"hiding the ball" gang-Budapest scam

If you see people gambling on the streets (usually in popular tourists' destinations like Buda Castle) stay away! The modus operandi usually involves a guy playing the classic game of "hiding the ball". This involves covering the ball (or small trinket) with either a bottle cap or a match box and swirling it around with two other bottle caps asking people to guess the position of the ball. The game is set in a way that you can easily see the ball's position. This is done to lure the unsuspecting person into placing a wager. There are usually two main players and, between them, they will lose and win money back and forth to give the appearance that it is a fair game - do not be tricked! They are from the same gang. Once you get greedy and get lured in, you will surely lose your money! The person in control of the bottle caps will remove the ball from their position through sleight of hand and you will never see your money back. Besides the two or three other players involved, there are usually at least two lookouts - one on each side of 'stage'.

Olhem-me para o aspectos deste mafiosos reformados!!!! com cara de poucos amigos.

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[wikichris]

People still fall for this :-(

[m244986]

Em Espanha também há disto...

[PyR0Star]

what if he was playing fair? lol i would fall for it likely i guess......