Is this Christmas 2014 — or 1974? A stark reminder of New York City’s bad old days appeared on the streets of Manhattan Thursday , as three-card monte dealers turned out in force on Fifth Avenue.

President Obama hasn't quite ruined the U.S. economy, so the NY Post has to work with what its got: the tabloid of record rustled up some three-card monte con men in midtown yesterday to help make ...

In 3-card Monte, a dealer shows the audience a card, shifts that card with two others and asks someone in the audience to guess which card was shown. One person in the audience is in on the game ...