Frank Garcia

Marked Cards and Loaded Dice

Prentice-Hall, Inc (1962)

Hardcover

148 pages | USA | English

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Genre

Conjuring

Subject

Magic tricks

Plot

Garcia, Frank: Marked Cards and Loaded Dice
©1962 Prentice-Hall, Inc. NJ
Hardcover W/Dustjacket, 274 Pages

Also ©1962 Brahmall House, NY

Comments: Over 270 hardbound pages on card and dice gaffs as well as all of the marks, peeks, and other sleight of hand techniques used by professional gamblers to cheat their unsuspecting victims.

Contents (Chapters Only)

1 Chapter I Those "Friendly" Games
9 Chapter II Any Honest Game in Town?
20 Chapter III Beware These Common Tricks!
28 Chapter IV Tribute to a Forgotten Artist
41 Chapter V Big Game Tonight!........
48 Chapter VI What Every GI Must Know
63 Chapter VII How to Win at Honest Cards
76 Chapter VIII This Is How They Do It to You
86 Chapter IX They Read 'Em, You Weep
105 Chapter X These Belly Strippers Are Dangerous
118 Chapter XI Ah, Those Lovely, Larcenous Ladies I Have Known!
130 Chapter XII The Crook's Falsies—Cuts and Shuffles
151 Chapter XIII They Never Deal You the Top Card
163 Chapter XIV Hit Me! Bust Out! Blackjack!
171 Chapter XV The 6-for-5 Operators
185 XVI Bringing in the Cooler
196 XVII The Fallacies of All Systems
207 XVIII Beware the "Beware" Boys!
210 XIX Hot Dice and Cold Hearts
219 XX Come On, Joe College!
240 XXI Honest Dice — For a Change
244 XXII Why Zsa Zsa Couldn't Win
259 - Maybe I Can Deal You Four Aces

260 Glossary
266 Bibliography
269 Index

Details

Extras	Author autograph

Personal

Owner	Bryan-Keith Taylor
Location	Magic Library (Home)
Index	4398
Added Date	Mar 31, 2021 19:59:49
Modified Date	Apr 06, 2026 14:22:09

Value

Book Condition	Near Mint

Notes

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Frank Garcia

Cover of Genii (1977)
Born Frank Garcia
May 8, 1927
Died July 15, 1993 (age 66)
Categories Books by Frank Garcia
Frank Garcia (b.1927-d.1993) was a very popular magician who was known as "The Man With The Million Dollar Hands." His specialty was gambling scams and cheating.

Biography
The son of Spanish immigrants, Garcia decided to become a magician after seeing a performance of Fu Manchu.

As "The Gambling Investigator" he demonstrated and exposed cheating methods at tradeshows and to law enforcement organizations throughout the United States and on television shows.

He was co-founder (with George Schindler) of the New York School for Magicians.

Bibliography
Frank Garcia's Sponge Balls (1959)
Frank Garcia's Billiard Balls (1960)
Marked Cards And Loaded Dice (1962) which was later released as How to Detect Crooked Gambling: Marked Cards and Loaded Dice (1977)
MacDonald's $100 Routine - New Stars of Magic (1972)
Million Dollar Card Secrets (1972)
Farky Hollis Predicts (1972)
Super Subtle Card Miracles (1973)
Amedeo's Continental Magic (co-authored with George Schindler) (1974)
All In A Nutshell (1974)
Magic With Cards (with George Schindler)(1974)
Encyclopedia of Sponge Ball Magic (1976)
Wild Card Miracles (1977)
How to Detect Crooked Gambling: Marked Cards and Loaded Dice (re-release of Marked Cards And Loaded Dice) (1977)
Don't Bet On It! (treatise on the three card monte) (1978)
Real Secrets of the Three Ball Routines (1978)
Bullseye (with Fr. Cyprian) New Stars of Magic (1978)
The Very Best of Cups and Balls (1979)
Exclusive Card Secrets (1980)
Exclusive Card Miracles (1980)
The Elegant Card Magic of Father Cyprian (1980)
Close-Up Magic of Frank Garcia, Part 1 & 2 (1982)
References
Photo Genii 1953 April
Cover Genii 1977 September
Obit Genii 1993 September
Richard Kaufman's personal remembrance of Frank Garcia appeared in MAGIC, September 1993, page 51.

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Garcia, Frank
(1927-1993)
Son of Spanish immigrants. He decided to become a magician after seeing a performance of Fu Manchu (David Bamberg).
Frank Garcia was a very popular magician who was known to magicians and gamblers as "The Man With The Million Dollar Hands." One of his specialties was gambling scams and cheating. As "The Gambling Investigator", he demonstrated and exposed cheating methods at tradeshows and to law enforcement organizations throughout the United States.
His best-known books about gambling include: Marked Cards and Loaded Dice (1962) which was later released as How to Detect Crooked Gambling (1977), All in a Nutshell (1974) and Don't Bet on It (1978).
Garcia also wrote many other books on magic: Million Dollar Card Secrets, Super Subtle Card Miracles, The Very Best of Cups and Balls, and Encyclopedia of Sponge Ball Magic.