Weasel Murphy, has approximately 40 years' experience in various types of back room, barroom, street, and organized gambling. Starting around age 11, the author began learning about carnival tricks and various street scams. A tour of duty in the armed forces was a beginning education in back room and barroom gambling, After discharge, the author worked driving a beer truck in Lake County, Illinois. During this period the author was introduced to, and ultimately became employed by, people in charge of various gambling operations, including pinball machine and jukebox operations. At age 27 the author moved to Las Vegas, graduated from the Strip Dealers School, and began employment dealing blackjack. Over the next several years the author moved up to dealing poker and eventually became a floor man in a major Strip casino. During the Vegas years, the author made friends with many people from every sector of the gambling community. These friendships led to information about the industry and is the basis for much of the information in this book.
Biography from the archived Paladin Press catalog.
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