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LONG AND SHORT OF IT by MARK LEWIS
Everything you've ever wanted to know about a Svengali deck! In this book, Mark Lewis teaches you everything you need to know about a Svengali deck. From mechanics and handling, to Mark's elaborate and refined routine, to an assortment of other tricks and effects that can be performed with the deck, the reader is given everything needed to become a master of the Svengali!
From The Book's Foreword
" ... With just the right mix of simple but effective magic, a disarming manner, and self-targeted humorous patter, Mark can make any audience eat out of his hand. From redneck to royalty, on a street corner, in a restaurant or on stage (yes, he does card tricks on stage), people stop to watch him put reality on hold for fun and fantasy for a little while.
A good portion of Mark's success as a performer can be attributes to his experience as a pitchman. Like the street magician, the pitchman has to be quick-witted and resourceful and, above all, have the ability to make people stick around until the very end and, hopefully, spend some money.
This is where Mark shines. His Svengali pitch, developed over years of working in the trenches, is amazingly effective at maintaining interest and getting oohs and aahs - and even a few dollars. ...
In these pages you will find Mark's complete routine, exactly as he uses it, and as he taught it to magicians around the world. Study it well, inject your own style and personality into it, use it for magic or pitching, but above all use it."
The book contains 38 pages.
ITEM # BK1201 PRICE $25.00
CONSTANT FOOLING BOOK #1 by DAVID REGAL
Volume One contains a collection of powerful card magic utilizing unprepared cards, David’s startling Cups & Balls routine from his Magic Castle Act and a chapter devoted entirely to magic done with neither cards nor coins.
Prepare to fool your audiences with the following
In addition, there are card effects contributed by William Goodwin, R. Paul Wilson, John Lovick and Gordon Bean, plus, as noted, a fully detailed Cups & Balls routine which possesses a unique wrinkle. Let the fooling begin.
Hardbound with full color dust jacket, 232 pages.
ITEM # BK1202 PRICE $40.00
ONE THOUSAND DOLLAR SECRET SEANCE by DOCC HILFORD
Magicians have always loved performing Seance Theater. But how to make it practical and profitable has been a question unresolved - UNTIL NOW! By creating a system of three different seances, Docc has a practical system for selling and performing many types of Seance Theater.
The Pocket Seance can be performed close-up and surrounded. A spirit message appears addressed to someone you’ve never met and signed by a spirit known only to the addressee! It amazes potential buyers and sells the other seances. The Personal Seance reveals personal information about a sitter and commands high fees. Docc’s method rivals the great mediums of the past.
The Grand Seance is designed for several sitters at once. Their fortunes are told, birthdates revealed, personality traits given all through your spirit guide. Who makes his presence known in a finale that will have the sitters gasping for breath! This is the system that has made professional magicians $1,000 a session. It was originally released with all the simple props for $350. Now you can have this secret information for a fraction of the cost. Each Seance is fully scripted so you know exactly what to do and say.
Features
The Hilford Office Test, A wonderful way to read a person’s thoughts, is also included FREE!
Fully scripted - every move and gesture is written out.
Everything you need to make up to $ 100,000 a year, and keep your day job!
ITEM # BK0044 PRICE $40.00
THESE DAMN AMERICAN COINS by MATT COLMAN
Three coins, two hands and a camp little purse. First off, three coins drop to the table. Counting the three coins...you realize one has vanished in mid air...It has penetrated the purse! Open up the little purse to find the first coin! The excitement doesn't stop there! Oh no baby. After the bewilderment of how the hell that happened, the magi tries to repeat it, this time not through cheap imitation leather, oh no he means business...this time through solid wood! Two coins are rubbed on top of the table the hand is removed and shown one has gone. It has melted through the table! The magician losing his sanity over the damn American coins tries it one more time. One coin rubbed through the table, the last one can even be signed! It's gone! The other hand goes underneath and plucks the last coin out from under. The purse is placed on the table. "A miracle" they all shout. It's all over. Just then the magician seems to lose his balance as the coin purse he's resting on vanishes from under his hand! It's melted through the table too!
Pages 7 - Spiral bound
ITEM # BK1311 PRICE $15.00
CASINO GAME PROTECTION by STEVE FORTE
"The consensus is in, gaming experts from around the world have hailed Casino Game Protection - A Comprehensive Guide to be truly one-of-a-kind, the finest, most in-depth study on casino game protection ever revealed...a jackpot, with the reader the winner!"
Preface from the book:
The following work is the culmination of 30 years of research into the arena of casino cheating, advantage play, electronic player assistance, and you name it. If a concept was designed, worked out, played, or dreamed of, and had anything to do with beating the casino - legal or otherwise - I've probably been there. Or close to it.
After many years of working in the industry, then as a professional gambler, and later as a casino consultant, you will, hopefully, find my perspective unique as the information to follow comes from both sides of the table.
Every effort was made to compile a comprehensive guide, and present the game protection topic with scope and objectivity. The scams and strategies presented run the gamut from old to new, from rank to sophisticate. Everything from marked cards and coolers to advantage play and electronic assistance is discussed in detail. I've especially tried to address those million-dollar questions that come up over and over again, the questions that rarely get answered throughout an entire career. Is it possible to control the dice? What's best way to shuffle and why? Do roulette dealers have signatures to their spin?
This work is not an encyclopedia or scams and strategies, nor is it intended to be. With certain techniques, such as false shuffles and card mucks, there are literally hundreds of variations. Describing them all doesn't serve a useful purpose. In each area, I've tried to select a variety of moves that best illustrate that spectrum of technique. The same can be said of the Card Counting and Blackjack Advantage Play chapters. There is some unavoidable rehash, a genuine effort to give credit where credit is due, and I will try to point you in the direction of quality information for further study. Despite these concessions, the book will stand on its own merit. It's a comprehensive guide.
There is also a fair amount of historical information presented, and for many gamers there's a perceived antiquity with many of the older moves and scams. Don't fall into this trap, and don't underestimate the importance of a little history, as it will provide you with a deeper understanding of how scams, strategies, and procedures have evolved. This, in turn, may provide some sense of what to expect in the future. There is a time and place for every scam presented in this research.
There are many important game protection topics that don't fit neatly into any of the specific game chapters. In the first chapter these topics are presented to set the tone and lay the groundwork for the detailed game information to follow.
After the games are covered, along with chapters dealing exclusively with card counting and advantage play (with a focus on shuffle tracking), we'll look at many universal scams, especially marked cards. We'll complete the work with a final chapter on the art of detection and related topics. You'll also find a detailed bibliography of sources and recommendations-all the information you'll need to continue your research.
The book was compiled sequentially, so each chapter should be read in order, yet studied as part of complete work. When you come across words and terminology from the cheater's or player’s vernacular, definition are available in the glossary at the end of the book.
The book has been written from all capacities and levels of experience. If you are new to gaming herein lies an opportunity for you to separate fact from fiction, and to expand your game protection, this book will hopefully prove to be a helpful reference tool.
With hundreds of photos, stories, and sometimes colorful language, I hope you find the text both interesting to read and easy to understand.
When all is said and done, the primary goal of this work is to stimulate your interest and thinking about this very important industry topic.
The opinions expressed in this book are my own, I alone carry the responsibility. - Steve Forte
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"Casino Game Protection is a landmark achievement and undoubtedly the most authoritative and definitive guide of its kind ever written...guaranteed to become an industry bestseller." - Ron Sheppard, Chairman, Grand Casinos Europa
"There has never been a more passionate, knowledgeable student of the game protection field. Steve deals with the topic like never before. Expect hard-hitting accuracy, detail, thoroughness, perspective, and more genuine knowledge of game protection than ever presented." - Gary Saul, Legendary Casino Expert
Pages 627 – Hardbound
ITEM # BK1317 PRICE $200.00
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