About this episode
This episode explains the rigged nature of the three-card Monte card trick and how to avoid being scammed.
This old sleight of hand card trick is designed to steal your money. Be warned, you cannot win this game. It is rigged and 100% unwinable. We explain how the three-card Monte grift works so you can avoid being scammed. Join our Patreon Community Links and References: https://www.wikihow.com/3-Card-Monte https://zelmanow.medium.com/three-card-monte-a-lesson-in-spotting-rigged-games-in-life-05d74d47c57c https://youtu.be/p4f9LWCwBFM?si=mBxHQymz8fCfre1X https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-card_monte https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_-u94l7weg Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-we-do-what-we-do--3419521/support . Support our podcast: www.patreon.com/wwdwwdpodcast
People in this episode
Host: Abraham
Topics covered
- scams
- card tricks
- sleight of hand
- grifting
- money
- fraud
Keywords
- three-card Monte
- scam
- card trick
- grift
- sleight of hand
- unwinable game
- fraud prevention
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Patreon Community, Wikipedia, YouTube
Books & works: Three-Card Monte
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