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  2. List of games with concealed rules - Wikipedia

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    Games with concealed rules are games where the rules are intentionally concealed from new players, either because their discovery is part of the game itself, or because the game is a hoax and the rules do not exist. In fiction, the counterpart of the first category are games that supposedly do have a rule set, but that rule set is not disclosed.

  3. Three-card monte - Wikipedia

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    Three-card monte – also known as find the lady and three-card trick – is a confidence game in which the victims, or "marks", are tricked into betting a sum of money, on the assumption that they can find the "money card" among three face-down playing cards. It is very similar to the shell game except that cards are used instead of shells. [1]

  4. List of scams - Wikipedia

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    The result is the two con men are richer (less the cost of the violin), and the mark is left with a cheap instrument. [citation needed] The fiddle game may be played with any sufficiently valuable-seeming piece of property; a common variation known as the pedigreed-dog swindle uses a mongrel dog upsold as a rare breed but is otherwise identical ...

  5. How magic works: Magicians share 6 psychological secrets they ...

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    How it works in a magic trick: “It’s rare that a magician straight-up lies to you,” Barnhart says. “Instead, they encourage you to lie to yourself through your assumptions.”

  6. James Randi - Wikipedia

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    James Randi (born Randall James Hamilton Zwinge; August 7, 1928 – October 20, 2020) was a Canadian-American stage magician, author, and scientific skeptic who extensively challenged paranormal and pseudoscientific claims. [1]

  7. John Scarne - Wikipedia

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    John Scarne (/ ˈ s k ɑːr n i /; March 4, 1903 – July 7, 1985) was an American magician and author who was particularly adept at playing card manipulation.He became known as an expert on cards and other games, and authored a number of popular books on cards, gambling, and related topics.

  8. Polybius (urban legend) - Wikipedia

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    A E-FOIA request for Polybius returned no results.. The alleged original Polybius arcade game is generally believed to have never existed, and the legend a hoax. [2] Snopes.com, a fact-checking website, concludes the game is a modern-day version of 1980s rumors of "men in black".

  9. How a fantasy football feud turned into a hoax mass ... - AOL

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    A Philadelphia man admitted to reporting a hoax mass shooting and then a bomb threat in retaliation over a fantasy football argument, authorities said Wednesday.