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How to Cheat at Everything: A Con Man Reveals the Secrets of the Esoteric Trade of Cheating, Scams, and Hustles
How to Cheat at Everything: A Con Man Reveals the Secrets of the Esoteric Trade of Cheating, Scams, and Hustles

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Author: Simon Lovell
Publisher: Running Press
Category: Book

List Price: $18.95
Buy New: $9.60
You Save: $9.35 (49%)



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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars 7 reviews
Sales Rank: 47201

Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 560
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 7 x 1.2

ISBN: 1560259736
Dewey Decimal Number: 175.6
EAN: 9781560259732
ASIN: 1560259736

Publication Date: December 31, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: New Book. Fast Shipping. May have small remainder mark.

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Gambling is more popular than ever, with multi-million dollar poker tournaments on television, gambling themed movies like Rounders gaining in popularity, and casinos opening in just about every state of the U.S. How to Cheat at Everything is a roller-coaster ride through bar bets, street hustles, carnivals, Internet fraud, big and small cons, card and dice games and more. You'll even find the exact frauds that the NYPD regard as the most common and dangerous today, and learn top tips on how to avoid each one. This inside information comes from Lovell's lifetime of experience in the field, along with additional information from both sides of the law. Not just a "here's how the con works" book; this guides you through the set up, the talk, the sell, everything about the con, and how you can be suckered into one. If you think that you can't be conned; then you are already halfway to being so! There is no preaching here, just a fun ripping ride through a world so few know about. You'll meet wild, eccentric and larcenous characters and you'll learn how they work their money-making deeds, all without having to risk a penny of your own money.



Customer Reviews:   Read 2 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars Entertaining, fun and very cool stuff to know...   August 13, 2008
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Who wouldn't want to gain the oohs and aahs of friends at dinner or a bar?

This book is loaded with some fantastic tricks. It's not teaching readers about ripping people off, though those stories are mixed in throughout.

If you want a very unusual gift book, this is it.



1 out of 5 stars CONNING AND HUSTLING   December 6, 2007
 0 out of 39 found this review helpful

THAT TYPE OF BEHAVIOR WILL ONLY GET YOU SO FAR..IN REFERENCE TO THE BOOK, ONLY A MENTALLY DISTURBED SOCIOPATH WOULD READ IT IN THE FIRST PLACE. THERE IS A COUPLE IN PHILADELPHIA,PA (SEE PHILLY.COM) THAT WAS RECENTLY BUSTED FOR FRAUD, AND IDENTITY THEFT. THIS BOOK WAS FOUND IN THEIR POSSESSIONS. IT WILL ONLY GET YOU SO FAR. IF NOT PRISON, 6 FEET OF DIRT AT THE CEMETARY OF YOUR CHOICE FOR SCREWING OVER THE WRONG PERSON...SAD, BUT TRUE...


2 out of 5 stars Overrated and Boring   July 16, 2007
 9 out of 22 found this review helpful

Not only is Lovell's book twice as long as it should have been, but over 90% of the material covered is so dumb and artless it would only rip off a stoned retard. Remember Lloyd and Harry in 'Dumb and Dumber' scamming that crippled blind kid with a headless dead parakeet? You'll get the picture straight away. In fact, about a third of the book is on clumsy and oafish playing card frauds that wouldn't fool your own mother.


2 out of 5 stars Slogging   June 26, 2007
 10 out of 16 found this review helpful

Would be interesting if it were half as long. The cons were the most interesting; the endless variations on how to cheat at cards and dice and silly bar bets were tiring.


4 out of 5 stars Quite interesting   May 31, 2007
 5 out of 6 found this review helpful

I've made it about 70% through, and I'm very pleased. It's a broader study than The Big Con, and doesn't go into as much depth, but it hits the kind of thing the average person is more likely to see. One thing lacking is the pictures on such things as the false shuffles. I suppose you'd truly need high-speed video to really see what's happening, but more than one picture per shuffle would be a good start.

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