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STRONG, J.C. (James Carey). Gambling Dice Cards. Why Players Lose [cover title]. Hollywood: Hollywood Book Co., (1929). Publisher’s pictorial cloth. Illustrated. 8vo. 144pp. Cloth a bit soiled; very good.Covers dice control and crooked dice, cheating at roulette, “blue rooms,” plus probabilities and gamblers’ habits. Addressing gambling house operators as well as players, the author quips, “Percentage will accomplish the same result as graft. It don’t hurt the business and is just as sure in the long run.”