The one-arm-bandit book, written under the name of King Scobe, offers secrets on finding "player friendly" slot machines.

Scobe and Paone married in 1993, spending their honeymoon playing blackjack on a Mississippi riverboat.

Frank Scoblete (born 1947) is an American author who has written both under his own name and King Scobe about casino gambling.

The main author for the Paone Press is Ms. Paone's husband, Frank (Scobe) Scoblete, an English teacher at Lawrence High School.

The Royal Navy attaché to the U.S., Captain Douglas Scobe, told reporters later, "Taking one of their citizens is rather overextending our appreciation of their hospitality in Baltimore."