This is a Street Con

NYC crime sightseeing.

[@richardsmithartist]

cheers im going to NY for the first time in 3 weeks, ive heard about all these cons they do, thanks for the tip ;)

[@the_nikster1]

wow...it's interesting to me that ppl still fall for this trick. i mean i haven't been around that long and i wouldn't fall for that... great vid!

[@affectivity]

I know a guy who bought a sealed cardboard-boxed "cell phone" from a guy on a Manhattan street. When he opened the package, the "cell phone" turned out to be a brick. That was back when cell phones WERE roughly the size and weight of bricks, when they first came out on the mass market. He was a New Yorker, too.

[@rattlergrl]

I love your videos!!

[@jmm1233]

Did You Know : The shell game has been played at least since the Middle Ages, as evidenced by several paintings of that time. A book published in England in 1670 (Hull Elections - Richard Perry and his fiddler wife) mentions the thimblerig game. In the 1790s, it was called "thimblerig" as it was originally played using sewing thimbles. Later, walnut shells were used, and today the use of bottle caps is very common also the use of cards , nicknamed the lucky queen because they used a red queen.

[@sthlmfail]

That's a good video! Back where I come from, the scam artists are mostly Eastern European travellers who come for the summer season. They are pretty camera shy, and will usually bark a bit, but then leave, when they see a camera.

[@celshader]

Excellent video. I love learning about stuff like this. Most people I know are so naive.

[@RishavR]

Wow Awesome story man!

[@LolGui]

Interesting. Thanks for sharing this video.

[@ThugMan]

Thanks for the info.

[@zoolander444]

I can tell you that even though I live in Las Vegas, I don't understand why people gamble. It just doesn't make sense when 50% of them know they are probably going to lose.

[@JoeFelice]

Awesome! By the way, rule number 1 for blending in is no fanny packs.

[@JoeFelice]

I'm sure it's illegal in both countries. Whether it's considered fraud, or theft, or something else it's definitely a crime.

[@jonnyrobbybob]

to those who are partially correct or wrong critiquing his description of the game/con...as a magician, i can tell you there are 3 ways to play the "regular" 3 card monte or monte game and the way a person does it can differ or remain the same as part of the con (throwing too much/not enough or similar performance tweaks is not usually actual and sometimes reflects good or poor judgment of how a sucker plays the "game") this was good info for the common 2 ways someone would try to use this con

[@JoeFelice]

Thanks for sharing :)

[@JoeFelice]

My background came from "Three-card Monte" on Wikipedia. You can add Monte as one of the names, though I think I'm safe using their title. That page describes the throw technique which I assume you're referring to. I left it out because my recollection of the hand I saw used the turnover, and because I can't avoid cutting relevant information in a short piece. It'd probably be better if I'd included it. Though experts always get mad when they see their subject trimmed for length.

[@JockoBarbone]

How could a person NOT know thats a grift?!?

[@AJAX556]

That was a nice break from politics.

[@lonevagrantwolf]

Yeah! Your video remind me of the wiki article, that was in fact the article I was referring to, but I didn't want the comment to feel like an insult or too cocky or something. I am not an expert, I just happen to like card games and tricks. I have to say that I've personally seen monte in 3 different countries, France, Mexico and Argentina and the only time I saw someone do the Mexican Turnover it caused quite a ruckus because the victim suspected the trickery...

[@ensign_poo]

Thanks for warning this Canadian ;)

[@Alphacat]

Thats CRAZY lol

[@ev1lcupcak3]

lol everyone at the table is in on it

[@boiswatching]

wow that's so interesting

[@Donyvi]

Good vid

[@bustedandexposed]

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[@JoeFelice]

Don't expect to see it. Keep your eyes open and everything, but New York is a fairly low crime city these days. Have fun!

[@718Digital]

lol welcome to nyu good video

[@TwentyFourSlevin]

Speaking as a magician, I can tell you that a true hustler on the streets would never use the move called mexican turnover. It's a bold and very risky move (and would only be used as a last resort, if you where to work without any shills). A regular hustler would never allow for any of his marks to touch his cards, but only let them point. If the mark by chance should point to the right card, a shill would enter and make a higher bet on a wrong card. Also known as "highest bet only"

[@JoeFelice]

That's a good guess, but I was not the kid :)

[@ChickenYale]

id say it is more like a game than magic...

[@vancouver03]

Hi Screech!

[@JoeFelice]

en.wikipedia. org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Yiddish_origin

[@coltpython5763]

I'm from Fort Worth Texas and I run three card Monte games all the time I make anywhere from 4 to 8000 at night

[@lonevagrantwolf]

...Aside from that, the conman did the throwing technique every single time a victim played, that was more than enough in all cases. I also want to add that most of the time there was only one other person working with the conman, maybe two. And it seemed to me that the scam is really rampant in 3rd world countries. I saw 3 different monte games within the same day in Argentina, I've only seen one game in Mexico but they used an entirely different aproach, based on distraction and intimidation

[@punxsutawneybarney]

A guy tried the "You broke my glasses" con on me once. For more about con artists see my video: William Rodriguez: the Wrong Man

[@ensign_poo]

Most people are stupid, well, in my experience. It's very unfortunate.

[@ColetteKati]

Thats good to know. Now when we visit NYC we wont be complete noobs.

[@Lesser0n3]

interesting

[@F3ND1]

All these hustlers getting salty 😂

[@ensign_poo]

Gives me an idea for my next video...

[@backendlex]

2018.....

[@jillenium00]

So the story goes about a fool and his money. Even legitimate gambling I don't understand.

[@Megaman624705]

they will mug you

[@whiggi]

you do the mexican turnover with bent cards? for 20 bucks mate im pretty sure they would just let him win 1 ive seen hustlers make hundreds off of marks

[@ravenclawconfused14]

boston's the same only scaled down... you kind of have to look for them

[@lovespellfatale]

yeah i see these guys all the time always trying to hustle you... sometimes they also have pickpocketers working for them..cuz you are so absorbed int eh game and such a big crowd youre sometimes unaware of your surroundings..gotta love those tourist traps..NOT

[@ev1lcupcak3]

red card(monte) has been making a comback over the last few years and in reality a good team will have around 5 people working together(however the money is not a even 5-way split of course) too many people(as with anything) want to meet the minimal requirments of of something and then do it. Some of these guys out there dont fully understand the game, its pure psychology that draws people in and takes their money. true the mexican turnover is never used in the street.

[@smittyfromthecity]

heh. this happened to you didnt it joe?

[@ensign_poo]

You mean lose?

[@bobbyballs1478]

It's really sleight of hand. Not a magic trick.

[@CrazyboyLA]

well zoolander i have gotten my chances in going to vegas i always have the luck of winning i went to vegas with 80 bucks in my pocket and came back with 350 plus my 80 which it was 430 bucks hehehe

[@shanchilly]

u do ppl even play they always most of the time lose

[@lonevagrantwolf]

I just stumbled upon this video and I just had to comment about it. You are giving a lot of misinformation while pretending to know what you are talking about. First of all the game is called Monte, and the switch is actually made before the victim choses a card. A mexican turnover is just used as a last resort and only if the victim seems weak beacuse it's pretty risky. Most of the time the victim is allowed to turn the card he choses. It seems that you just found some old article on the web

[@coltpython5763]

it's not a con you bet your money and try to find the red card if you're stupid enough to bet and can't keep your eye on the red card and see the switch when he doesn't your sucker but don't knock the hustle guy just trying to make a living