Ahh, it's always the SNC that I can actually make it to which are the most impossible. 
Have fun guys, I'm only good at roundtables and hunts for things
Have fun guys, I'm only good at roundtables and hunts for things
Saturday Night Contest - A Quotation Query - Name That Book
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The time now is 11:00pm EST, and that means it's time to announce this evening's winner. Tonight's prize goes to Ben Long, with his correct submission of "How Gamblers Win."
The book was first published in 1865 and attributed to Gerritt Evans, or "a retired professional" under it's anonymous pen. As mentioned in the modern day introduction written by Steve Forte, this was the first publication to really popularize the term "advantage playing" to refer to card cheating. Covering everything from false cuts to false shuffles to briefs, crimps, and even loaded dice, it's a pretty fascinating early text on card technique (Pre-Erdnase).
If you're interested in it, I'd recommend the limited edition printing with introduction by Steve Forte here, or the digital PDF here.
Tonight's contest was a hard one - great job by all in researching this!
The book was first published in 1865 and attributed to Gerritt Evans, or "a retired professional" under it's anonymous pen. As mentioned in the modern day introduction written by Steve Forte, this was the first publication to really popularize the term "advantage playing" to refer to card cheating. Covering everything from false cuts to false shuffles to briefs, crimps, and even loaded dice, it's a pretty fascinating early text on card technique (Pre-Erdnase).
If you're interested in it, I'd recommend the limited edition printing with introduction by Steve Forte here, or the digital PDF here.
Tonight's contest was a hard one - great job by all in researching this!
Yep, I looked at 180 or so magicians on Wikipedia. Didn't even come close.
CONGRAGULATIONS BEN!!!
CONGRAGULATIONS BEN!!!
I guessed some book with the word "Cattle" in it. I just kinda googled the 2 quotes, I guess it didn't work lol. Congratulations Ben