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In the 1990s Andrew Wimhurst began a thirty-year journey into the dark side of professional gambling. His aim was to meet the world’s greatest cheats, learn their secrets and find out what it takes to steal at the card table.

Making his way across the darkest underbelly of modern America, Wimhurst recorded candid interviews with dozens of legendary professional thieves.

From casino crossroaders to handmuckers and holdout artists, slot thieves and bustout mechanics — they brought him into their inner circle and taught him the dark arts of their trade.

Those secrets are revealed in this book, a unique time capsule delivering unprecedented insights into the ruthless psychology, amazing criminal ingenuity and crazy dangers of gambling’s “thieving bastards”.

A stunning hardcover book of 428 pages with an additional 32 pages of gloss images, Thieving Bastards: True Confessions of the World’s Greatest Cheats is the first volume in a series and delivers nine gripping investigative interviews. Also features an extensive glossary of cheating terminology, a guided explanation of cheating techniques, and a detailed index that will be of use to researchers.

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