PIRATE JUSTICE
03-28-2013, 12:06 AM
3 card monte, it's a rip off game offered to scam you on the streets of most big cities.
The conman has a paper box, three VISIBLE playing cards, a crowd of dupes, a couple shills in the crowd, and some muscle to back the barker's play.
The barker hypes the game, usually selecting the black queen, out of three cards appearing to be two red queens, plus the black queen.
Classic street scam game, and the mark (hopefully it ain't you), never wins.
After the mark has been "encouraged" and "groomed", the real betting begins, and unbeknownst to the mark, ONLY three red queens are ALL that ever will be available for his selection.
The game is designed to rip a mark off of all of his loot.
Well, three card monte ain't the only game that's rigged.
Be careful, don't get sucked in by promises of this and that.
You can't get conned if you choose not to play.
The conman has a paper box, three VISIBLE playing cards, a crowd of dupes, a couple shills in the crowd, and some muscle to back the barker's play.
The barker hypes the game, usually selecting the black queen, out of three cards appearing to be two red queens, plus the black queen.
Classic street scam game, and the mark (hopefully it ain't you), never wins.
After the mark has been "encouraged" and "groomed", the real betting begins, and unbeknownst to the mark, ONLY three red queens are ALL that ever will be available for his selection.
The game is designed to rip a mark off of all of his loot.
Well, three card monte ain't the only game that's rigged.
Be careful, don't get sucked in by promises of this and that.
You can't get conned if you choose not to play.