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Gambling expose

Gambling expose

Gambling expose covers card and close-up material in the gambling-expose / wise-guy genre — demonstrating second deals, bottoms, switches, and street swindles as education or entertainment rather than as flourishes.

    • False Deals

      False deals are card sleights in which the dealer appears to take the next card...

    • Three-Card Monte

      Three-card monte is a street swindle and a magic plot built around three cards, usually...

    • Second Deal

      A second deal is a false deal in which the dealer takes the second card...

    • Bottom Deal

      A bottom deal is a false deal in which the dealer takes the bottom card...

    • Middle Deal

      A middle deal is a false deal in which the dealer draws a card from...