Containing a complete disclosure of the secrets of the art, as practiced by professional gamblers.
The author only identifies themselves as 'An Adept'. It covers a wide range of gambling scams, and crooked card games, including card table artifice. The information is relevant today and describes the multivarious ways marks are separated from their money.
The Game of Faro
Side Strippers
The Capper
The Chopping Deal
Expose of the Dealing Box
The Screw Box
Sanding the Cards
Rakes
Hollows and Rounds
Fifty Threes
The Cat Hop
Snaking Cards
How Cards are Snaked
Roulette
Chucker Luck, or Sweat Cloth
Spout
Poker, or Bluff
Cold Decks
Stamped Cards
Vingt-un, or Twenty-one
Seven Up, or All Fours
The Long Hand of Seven Up
Three Card Monte
Race Courses, Mysteries of the Turf, &c
The Arm Strap
The Convex, or Dog eat Dog
The Broker’s Game
The Bogus Check Game
The Five Aces
The Ring Game
Dropping the Pigeon, or Heeling
Watch Stuffing
Three Card Monte on the Ohio River
The Game of Euchre or Diamond Cut Diamond
The Five Aces and the Nigger Stealer
Three Card Monte on Lake Ontario and the Canada Counterfeiter
The Strap Game on Lake Champlain. Betting for Oxen
A Description of the Strap Game, and how it is Played
The Ball and Safe Game in Cleveland
The Game of French Monte in Chicago
The Strap Game in Memphis
Confidence Women
The Thimble Game
Mock Auctions, or Peter Funks
