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Ricky Jay on CNN with Dice

Dice: Deceptions, Fate & Rotten Luck

Ricky Jay, the star ofBroadway show “Ricky Jay: On the Stem,” had a ton of dice collected over the years. Hediscusses his interest in the items used for gambling and the means of cheatingthroughout the years.(Check out the article on CNN today).The new book includes photos of the collection and a discussion of the history dice as tools of gambling.

Jaycomments on reception of the book:

“Some people have described the photographs as picturing a living organism,” says Jay. Perhaps early dicers didn’t imagine their cubes of bone as being animate objects, he adds, “but when you see them break down, I agree — they’re so alive.”

Magicians are familiar with Jay’s outstanding previous literary works, “Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women” and “Jay’s Journal of Anomalies.” But the article exposes his involvement in theater and other literary forms.

Dice: Deception, Fate and Rotten Luck is published by Quantuck Lane Press/Norton and is an outstanding book whether your interest is as a magician, gambler or lover of fine essays and photography.



Dice: Deceptions, Fate & Rotten Luck

Ricky Jay, the star ofBroadway show “Ricky Jay: On the Stem,” had a ton of dice collected over the years. Hediscusses his interest in the items used for gambling and the means of cheatingthroughout the years.(Check out the article on CNN today).The new book includes photos of the collection and a discussion of the history dice as tools of gambling.

Jaycomments on reception of the book:

“Some people have described the photographs as picturing a living organism,” says Jay. Perhaps early dicers didn’t imagine their cubes of bone as being animate objects, he adds, “but when you see them break down, I agree — they’re so alive.”

Magicians are familiar with Jay’s outstanding previous literary works, “Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women” and “Jay’s Journal of Anomalies.” But the article exposes his involvement in theater and other literary forms.

Dice: Deception, Fate and Rotten Luck is published by Quantuck Lane Press/Norton and is an outstanding book whether your interest is as a magician, gambler or lover of fine essays and photography.

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