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The Three-Card Monte Game


I always thought this was a con-game, so how did the drag queen win, unless he/she was a shill. If so, this wasn't mentioned.

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It is a con game but:

The drag queen may have lost track of the cards, guessed, and just gotten lucky.

The card tosser might have intended her to win one to suck in more players on the future rounds.

The card tosser may just not be as good at the game as he should be.

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I once had a friend loose all his cash on that street game and had no way to get home by train --and no cash machines back then --so he had to call his parents in the suburbs to get to a Western Union and wire him money.
And he was only like an hour away from his house! LOL!
Yeah- those shysters used to be on every street corner!

"In every dimension , there's another YOU!"

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