Derren Brown - The Events 4 - Taking Down The Casino 5

Derren Brown explores ways used to beat the casino

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Derren
• Brown
• Channel
• UK
• The
• Events
• Objective
• How
• To
• Bring
• Down
• Casino

[bradkrit]

I've used enough cameras and wireless devices to know when you lose signal these days, the video quality begins to pixelate, or it just starts giving bad frame rates. The "static" effect was cheesy but I REALLY FUCKING LOVE the humongous 180 grand check at the end!!

[computersolutions164]

@bradkrit It might have been an analogue camera system on UHF, which will give snow if out of range. Only digital links pixelate basically because they are total shite, although they take up less bandwidth, which is the ONLY reason for digital anyway. Apparently quality no longer matters. (G7HMJ)

[hayshed]

kind of bad way to end the events

[computersolutions164]

@hayshed I must admit this did look a bit staged

[nelsoncheat]

why can i see a guy with 180000£ on left at 5:45 .....

[BigThingsDoneSmall]

My theory is that being the 4th 'Event' so technically the season finale he wanted to end on something different othen than the usual ending where he somehow gets everything right. So i think he used all the tricks he showed us (or a computer) and he knew it would land on red30 so he chose black8 so that the final shot could be this innocent guy losing 5K coz Derren screwed up a trick. Pretty cool ending to a series? and that was 100% what Derren had planned from the start. He's a genius!!!!

[AnUntitledStory]

I'm sure the check was there on the chance that he won, so that he would immediately spring it on that guy. IMO, real.

[MrPapdogz]

What would of been a more 'sensible' way to win would have to pinpoint a number, such as eight, as he did and put an equal 1000 pounds on each of the neighboring numbers to eight like thirty and so on...

[MrPapdogz]

@BigThingsDoneSmall yes and no, though there was a cheque at 5:45 ,and he would have been sued

[TheAngeltoDemon]

as others have said, i don't even think it was in a real casino, but a sound stage. whole thing could have been rigged with magnets, but designed to lose, so long as he was close, it makes Darren look expert but still human. Fun gag still i suppose.

[duncangeoghegan]

he said it was mainland Europe, so it would probably have been 5k in Euros that was bet.

So assuming that everything is true and honest and well, the show would have to cough up the difference between 180 k Sterling and 180 k Euros, or whatever European currency was used.

[thebestatspace]

Perfect ending to the series. It's very well put together. Just staged enough looking to cause questioning (the video effects are suspicious), but still somehow somewhat believeable. He has to go though so many tries to get his results, maybe he just wanted to give a live experience of that first shot.

[CharlieAndGuitar]

the guy at the end with the big check for 180000 pounds was probably to give to ben but of course, derren lost so nothing happened really.. derren lost the bet so ben didn't receive the check.. simple as :P

[hman111]

he is an actor