Frank Scoblete

Frank Scoblete

Infobox Writer
name = Frank Scoblete


imagesize = 200px
caption =
pseudonym = King Scobe
birthdate = 1947
birthplace = Brooklyn, New York
occupation = Writer
nationality = American
subject = Blackjack, craps, general gambling
website = http://www.goldentouchcraps.com/

Frank Scoblete (born 1947) is an American author who has written both under his own name and King Scobe about casino gambling. Referred to by the "Washington Post" as "a widely published authority on casino games," his books include "Beat the Craps out of the Casinos", "Golden Touch Blackjack Revolution," and "Beat the One-Armed Bandits". He has written and appeared in television documentaries such as the "What Would You Do If ...?" program on The Travel Channel, written numerous columns for gambling magazines and websites, and produced a series of videotapes and DVDs, with most of his work being about the games of craps and blackjack.

Biography

Scoblete grew up in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York, the older of two children. He attended Our Lady of Angels elementary school, and then St. John's Prep. According to his website, he had a full athletic scholarship for baseball and basketball. He graduated high school in 1965, and then went on to college, this time under an academic scholarship, majoring in history, literature, and philosophy. According to his site, he has three Master's degrees, and graduated in 1969.cite web|url=http://www.gambling.co.uk/gambling-articles/gambling-experts-biography.html?author_id=6|title=Gambling Experts - Frank Scoblete|publisher=gambling.co.uk |accessdate=2007-06-18]

From 1969 to 1974 he worked as a writer, editor, and eventually publisher of "Island Magazine", a Long Island news magazine. He also had his own radio program "Frank Scoblete Live!", and worked for a time as a high school teacher, teaching English at Lawrence High School on Long Island."Long Island Journal", "New York Times", January 16, 1994, section 13LI, page 3]

In 1975 Scoblete experimented with acting, and in 1979 co-founded The Other Vic Theatre Company, a professional touring troupe that played dinner theatres, resorts, and charities. During his time with the Company, Scoblete produced, directed, and acted in approximately 50 plays. In 1985, while researching the role of a gambler for the play "The Only Game in Town", Scoblete and his co-star Alene Paone went to Atlantic City to do some research, which made them realize that they liked gambling more than acting. The play toured for four months. Scoblete sold his share of the theatre company in 1989, and starting writing columns for gaming magazines such as "WIN Magazine". [ [http://www.bjrnet.com/member/bjapr/Pubs_WIN.htm Blackjack Encyclopedia of Casino Twenty-One: Win Magazine ] ] He spent the majority of his time from 1986 to 1992 in the casinos. His first book on the subject was "Beat the Craps Out of the Casinos", published in 1991 by Paone Press, a mail-order publishing house founded by his future wife Paone, who has also taught at Lawrence Middle School.cite web|url=http://www.goldentouchcraps.com/frankbio.shtml | title=Frank Scoblete biography|publisher=goldentouchcraps.com | accessdate=2007-06-18] Scoblete and Paone married in 1993, and spent their honeymoon playing blackjack on a Mississippi riverboat.

Along with his books and columns, Scobete has also written for television, such as the Travel Channel's "What Would You Do If ...?" program, in which he also appears as an expert. ["Scoblete, Frank. "Las Vegas: What Would You Do If ...?", The Travel Channel, first aired January 10, 2005] He has been cited as a consultant in newspapers such as the "Detroit News" and "Kansas City Star". [cite news|title=Casino payouts seen, not earned. Billboards tout big money, but slots keep most of it|date=1996-03-17|author=David Hayes|publisher="Kansas City Star"] In 2003 during the gambling scandal involving ex-Education Secretary William Bennett, Scoblete was cited as a source in the "Washington Post", which described Scoblete as "a widely published authority on casino games."cite news|author=David von Drehle|date=2003-05-03|work="The Washington Post"|title= Bennett Reportedly High-Stakes Gambler - Former Education Secretary Lost $8 Million in Past Decade, Magazines Find]

Scoblete also self-published, via Paone Press, a quarterly magazine called "The New Chance and Circumstance". [cite web|url=http://info.detnews.com/casino/newdetails.cfm?column=grochowski&myrec=162|title=Taking a page or two from the experts' books|author=John Grochowski|accessdate=2007-06-19|date=2003-01-30|publisher="Detroit News"] He also writes articles about gambling for websites such as worldcasinodirectory.com,cite web|url=http://www.worldcasinodirectory.com/articles/category/frank-scoblete|title=Articles by Frank Scoblete|publisher=worldcasinodirectory.com|accessdate=2007-06-19] gambling.co.uk, and his own site goldentouchcraps.com. [cite web|url=http://www.goldentouchcraps.com/WeeklyArticles/123.shtml|title=Weekly articles by Scoblete|publisher=goldentouchcraps.com|accessdate=2007-06-19] As of 2007, he writes the "Ask Frank" column for "Casino City Times". [ [http://scoblete.casinocitytimes.com/articles/35383.html Dice control success story ] ]

He is a frequent speaker on the subject of card counting and dice control, and gives weekend seminars on the exact techniques.cite news|title=Our Towns; How to Win at Dice Table? Write About It|author=Peter Applebome|date=2005-01-12|publisher="New York Times"] [cite book|author=Stanford Wong|title="Wong on Dice"|url=http://bj21.com/ads/wong_on_dice/Wong%20on%20Dice%20pp%203-12.pdf|format=pdf|pages=10-11|publisher=Pi Yee Press|date=2005|isbn=0-935926-26-7] He has been known to sponsor "gamblers jamborees" where he is joined by fellow authors and analysts such as Dr. Henry Tamburin, John Grochowski, Dr. Donald Catlin, John Robison, and Jean Scott. He sponsored a "World Craps Championships" weekend in 2006, which drew 166 players. [cite web|url=http://www.craps.cd/world-craps-championships-las-vegas-08-09-2006.html|title=World Craps Championships Comes to Las Vegas|date=2006-08-09|accessdate=2007-06-19|author=Sophie White|publisher=Craps.cd]

Scoblete lives in New York with his wife Alene Paone. [http://www.bjinsider.com/newsletter_75.shtml Blackjack Insider Newsletter, 2006, #75] ]

elected works

Books

* "Beat the Craps Out of the Casinos: How to Play Craps and Win" (Expanded Edition), 2005, Bonus Books, ISBN 156625213X
* "Golden Touch Dice Control Revolution" (co-written with Dominator), 2005, Research Services Unlimited, ISBN 0912177152
* "Golden Touch Blackjack Revolution" (includes practice CD), 2006, Research Services Unlimited, ISBN 0912177160
* "Break the One-Armed Bandits", 1994, Bonus Books. ISBN 1566250013

* "The Morons of Blackjack and Other Monsters", 1992, Paone Press. ISBN 1-882173-02-3
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* "Guerilla Gambling - How to Beat the Casinos at Their Own Games", 1993, Bonus Books. ISBN 1566250277
* "The Craps Underground: How Dice Controllers Are Winning Millions from the Casinos"

* "Baccarat Battle Book"
* "Bold Card Play: Best Strategies for Caribbean Stud, Let It Ride & Three Card Poker"
* "The Captain’s Craps Revolution", 1993, Paone Press. ISBN 1882173031
* "Forever Craps"
* "Spin Roulette Gold: Secrets of Beating the Wheel"
* "Armada Strategies for Spanish 21"
* "Victory at Video Poker and Video Craps, Keno, and Blackjack", 1995, Bonus Books. ISBN 1566250439
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Audio cassettes

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Videos/DVDs

* "Golden Touch: Beat Craps by Controlling the Dice"

"Winning Strategies" series

All of these were written by Scoblete and hosted by actor James Coburn:
* "Winning Strategies at Blackjack"
* "Winning Strategies at Craps"
* "Winning Strategies at Slots & Video Poker"

Articles

* 1973, "Malls: New Hangout for Teenagers", "Island" magazinefact|date=June 2007
* 2006, "Atlantic City Blackjack report: I Can’t Get A Break!", "Blackjack Insider Newsletter", 2006, #75

Contributed works

Scoblete has contributed chapters or forewords to:
* "The Casino Answer Book", by John Grochowski, 1998, Bonus Books, ISBN 978-1566251075
* "The Experts’ Guide to Casino Games", by Walter Thomason, Frank Scoblete, Henry Tamburin, John Grochowski, 1997, Lyle Stuart, ISBN 978-0818405907
* "Blackjack for the Clueless" by Walter Thomason, 2000, Lyle Stuart, ISBN 978-0818405969
* "109 Ways to Beat the Casinos" by John Grochowski, Alene Paone, Fred Renzey, Frank Scoblete, Henry Tamburin, Walter Thomason, 2002, Bonus Books, 978-1566251440
* "21st Century Blackjack", by Walter Thomason, 1999, Bonus Books, ISBN 978-1566251327
* "American Casino Guide 2001", edited by Steve Bourie, Casino Vacations, ISBN 978-1883768102
* "American Casino Guide 2007", edited by Steve Bourie, Casino Vacations, ISBN 978-1883768164

Notes

External links

*imdb name|0778589
* [http://scoblete.casinocitytimes.com/ Casino City Times column]


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