CARDSHARK Online - Museum of Crooked Gambling

<BODY bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="standard"> <h1 align="center">Virtual Museum of Crooked Gambling</h1> <h2>Collection of Card-Cheating Gaffs</h2> <P>This page contains a collection of crooked gambling gaffs and other gambling paraphernalia. Most of these gaffs were sold through various gambling supply houses, that flourished from the 1930s until 1961, such as the KC Card Co, Hunt & Co, Mason & Co... For completion, and historical purposes, we are including crooked gambling equipment beyond the interest of card cheating, as well as some ordinary gambling paraphernalia that we believe is of interest to collectors. </P> <P>Furthermore, some of the gambling equipment listed in this collection also appears in some other chapters on this site, mainly in <A href="holdouts_frs.shtml">holdout devices</A>, <A href="readers_frs.shtml">marked cards</A> as well as in our <A href="shop_frs.shtml">online shop</A>.</P> <P>This virtual museum has a listing of <A href="fr_museum_text_01.html">crooked gambling gaffs</A> <A href="fr_museum_text_02.html">card-cheating gaffs</A>, <A href="fr_museum_text_03.html">dice-cheating equipment</A> and <A href="fr_museum_text_04.html">other gambling paraphernalia</A>. If you are interested in researching historic playing cards, please visit our online <A href="http://playing-cards.us/collection.html" target="_blank">collection of playing cards from around the world</A>, on our sister site.</P> <P><b>card-cheating equipment</b></P> <UL> <LI><A href="museum/beanies.html">Beanies</A> - a gaff used for cheating in self-dealt poker games</LI> <LI><A href="museum/bug_01.html">Bug</A> - a simple holdout gaff used to switch cards when cheating at poker</LI> <LI><A href="museum/shoe_brace_01.html">Brace for Dealing Shoe</A> - a production tool used for assembling a dealing shoe</LI> <LI><A href="museum/camera_system_01.html">Camera System</A> - a fully functional camera system for marked cards</LI> <LI><A href="museum/card_press_01.html">Card Presses</A> - two solid wood card presses, used to keep the cards straight</LI> <LI><A href="museum/card_trimmer_01.html">Card Trimmer</A> - a card trimmer to make stripper decks</LI> <LI><A href="museum/chink_ink.html">Chink Ink</A> - a specialized container of daub</LI> <LI><A href="museum/corner_rounder_01.html">Corner Rounder</A> - a card trimmer to make stripper decks</LI> <LI><A href="museum/deck_switcher_01.html">Deck Switcher</A> - a simple gaff used to switch an entire deck of cards</LI> <LI><A href="museum/faro_box_01.html">Gaffed Faro Box</A> - one of the infamous gaffed faro boxes from the 1900's</LI> <LI><A href="museum/evans_blockout_ink.html">HC Evans blockout ink</A> - an original vial of blockout ink, from HC Evans</LI> <LI><A href="museum/luminous_contacts.html">Luminous Contact Lenses</A> - various contact lenses for reading marked cards</LI> <LI><A href="museum/luminous_daub.html">Luminous Daub</A> - an assortment of various luminous daubs</LI> <LI><A href="museum/luminous_visor.html">Luminous Visor</A> - the original luminous visor sold by the KC Card Co</LI> <LI><A href="museum/martin_holdout_01.html">Martin-Type Holdout Machine</A> - a mechanical holdout machine for cheating at poker</LI> <LI><A href="museum/n_daub.html">N Daub</A> - professional-grade daub for marking cards during the course of a game</LI> <LI><A href="museum/pegger_01.html">Peggers</A> - a pocket card punch used to make marked cards with blister marks</LI> <LI><A href="museum/pegger_dies_01.html">Pegger Forming Tools and Dies</A> - a collection of tools used in the manufacturing of peggers</LI> <LI><A href="museum/pipe_shiner_01.html">Pipe Shiner</A> - an antique shiper concealed inside a pipe</LI> <LI><A href="museum/shoe_rs_01.html">Rough-and-Smooth Blackjack Dealing Shoe</A> - a gaffed blackjack dealing shoe</LI> <LI><A href="museum/holdout_short.html">Short Sleeve Holdout</A> - the classic short-sleeve poker holdout</LI> <LI><A href="museum/holdout_shirt_01.html">Slick Sleeve Shirt for Mechanical Holdout Machine</A> - a modified short used with holdout machines</LI> <LI><A href="museum/wizard_poster.html">The "Wizard" Cuff Holders</A> - the cuff holder commonly sold as an antique holdout</LI> <LI><A href="museum/3_monte.html">Three-Card Monte</A> - an authentic set of cards used by a three-card monte mob</LI> <LI><A href="museum/thumb_prick.html">Thumb Prick</A> - a miniature antique card punch</LI> <LI><A href="museum/vampire_holdout.html">"Vampire" Sleeve Holdout</A> - an antique mechanical holdout machine with a Jacob's ladder mechanism</LI> </UL> <P> </P> <P><b>dice, spindle tops and dice equipment</b></P> <UL> <LI><A href="museum/butterfly_cup_01.html">Butterfly Dice Cup</A> - a gaffed dice cup used to switch loaded dice</LI> <LI><A href="museum/chinese_dice_box.html">Chinese Dice Box</A> - a gaffed dice shaker capable of controlling fair dice</LI> <LI><A href="museum/dice_casino_flats.html">Counterfeit Casino Dice: 1-6 Flats</A> - professionaly-made crooked casino dice</LI> <LI><A href="museum/dice_casino_weight.html">Counterfeit Casino Dice: Loaded Dice</A> - professionaly-made crooked casino dice</LI> <LI><A href="museum/dice_casino_spots.html">Counterfeit Casino Dice: Tops or Miss-Spotted Dice</A> - professionaly-made crooked casino dice</LI> <LI><A href="museum/dice_shaker_01.html">Crazy Dice Shaker</A> - a toy version of a dice shaker</LI> <LI><A href="museum/dice_carousel.html">Dice Carousel from Hunt & Co</A> - a production tool for making precision shaved dice</LI> <LI><A href="museum/dice_charger_01.html">Dice Charger</A> - machine used in the manufacturing of magnetic dice</LI> <LI><A href="museum/dice_holder_01.html">Dice Holder</A> - a simple gaff used to hold crooked dice in place, ready for a switch</LI> <LI><A href="museum/dice_edger.html">Dice Edgers</A> - a piece of equipment used to put edge-work on dice</LI> <LI><A href="museum/dice_shapers_01.html">Dice Shapers</A> - a tool used in the manufacturing of beveled dice</LI> <LI><A href="museum/spindle_tops_01.html">Gaffed Spindle Tops</A> - popular gaffed spindle tops used in bar games</LI> <LI><A href="museum/jackpot_dice_01.html">Jackpot Dice</A> - a dice game</LI> <LI><A href="museum/magnetic_dice_01.html">Magnetic Dice</A> - crooked dice that can be controlled by an external magnet</LI> <LI><A href="museum/magnetic_table_01.html">Magnetic Table</A> - a table with an electromagnetic coil to control magnetic dice</LI> <LI><A href="museum/chuck_a_luck_01.html">Mechanical Toy Chuck-a-Luck Shaker</A> - a toy version of the chuck-a-luck game</LI> <LI><A href="museum/rolling_log_01.html">Rolling Log</A> - a cheating tool used in a swindle</LI> <LI><A href="museum/tapping_dice_01.html">Tapping Dice</A> - loaded dice that can be reset by tapping</LI> <LI><A href="museum/whip_dice_01.html">Whip Dice and Cup</A> - crooked dice </UL> <P> </P> <P><b>miscellaneous cheating gaffs and gambling paraphernalia</b></P> <UL> <LI><A href="museum/poker_chips_01.html">Antique Poker Chips with Case</A> - a set of antique poker chips with original carrying case</LI> <LI><A href="museum/roulette_wheel_01.html">Bakelite Roulette Wheel</A> - an original bakelite roulette wheel sold by the KC Card Co</LI> <LI><A href="museum/blue_book_kc_1961.html">Blue Book by KC Card Co, 1961</A> - the last edition of the infamous Blue Book gambling catalog</LI> <LI><A href="museum/pocket_roulette.html">Gaffed Pocket Roulette Wheel</A> - a gaffed pocket-size roulette wheel</LI> <LI><A href="museum/rf_01.html">RF Communication Kit</A> - a communication kit used for secret communication</LI> <LI><A href="museum/punch_board_01.html">Punch Board</A> - one of many types of old punch boards</LI> </UL> <HR> <P align="center"><A href="http://cardshark.us" target="_top"><b>CARDSHARK Online: card cheating</b></A></P> <HR> <P><A href="home.html">museum of crooked gambling</A></P> </BODY>