100 Ways to Win a Ten-Spot: Scams, Cons, Games You Can't Lose »

Paul Zenon is one of the world’s leading comedian magicians. He has performed in 30 countries and has made hundreds of television appearances on stations such as Comedy Central. He is the author of Paul Zenon's Dirty Tricks and Street Magic.

As opposed to offering up typical magic tricks, this hilarious collection of scams, swindles, bets, and stunts features everyday objects and requires no special skills—just nerve. Some of the scams presented include how to drink from a champagne bottle without opening it, guess the date on a coin as it spins on the table, and pull a 10-dollar bill out from under a beer bottle without touching or knocking over the bottle. This amusing guide claims that a cheater, armed with the right skills, always wins and provides a crash course in conning at cards, pool, bets, and pretty much any activity where a sucker can be cornered into taking a chance.

Introduction
The Drinks Are On You     1
Bottoms Up 2
Bucks In     3
Under Cover Operation     5
Down and Out     6
Six Shooter     8
Threes Up     9
High Spirits     12
Up and Away     14
Follow the Leader     16
Twice Shy     17
Bottle Bank     18
Mouth to Mouth     21
Crash the Ash     23
Sticks and Stones     25
Down in One     26
Bottle Opener     28
Fill Her Up     29
Cap in Hand     30
Lot of Bottle     32
Tipped Off     37
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose     38
It's a Date     39
Time Is Money     40
Worth a Packet     42
Numbers Up     43
The Weigh-In     44
Coining It In     45
Match Point     47
Game, Set, and Match     48
Match Bookie     50
Four Play     51
Cup Winner     53
Matchbox Monte     54
Dropping the Charges     55
A RightHandful     57
Catch of the Day     58
The Final Straw     60
Toss Up     61
It's a Corker     62
Holey Smoke     64
Sporting Chance     67
Jiggery Pokery     68
Poker in the Eye     69
Poker in Both Eyes     70
Five Card Trick     72
Smoke Break     74
Black Balled     76
Bermuda Triangle     78
Hot Spot     79
You've Been Framed     80
Private Dick     81
Case Dismissed     84
Cut Throat     85
Color Blind     86
Chase the Ace     87
Limbo     88
Head South     89
The Money Shot     91
Cueless     92
Box Clever     94
Dicing with Debt     95
Mastermind     99
Weakest Link     100
Cash in Hand     101
Word Up     103
Out for the Count     104
What's the Score?     105
Propheteering     106
Time of the Month     107
Shaken and Stirred     109
Diamonds Are Forever     111
Pyramid Power     112
Theory of Relativity     113
The Price Is Right     114
Divide and Conquer     115
Negative Equity     117
Got Your Number     118
Standing on Ceremony     119
Tourist Trap     120
Spin on It     121
Trust Me, I'm a Doctor     122
Held for Questioning     124
Part Animal     125
Sitting Target     126
Pushing Your Luck     127
The Money Pit     128
Cut and Run     130
Pickup Putdown     133
Against the Wall     135
Hand over Fist     136
Feet Up     137
Stolen Kiss     139
Trial Separation     140
Getting the Needle     141
Hard Cash     144
Hands Down     145
Thumbs Up     147
Tongue Tied     150
Dressing Down     151
Get Knotted     152
Tie Massage     153
Phoney     154
Get Shirty     157