Cheating the system?
These guys built
the system.
Low Down Dirty Tricks is the first book in a series featuring raw and confronting interviews with the best operators in the world’s shadiest business.
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Andrew Wimhurst has spent most of his life hanging around with professional gambling thieves. From busted-ass three-card monte hustlers stealing on street corners to the most sophisticated casino crossroaders taking off Las Vegas rug joints for millions of dollars.
Wimhurst has earned their deep trust and has acquired the hard-earned skills and technical knowledge to cheat. He knows what it takes to steal at the card table because he’s actually done it.
Exposing the lurid, gritty and
dangerous
criminal underworld of thieves
operating in the global gambling industry.
True confessions from the world's greatest gambling cheats
Low Down Dirty Tricks is the first book in a series featuring raw and confronting interviews with the best operators in the world’s shadiest business.
Over three decades, Andrew Wimhurst convinced professional gambling cheats to dish the dirt on a rarely seen criminal underworld. You’ll learn how hardcore cheats get “turned out”, the risks they take on a daily basis, how they view the suckers they steal from, the crazy technology they apply, and the amazing skills and psychology used to rip you off.
Covering hardcore scufflers from the 1940s through to the 2020s, this book series delivers a rare slice of American history that will fascinate lovers of true crime investigations.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Andrew Wimhurst has spent over three decades at the intersection of deception and detection. A respected figure in the underground world of gambling cheats and an influential voice in the global magic community, Wimhurst has earned the rare trust of hustlers, con artists, and card mechanics who normally take their secrets to the grave.
Known for his razor-sharp sleight of hand and forensic knowledge of gambling scams, he’s consulted with law enforcement, trained magicians, and interviewed some of the most notorious operators in the game.
Low Down Dirty Tricks is the culmination of a lifetime spent chasing the truth behind the dirtiest of tricks.