS

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In the interest of offering comprehensive information about gambling, cheating with cards and dice and various other gambling scams, we have published the first online version of the classic gambling book, Sharps and Flats. This site map will help you navigate through this site. Every page of this site can be accessed through this site map.

SHARPS and FLATS: The Secrets of the Cardsharps

• extras -- a list of materials that have been added to the online edition of Sharps and Flats; videos, articles, photographs and more
  • cheating gamblers in art -- a short list of paintings with a crooked gambling theme
  • the Cardsharps -- painting by Caravaggio
  • marked cards: juice work -- an article about juice decks and marked cards
• site updates -- a chronological listing of updates on this site
• copyrights -- copyright statements
• alphabetical index -- an alphabetical index of gambling terms that appear throughout the site
• site map

Introduction -- about us and this project and about gambling issues on the internet

• about the author -- a short biography of John Nevil Maskelyne
• about us -- an introduction of CARDSHARK Online and our project(s) on the internet

content -- the main section of this site, where you can read the original text of the book, with annotations, in a digital format

• preface
• I. introductory
• II. common sharpers and their tricks
  • three-card-monte
  • the coin toss
  • the purse trick
  • nap
• III. marked cards and the manner of their employment
  • general principles of marking
  • the marking of unprinted backs
  • marking by dot and puncture
  • cards marked in manufacture
  • shading and tint-marking
  • line and scroll work
  • cards marked whilst in play
• IV. reflectors
  • table reflector
  • pipe shiner
  • various shiners
• V. holdouts
  • the bug
  • the cuff holdout
  • topping the deck
  • the vest holdout
  • the Jakob's Ladder sleeve holdout
  • the Kepplinger holdout
  • the table holdout
  • closing thoughts on holdouts
• VI. manipulation
  • crooked deals
  • beating the cut
  • crooked shuffles
• VII. collusion and conspiracy
  • the London club incident
  • signaling
  • the baccarat incident
  • collusion in poker
  • the Havana incident
  • the nature of gamblers
• VIII. the game of faro
  • the rules of faro
  • cheating at faro
  • the sand-tell gaffed box
  • the needle-tell gaffed box
  • crooked faro banks
  • the two-card gaffed box
  • cheating against faro banks
• IX. prepared cards
  • the stripper plate
  • card trimmer
  • the large card
  • stripper decks
    • wedge strippers
    • belly strippers
    • end strippers
  • rough and smooth cards
• X. dice
  • cheating with fair dice
  • cheating with crooked dice
    • dispatchers
    • loaded dice
    • electric dice
  • dice switches
  • over and under seven
  • Yankee-grab or newmarket
  • sweat
  • hazard
  • dice tops
• XI. high ball poker
• XII. roulette and allied games
  • cheating at roulette
  • an account of a roulette swindle
  • the American client
• XIII. sporting houses
• XIV. sharps and flats
• postscript

links -- links to gambling related resources on the internet

• link to us -- instructions how to link to our site

advertising -- learn how you can advertise on this site; advertising rates

• advertising policies

contact -- our contact information; please contact us if you need to use any information on this site

Sister Sites:

• CARDSHARK Online -- world's first card-cheating web site
• CARDSHARK Online Blog -- official blog of CARDSHARK Online
• Cardshark.TV -- upload your own gambling-related videos
• National Center for Irresponsible Gambling -- a parody gambling site
• Bustout Dealer -- crooked blackjack parties
• Playing Cards Online -- online reference for card games and playing cards from around the world
• CASINOVILLE gambling comics -- online comics with a gambling theme (a work in progress)