The Cheat

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

• Received the Golden Lion Award in Magic from Siegfried and Roy of Las Vegas
• Seven years as Ambassador and Featured Performer at Six Flags, Fiesta Texas
• FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award
• Performed for seven years aboard the Reuben E. Lee riverboat
• Honorary Commander United States Air Force
• Honored as World Genius in Japan
• Honorary Naval Flight Officer
• Forty-Second Annual National Security Forum, Air War College
• President of Showdown Creations, Inc.
• Designed and created a series of board games, puzzles, and electronic gambling games including “Texas Showdown” and “Batty”
• Performed at Billy Bob’s Texas for three years
• Fifth Degree Black Belt in Karate
• Honorary Inspector U. S. Air Force Thunderbirds
• Inducted into the Magic Castle Hall of Fame and performing member since 1975
• Air Force Orientation Flight and Training Mission
• Co-Creator and President of Good Choices
• Performed six years with the Lamb’s Players
• Rotary Leadership Award
• Produced Richard Turner, The Cheat Video Series
• Received the Lynn Searles Award for Excellence in Card Manipulation
• Holds the record for coin rolling (eight coins rolled around one hand)

Photo of Howie Schwarzman, Richard Turner, and Ed Marlo

“Richard Turner is the greatest card mechanic of all time.” — Muhammad Ali

“You have our greatest admiration.” — Siegfried and Roy, Las Vegas

“Among gamblers, men like Richard Turner are as much feared as they are respected.” — Jack Palance, Ripley’s Believe It or Not!

“You deserve your reputation as the most skilled card cheater in the world" — Michael Skinner, “The Golden Nugget”

Photo of David Copperfield & Richard Turner