Titles by Frank Scoblete

<div>With the help of the easy-to-master steps in this book, even a novice gambler can go from being a traditional craps player to a dice controller—an advantage player with a true edge over the house. For a dozen years, Frank Scoblete and his wife angered casino bosses around the country by knowing more about how to win money than almost anyone who ever challenged a casino. They used sophisticated methods—including controlled shooting and little-known advantage-play techniques—to turn the tables on the house. Now Frank, labeled an “icon in this industry” by <em>Midwest Gaming & Travel</em> magazine, shares with readers everything he knows about beating the casinos at craps. He instructs readers about the essentials: the grab, the grip, the pickup, the throw, the backspin, and the bounce. Many still doubt the controversial theory that controlled shooting can overcome the house odds in craps, but Scoblete demonstrates that it can.</div>

With the help of the easy-to-master steps in this book, even a novice gambler can go from being a traditional blackjack player to a card counter—an advantage player with a true edge over the house. For a dozen years, Frank Scoblete was a devastating card-counter, consistently beating casinos in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, and Tunica, Mississippi and angering the casino bosses by knowing more about how to win money than almost anyone who ever challenged a casino. He employed sophisticated methods, including card-counting and little-known advantage-play techniques to turn the tables on the house. Now Frank, known as an icon of the gambling industry, shares with readers everything he knows about beating casinos at blackjack, including techniques for one, two, four, six, and eight deck games such as “end play,” “the fat finger method,” “card groupings,” and several card counting systems that are easy to learn, but powerful and effective to play. I Am a Card Counter is an essential resource for any gambler looking to succeed at the blackjack table.

Aiding the average poker player to obtain above average results at the casino, this guide to some of the hottest games in poker goes beyond teaching the game itself for intelligent and direct strategies on how to win. In Everything Casino Poker, acclaimed gambling expert Frank Scoblete looks at popular casino poker games—including video poker, Texas Hold’em, Omaha Hi-Lo, and Pai Gow—and analyzes ways to gain an edge to beat the house. Thoroughly examining the rules of each variant of poker and the statistics and strategies that surround them, the guide provides a solid foundation that will better the player’s performance and experience, regardless of time spent at the casino tables.

Penned by a reputable authority on casinos, this guide provides the tools of the trade in order to perform a successful climb to the top of the gaming mountain. A step-by-step instructional approach is presented, going beyond the standard handbooks on blackjack, craps, and slots to include tips and tricks on baccarat, roulette, and more. A must-have for both casual and professional gamblers throughout the nation, this invaluable companion is guaranteed to provide the winning edge to beat the house.

With the help of numerous easy-to-master steps in this breakthrough book, readers will go from being a traditional blackjack player to being an advantage player with a real edge over the house. Insight into how the game of blackjack is really played pairs with traditional strategies for one, two, fours, six, and eight deck games, in this ultimate resources for mastering the blackjack table. Additional topics include smart betting advice for the non-advantage player, little-known secrets to minimize the house edge, which blackjack games to avoid, how to get a verifiable mathematical edge with the new easy-to-master Speed Count, unique betting techniques to increase monetary returns, why Speed Count is nothing like traditional card-counting methods, and how to play tournament blackjack to win.

<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>The most comprehensive craps book ever written, this is the book that gives readers everything needed to get a real, verifiable edge at the game of craps. The authors, two of the greatest living dice controllers, share, in words and pictures, their secret Golden Touch technique and give the edge needed to beat the house. Readers will learn several keys to winner craps, including how the game is really played, how to develop a Golden Touch controlled throw, which are the best and worst bets and "buy" bets, how to reduce the hit of the house edge by using the five count, how to push the casino to give a better game than advertised, how to set the dice to reduce or increase the appearance of different numbers, and how to judge what a real edge means.

Demonstrating the differences between seemingly similar slot machines and the strategies behind them, this gambling guide will teach readers all the nuances of slot machines that will improve the odds of winning. Written by one of the most experienced professional gamblers in the profession, Slots Conquest opens up the secret world of slot machines to everyone, instructing on how to identify the machines that will give the best odds to win as well as the basic statistics at work in any casino, revealing that there is more to slots than the luck of the pull.

Two of the best dice rollers in the nation share their secrets and tips for craps players looking to get an edge on the game in this exciting guide. Thoroughly explaining their proven techniques with photos and detailed descriptions, the authors make the system easy for anyone to learn—whether a veteran or not. Components of the strategy provided include how to set the dice to improve the odds of hitting different sets of numbers, how to throw the dice in a controlled manner, why using the 5-Count will reduce the house's edge, and how to push the casino to offer a better game than the standard. Without removing any of the excitement of gambling, this guide teaches how to approach the table with improved odds that could lead to bigger winnings.