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John Burke and Bobby McKew first met in Dublin but their paths were to cross again in London in the late 1950s, with fateful results. By this time John was running illegal gambling parties in Belgravia and Bobby was the lieutenant of a notorious crime boss. When gambling was legalized, clubs sprang up everywhere. And for those who shared Bobbys mindset (I would never get into a game of chance unless I knew it was bent and I was on the winning end), there was money to be made. Finally able to tell their story and name their co-conspirators without fear of reprisals, John and Bobby describe the full details of a scam they called the big edge, an undetectable way to fix the hugely fashionable game of chemin de fer. As John says, It was psychologically and mathematically brilliant. Einstein would have been proud of it. It was the ultimate con, and those involved made tens of millions of pounds. And they stole from everyonegovernment ministers, the rich and titled, movie moguls and the ordinary punter. See also:
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