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Audley Walsh
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| Audley Walsh | |
| Born | Audley Valentine Walsh June 16, 1894 New York City, New York |
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| Died | June 19, 1957 (age 63) Englewood Hospital, Englewood, New Jersey |
Audley Walsh (b.1894-d.1957) was a police officer and expert on gambling fraud. He had a large collection of gimmicked gambling apparatus.
Biography
During World War II, he served the military branch of the government at many military bases to expose and show how the men could be fleeced. He later lectured on the subject as "Rackets Are My Racket".
In 1950, Walsh helped start the IBM Ring 113 in Paterson. New Jersey. He contributed items to many magazines including Jinx and Phoenix. [1] [2] [3]
Books
- Three Card Monte, Audley V. Walsh & John Scarne (1930)
- John Scarne Explains Why You Can't Win (a treatise on Three Card Monte) with John Scarne (1933).
- Sponge Ball Manipulation (1940)
- Rackets are my Rackets Lecture Notes (1952)
- Dice Dexterity (Deceptions) with Ed Mishell (1953)
References
- The New Phoenix, No. 324, 1955, Reflections, by Audley Walsh, page 108
- The Linking Ring, Vol. 37, No. 6, August 1957, Broken Wand, Audley V. Walsh, by Don Rose, page 118
- Cover, The Linking Ring, Vol. 55, No. 10, October 1975, OUR COVER, Audley V. Walsh, by Wm. H. Douglass, page 64
- http://itricks.com/news/2013/05/the-magic-cop/