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*Dice Dexterity
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*Dice Dexterity (1953)
*Why You Cant' Win (a treatise on Three Card Monte) with [[John Scarne]].
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*John Scarne Explains Why You Cant' Win (a treatise on Three Card Monte) with [[John Scarne]] (1933).
  
 
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[[Category:Biographies|Walsh]]

Revision as of 11:00, 20 December 2009

Audley Walsh (1894 - June 17, 1957) was a police officer and expert on gambling fraud. He had a large collection of gimmicked gambling apparatus.

Daring World War II he served the military branch of the government at many military bases to expose and show how the men could be fleeced. He later lectured on the subject as "Rackets Are My Racket".

In 1950, Audley helped start the IBM Ring 113 in Paterson. New Jersey. He contributed items to many magazines including Jinx and Phoenix.

Books

  • Dice Dexterity (1953)
  • John Scarne Explains Why You Cant' Win (a treatise on Three Card Monte) with John Scarne (1933).