101 Bets You Will Always Win: The Science of the Seemingly Impossible (Richard Wiseman)
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- Your Highlight on page 70-70 | Added on Sunday, 10 May 2020 11:05:36

not the most skillful hustle of all. It is, however, the one hustle that seems to have become synonymous with scam artists. It has been featured in numerous
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You would think that such operations would quickly go out business as the majority of the tips, by the nature of the hustle, will lose. It’s sad that tipsters of any sort will rarely run out of idiotic customers who are ever chasing the elusive big win. This stays true even when they lose time after time after time. John Scarne, a well known magician and gambling advisor in the 1940s and 1950s, used to tell a wonderful tale about two touts meeting at the course. One said, “I’ve got a great client who is richer than I can imagine. He’s betting a hundred dollars on each horse I give him!
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- Your Highlight on page 88-88 | Added on Sunday, 10 May 2020 11:32:35

You would think that such operations would quickly go out business as the majority of the tips, by the nature of the hustle, will lose. It’s sad that tipsters of any sort will rarely run out of idiotic customers who are ever chasing the elusive big win. This stays true even when they lose time after time after time. John Scarne, a well known magician and gambling advisor in the 1940s and 1950s, used to tell a wonderful tale about two touts meeting at the course. One said, “I’ve got a great client who is richer than I can imagine. He’s betting a hundred dollars on each horse I give him! But so far I’ve given him seven losers in a row, what should I do now?” The second tout thought for a moment before replying, “Give him up, he’s bad luck
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- Your Note on page 88 | Added on Sunday, 10 May 2020 11:32:41

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- Your Highlight on page 125-125 | Added on Sunday, 10 May 2020 12:29:22

girlfriend wants to ride on the Ghost Train. You’re not so keen but, with a sigh, you agree. The tickets are fifty cents each, and you hand Freddy a ten dollar bill. He takes the bill and says, “Two tickets, a dollar. ” He counts dollar bills into your hand, continuing, “Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine ... ” He puts your two tickets on top and finishes by saying, “And the tickets make ten. Enjoy the ride folks! Right on there into the car!” Let’s hope it’s a good ride because you’ve just paid for your tickets twice. Freddy counted them both at the start and end of the count! Should you point this out to him he’ll just say, “Sorry sir, my mistake!” and hand you a dollar bill. For everyone that catches the ruse there are a lot that don’t
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- Your Highlight on page 125-125 | Added on Sunday, 10 May 2020 12:29:39

girlfriend wants to ride on the Ghost Train. You’re not so keen but, with a sigh, you agree. The tickets are fifty cents each, and you hand Freddy a ten dollar bill. He takes the bill and says, “Two tickets, a dollar. ” He counts dollar bills into your hand, continuing, “Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine ... ” He puts your two tickets on top and finishes by saying, “And the tickets make ten. Enjoy the ride folks! Right on there into the car!” Let’s hope it’s a good ride because you’ve just paid for your tickets twice. Freddy counted them both at the start and end of the count! Should you point this out to him he’ll just say, “Sorry sir, my mistake!” and hand you a dollar bill. For everyone that catches the ruse there are a lot that don’t. THE LEAVE The game operator will count out your change and put it down on the counter. If you pick it up he’ll say nothing. He’ll also say nothing if you don’t pick it up. You’d be surprised how often people, caught up in the excitement, will just forget! Take it or Leave it A more sophisticated version of the leave happens when a ride operator is giving change from a booth. He pushes your change towards you but leaves some of it back towards the rear of the counter. The counters tend to be quite high so that money, often concealed by the posts that surround the window, is tough to see. If you count your change and find it short he’ll just point out the extra pile of money you’ve left behind. You don’t suspect him of cheating, after all it looks like it was your fault. Of course, if you don’t check your change, then it is your fault. Some more money has gone into the operator’s pocketUnfairgrounds and Crooked Carnivals 125
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- Your Highlight on page 125-125 | Added on Sunday, 10 May 2020 12:29:43

DOUBLE PRICE TICKETS Your girlfriend wants to ride on the Ghost Train. You’re not so keen but, with a sigh, you agree. The tickets are fifty cents each, and you hand Freddy a ten dollar bill. He takes the bill and says, “Two tickets, a dollar. ” He counts dollar bills into your hand, continuing, “Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine ... ” He puts your two tickets on top and finishes by saying, “And the tickets make ten. Enjoy the ride folks! Right on there into the car!” Let’s hope it’s a good ride because you’ve just paid for your tickets twice. Freddy counted them both at the start and end of the count! Should you point this out to him he’ll just say, “Sorry sir, my mistake!” and hand you a dollar bill. For everyone that catches the ruse there are a lot that don’t. THE LEAVE The game operator will count out your change and put it down on the counter. If you pick it up he’ll say nothing. He’ll also say nothing if you don’t pick it up. You’d be surprised how often people, caught up in the excitement, will just forget! Take it or Leave it A more sophisticated version of the leave happens when a ride operator is giving change from a booth. He pushes your change towards you but leaves some of it back towards the rear of the counter. The counters tend to be quite high so that money, often concealed by the posts that surround the window, is tough to see. If you count your change and find it short he’ll just point out the extra pile of money you’ve left behind. You don’t suspect him of cheating, after all it looks like it was your fault. Of course, if you don’t check your change, then it is your fault. Some more money has gone into the operator’s pocketUnfairgrounds and Crooked Carnivals 125
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- Your Highlight on page 125-125 | Added on Sunday, 10 May 2020 12:30:03

Your girlfriend wants to ride on the Ghost Train. You’re not so keen but, with a sigh, you agree. The tickets are fifty cents each, and you hand Freddy a ten dollar bill. He takes the bill and says, “Two tickets, a dollar. ” He counts dollar bills into your hand, continuing, “Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine ... ” He puts your two tickets on top and finishes by saying, “And the tickets make ten. Enjoy the ride folks! Right on there into the car!” Let’s hope it’s a good ride because you’ve just paid for your tickets twice. Freddy counted them both at the start and end of the count! Should you point this out to him he’ll just say, “Sorry sir, my mistake!” and hand you a dollar bill. For everyone that catches the ruse there are a lot that don’t
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- Your Note on page 125 | Added on Sunday, 10 May 2020 12:30:09

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- Your Highlight on page 140-140 | Added on Monday, 11 May 2020 08:07:39

YOU’RE CONVINCED YOU’VE BEEN CHEATED OR SHORT CHANGED. You’re going to stand there and shout until you get justice. This is bad for trade and Freddy wants to get rid of you quickly. At a ride the other collectors will gather round and back up their own guy. Fairground and Carnival people really stick together. They’ll convince you to get lost before your insults really offend them. If you are wise, you’ll leave and very quickly. But if Freddy is running a stand by himself he’ll play it more softly at first. He’ll use the Blow Off. He’ll start by gently explaining to you that he’s sorry you didn’t understand the rules properly. He’ll tell you that you should have asked him to explain them to you. He will tell you that he is horrified that you think you’ve been cheated somehow. He is, he will claim, just an honest man like yourself trying to make a living. He will do just about everything except give you your money back.You, following a long line of others, will just give up and walk away. A small percentage though will stay and start to get more and more annoyed. Freddy’s mood will change with astonishing speed. He’ll look at you with steel cold eyes and harshly whisper, “It aint worth talkin’ to a **** like you. I’ve tried to be reasonable but now you can just go ****yourself. ” If you continue to argue Freddy will completely ignore you.“Don’t worry about him,” he’ll joke with new customers.“Mommy wouldn’t give him any more allowance to play with!” Most will just get fed up with trying.Bored, they will walk away. If you are one of the very few who just won’t give up Freddy will invite you to go to the lot managers office to get this all sorted out. The office is an area out of view near a noisy generator. The sorting out is done with a steel tent peg. No witnesses.Ouch
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- Your Note on page 140 | Added on Monday, 11 May 2020 08:07:46

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IT HAD TO HAPPEN EVENTUALLY I GUESS. AFTER ALL THE WORLD’S OLDEST PROfession is thought to be prostitution and so it was only a matter of time before women (or men pretending to be women) found a way to scam money from men in exchange for promises of love on the ‘Net. I’m not talking here about the pay-per-view sex sites or chat rooms. This is much more personal and conniving than that. A friend of mine, who I’ll refer to as BW to protect his anonymity, had placed an ad on a dating service on the web. He was genuinely interested in meeting a nice young lady to have a serious relationship with. At the age of forty he was thinking about marriage and children before he was too old. He was delighted and interested by the following e-mail he received a few days after posting his ad.6( 1##

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