Frank Scoblete

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Only if you are completely new to the gambling world the chances are you still do not know who Frank Scoblete is; if so, it is a high time to change such situation. So, please, welcome one of the American bestselling gaming writers, whose books about different casino games have always found their readers: people had a chance to open many new facts about their favorite games from Mr. Scoblete's books. Though his favorite casino game is craps and most of his books are devoted particularly to this game, Frank Scoblete does not forget also about such card games as blackjack and baccarat of course.

Scoblete's main biography dates

Speaking about Frank Scoblete's life, it can be mentioned that he did not think of the career of a gambler first: he has 3 Master's degrees on History, Philosophy and Literature; he worked as a writer, editor and publisher; he tried to play at the theatre where he met his future wife Alene Paone; he wrote some reviews of books and restaurants for some New York newspapers. But it was his theatre which helped him to understand that gaming was his real passion.

Let's have a look at Frank Scoblete's main dates of his biography in order to understand this wonderful person better:

Since then, Frank Scoblete has written many different books on the topic of gambling, including The Baccarat Battle Book where he described the existence of the phenomenon of baccarat counting: Frank tried to prove that it was possible to use card counting playing baccarat though there were some secrets and tips to follow in order to achieve a success.

The Baccarat Battle Book

The book was published in 1999 and it became a best-seller at once as gamblers found there answers to all their questions concerning the game of baccarat:

• Which moves are better to make during a game
• The structure of every bet
• Facts concerning casino commissions
• Information about different baccarat techniques, their strong and weak points

All experts recommend The Baccarat Battle Book for new comers because they can find a lot of useful information concerning baccarat casino game there; moreover, all books of Scoblete are very easy and interesting to read, so, you can choose his books both for education and entertainment.

King Scobe

Such a nickname Mr. Scoblete sometimes uses for his books; he has written in about 15 books about the gambling world and today he continues to write books as well as different articles for gaming magazines (there are in about 50 of them - American and Canadian ones); Frank is often invited to give some lectures and he has several web-sites, main of which is www.scoblete.com

Frank Scoblete

Casino Gambling’s Number One Authority

Frank Scoblete is America's #1 best-selling gaming author, casino games expert and speaker. He has been awarded certificates from Amazon.com as the best-selling gaming author on the Internet and the Barnes & Noble website calls him: 'Unquestionably the number one best-selling gaming author.' His books and television shows have been written about and reviewed by many of the nation’s top newspapers and magazines.

Frank is now published by Triumph Books, a division of Random House, the largest publisher in the world.

You can see a series of DVDs on the Internet featuring Frank Scoblete: http://www.videojug.com/interview/gambling-basics-2

See television media presentation and excerpts from shows: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4638870588901763565#.

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Frank Scoblete grew up in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York. He attended St. John's Prep on a full athletic scholarship for baseball and basketball.

Frank Scoblete Dice

Switching directions, Frank attended college on a full, academic scholarship. In college, Frank boxed ('I was pummeled in my last fight. I have no memory of the last seven minutes.') and wrote for the school paper. He majored in history, literature and philosophy.

Frank has three masters’ degrees.

From 1969, the year he graduated college, until 1974, Frank worked as a feature writer, then editor, then managing editor, and finally publisher of Island Magazine, a news magazine on Long Island.

He was the first writer in America to investigate the phenomena of teenagers hanging out in shopping malls, an investigative piece that gained him national attention.

During this time, Frank was also a frequent free-lance reviewer of books, nightclubs and gourmet restaurants for a number of New York newspapers and was a frequent guest on radio and television shows. He also had his own radio program 'Frank Scoblete Live!'

In 1975, Frank decided to try his hand at acting ('I've always been a ham!').

In 1979, Frank co-founded The Other Vic Theatre Company, a professional touring troupe that played dinner theatres, resorts, and charities. From 1979 until he sold his share of the company in 1989, Frank produced, directed and acted in over 50 plays.

In 1986, Frank was researching the lead role for the hit play, The Only Game in Town - the story of a down-and-out gambler in Las Vegas. His co-star was Alene Paone. They went to Atlantic City to research their roles. 'I was hooked. I began to realize that I enjoyed the casinos even more than I enjoyed working in the theatre.' Alene and Frank toured in the play for four months, fell in love, and married.

In 1989, Frank sold his share of the theatre company and began his career as a gaming writer with articles and short stories for Win Magazine. He had spent four years (1986 to 1990) researching, analyzing, and when he could, playing the games. From 1990 to 1992, Frank 'basically lived in the casinos.'

With the phenomenal success of his first book, Beat the Craps Out of the Casinos in 1991 (which has subsequently become the best-selling craps book of all time), Frank began a successful climb to the top of the gaming mountain. He is now the most well known, respected and sought-after gaming writer and speaker in the country.

Frank has also served as a consultant to IGT, J.Berwin and eGaming Review in England, CNN, the Discovery Channel, ABC, Walter Cronkite, TBS, Silicon Gaming, Mikohn Gaming, Cadallac Jack and The Travel Channel.

He has appeared frequently on television including the History Channel, A&E, the Travel Channel, CNN, TBS, and the National Geographic Channel, among others. Frank has done hundreds of radio shows throughout the country and his 'gaming tips' are broadcast on KATY in California.

Frank has written several television shows for the Travel Channel, A&E, and the History Channel.

Frank has several very popular websites: www.scoblete.com in association with CasinoCity.com; also www.goldentouchcraps.com and www.goldentouchblackjack.com. He has a private members-only website as well.

A charismatic speaker, Frank has been featured at many festivals and symposiums, most recently Sunset Station's Beat the House Seminar in Las Vegas; The Craps Festival at Sam's Town in Tunica, The Las Vegas Craps Festival, Casino Player's Atlantic City Gaming Festivals at Trump Taj Mahal and The Tropicana; The Casino Player Las Vegas Gaming Festival at The Tropicana; The Midwest Gaming Expo in Chicago; The Harvey Illinois Gaming Festival; The Texas Gamblers Expo in Austin, A Weekend with Frank Scoblete at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas and A Weekend with Frank Scoblete at Sam's Town in Tunica.

He has also done Frank Scoblete's Gamblers Jamborees at Sam's Town, Isleta Casino, Gold Strike and Windsor Casino Hotel.

He has given talks at bookstores throughout the country, and also at libraries, charitable organizations, at fund-raising activities and at the Learning Annex.

Frank does about 15 private seminars a year in craps, blackjack, slots and poker with his Golden Touch™ company of experts.

Frank calls his public talks 'instructional entertainment' and they are characterized by a lively stage style, good information, and humor. 'As an actor I always enjoyed performing before a large audience but often found myself performing for less than sold-out shows. As a gaming speaker, it's standing-room-only for most of my talks.'

Because of the tremendous popularity of Frank's talks, Paone Press came out with a series of audio cassettes in 1997 featuring him discussing various aspects of casino gaming: Slot Conquest, and Power of Positive Playing.

His recent DVD (2008) is Golden Touch™: Beat Craps by Controlling the Dice which shows over 200 unedited controlled dice throws.

Frank is a strong advocate of casino gambling 'for fun and hopefully profit' and he has debated anti-gaming advocates in the past. 'While I am a casino gaming advocate in general, I am a player advocate in particular. I want to see players get the best run for their money and I love to see players win! All my books and tapes are geared to giving players the best possible shot at beating the casinos.'

In that spirit Frank formed the Golden Touch™ Craps™ dice control seminars in 2002 with Dominator, Mr. Finesse and author Bill Burton and the Golden Touch™ Blackjack seminars in 2004 with Dominator, Henry Tamburin and Dan Pronovost which teaches the revolutionary new Speed Count. In 2007, Frank launched his Casino Killer College which will teach advantage methods for slots, video poker, poker and Pai Gow poker.

Frank is a regular contributor and columnist for over 50 magazines and newspapers in America, Canada, and the Islands. He is widely syndicated on the internet.

Frank Scoblete lives in New York with his wife, Alene Paone Scoblete. He has two grown sons. All his books and tapes are available in leading bookstores such as Barnes & Noble, B. Dalton, Borders Books & Music, Walden Books or on Internet book sites such as Amazon.com. or by calling 1-886-738-3423.

To book Frank as a consultant, speaker or for special engagements, or if you are interested in having Frank write for your newspaper or magazine, please write to Frank at fscobe@optonline.net or call him at 516-596-3239.

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FRANK SCOBLETE'S BOOKS

• Casino Craps: Shoot to Win! (Triumph Books, a division of Random House)
• Beat Blackjack Now!The Easiest Way to Get the Edge! (Triumph Books, a division of Random House)
• Cutting Edge Craps: Advanced Strategies for Serious Players! (Triumph Books, a division of Random House)
• Slots Conquest: How to Beat the Slot Machines! (Triumph Books, a division of Random House)
• The Virgin Kiss (Research Services Unlimited)
• The Golden Touch™ Craps™ Dice Control Revolution [Research Services Unlimited]
• Golden Touch™ Blackjack Revolution! [Research Services Unlimited]
• Armada Strategies for Spanish 21 [Bonus Books]
• Baccarat Battle Book! [Bonus Books]
• Beat the Craps Out of the Casinos: How to Play Craps and Win! [Bonus Books]
• Beat the Craps Out of the Casinos: How to Play Craps and Win! Expanded Edition. [Bonus Books]
• Best Blackjack! [Bonus Books]
• Best Blackjack! Expanded Edition [Bonus Books]
• Bold Card Play: Best Strategies Caribbean Stud, Let It Ride & Three Card Poker [Bonus Books]
• Break the One-Armed Bandits! How to Come Out Ahead When You Play Slots [Bonus Books]
• Forever Craps: The Five-Step Advantage Play Method! [Bonus Books]
• Captain's Special Report on Tournament Craps [Paone Press]
• Guerrilla Gambling: How to Beat the Casinos at Their Own Games! [Bonus Books]
• Guerrilla Gambling: How to Beat the Casinos at Their Own Games! Updated Edition [Bonus Books]
• The Captain's Craps Revolution! [Paone Press]
• The Morons of Blackjack and Other Monsters [Paone Press]
• Spin Roulette Gold: Secrets of Beating the Wheel [Bonus Books]
• Victory at Video Poker with Video Blackjack, Craps and Keno [Bonus Books]
• Casino Gambling: Play Like a Pro in 10 Minutes or Less! [Bonus Books]
• The Craps Underground: How Dice Controllers Are Winning Millions from the Casinos [Bonus Books]

FRANK CONRIBUTED CHAPTERS OR FOREWORDS TO:

The Experts' Guide to Casino Games edited by Walter Thomason

Blackjack for the Clueless by Walter Thomason

American Casino Guide edited by Steve Bourie

109 Ways to Beat the Casinos edited by Walter Thomason

The Casino Answer Book by John Grochowski

21st Century Blackjack by Walter Thomason

Gamblers' Digest edited by Dennis Thornton

FRANK SCOBLETE'S VIDEO TAPES / hosted by James Coburn:

Winning Strategies at Slots with Video Poker

Winning Strategies at Blackjack

Winning Strategies at Craps

FRANK SCOBLETE'S DVDs:

Golden Touch™ Craps™ DVD: Beat Craps by Controlling the Dice written and hosted by Frank Scoblete

Casino Craps: Shoot to Win!

Special Series with Video Jug (http://www.videojug.com/interview/gambling-basics-2)

FRANK SCOBLETE'S AUDIO TAPES:

Slot Conquest!

Power of Positive Playing!

Sharpshooter Craps!

FRANK SCOBLETE'S GET THE EDGE GUIDES:

Get the Edge at Blackjack: Revolutionary Advantage Play Methods That Work! by John May

Thrifty Gambling by John Brokopp

Get the Edge at Roulette: How to Predict Where the Ball Will Land! by Christopher Pawlicki.

77 Ways to Get the Edge at Casino Poker by Fred Renzey

Insider's Guide to Internet Gambling by John Brokopp

Get the Edge at Low-Limit Texas Hold'em by Bill Burton

The Lottery Book: The Truth Behind the Numbers by Don Catlin

How to Win a Million Playing Slots...or lose trying by Frank Legato

PRODUCED PLAYS:

The Virgin Kiss

Dracula's Blind Date

COLUMNIST:

Frank's articles and columns regularly appear in over 50 magazines, web pages and newspapers in America, Canada, Europe and the Islands including:

Access Magazine

American Lottery Magazine

Aruba Nights

Atlantic City Insider

Atlantic City Magazine

Atlantic City Weekly

Blackjack Insider (email magazine)

Bonaire Nights

Bottom Line Magazine

Casino City Times (web)

Casino Gaming Magazine (UK)

Casino Magazine

Casino Ops Magazine

Casino Player

Casino Player (online)

Casino U.K. (web)

Chance and Circumstance

Chance The Best of Gaming

Craps Club (web)

Craps Companion (email magazine)

Crapshooter

Curacao Nights

Denver Post

Double Down

Experts' Blackjack Newsletter

Fun 'n Games

Global Gaming Magazine

Gamblers' Gazette

Gambling Times

Gaming Pacific

Gaming South

Gaming Today

Golden Touch™ Craps™ (web)

Harrah's Magazine

Heartland Casino News

Island Gourmet

Jackpot Gulfport

Jackpot Tunica

Las Vegas Magazine

Memphis Commercial Appeal

Midwest Gaming and Travel

Midwest Gaming and Travel (online)

Poker Digest

RGT Online (web)

Southern Gaming and Destinations

St. Martin's Nights

Frank Scoblete Books

Strictly Slots

Strictly Slots (online)

Tunica Insider (email magazine)

Win Magazine

CONSULTING:

Mikohn Gaming (patents)

IGT (slot patents)

Silicon Gaming (slot patents)

J.Berwin (patents)

eGaming Review in England (Internet Gaming)

Isleta Casino Resort (staff development)

Casino Windsor (staff development)

CNN

Discovery Channel

ABC

Walter Cronkite

TBS

Cadallac Jack (slot machine programming)

The Travel Channel

THEATRE

Frank was the co-owner of The Other Vic Theatre Company for 12 years. He produced, directed and acted in over 50 plays.

TELEVISION:

Frank has appeared in and written many shows on casino gambling for:

The Travel Channel

A&E

The National Geographic Channel

The Discovery Channel

TBS

The History Channel

The Learning Channel

CNN

ZKK-TV (Great Britain)

RADIO:

Frank has done over 200 guest spots on radio shows across the country.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND CLASSES:

A charismatic speaker, Frank has been featured at many festivals and symposiums, including:

World Casino Championships in Las Vegas

World Craps Championships in Las Vegas

Isleta Casino’s Frank Scoblete's Gambler's Jamboree

The Frank Scoblete Gambler’s Jamboree at Gold Strike Casino

Sunset Station’s Beat the House Seminar in Las Vegas

American Lottery Winners Association convention in Atlantic City

The Craps Festival at Sam’s Town in Tunica

The Las Vegas Craps Festival

Casino Player’s Atlantic City Gaming Festival at Trump Taj Mahal

Casino Player’s Atlantic City Gaming Festival at The Tropicana

The Casino Player Las Vegas Gaming Festival at The Tropicana

The Midwest Gaming Expo in Chicago

The Harvey Illinois Gaming Festival

The Texas Gamblers Expo in Austin

A Weekend with Frank Scoblete at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas

A Weekend with Frank Scoblete at Sam’s Town in Tunica

The World Casino Championships (Las Vegas)

Frank's gives advantage-play classes, Golden Touch™ Craps™, Golden Touch™ Blackjack, and his Casino Killer college which teaches advantage play on advantage-slot machines, video poker, casino poker, Internet poker, tournament poker and Pai Gow poker.

Frank Scoblete can be reached by calling 1-516-596-3239 or by writing to him at: PO Box 446, Malverne, NY 11565. His email is fscobe@optonline.net.