Sharps and Flats; a complete revelation of the Secrets of Cheating at Games of Chance and Skill (1894)
Maskelyne, John Nevil · Longmans, Green and Co. (London) · leaf 283
264 SHARPS AND FLATS lation of this kind ; more particularly since cheating can be accomplished, by mechanical means, in a much more simple and effective manner. The method of cheating usually adopted, therefore, takes the form of a ‘bottle- holdout,’ which can be caused to retain any of the … Fic. 61. highest numbers and to deliver them té either of the players, at the will of the dealer. This holdout is, of course, within the bottle itself, and is operated by pressure upon the slightly flexible sides. Fig. 61 is an filustration of a bottle of this kind, part of one side being cut away…
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