The first cards in my collection came from a three-card monte man on 14th Street in Lower Manhattan. Queen of hearts, queen of spades and queen of clubs. "Follow the red, follow the black," he ...

Older brother Linc (Anthony Fleming III) and younger brother Booth (DiMonte Henning) live just outside the law, making money from a three-card-monte hustle. Booth also dabbles in some petty ...

I’d always wanted to write about street set-ups like the shell game and the more flamboyant three-card Monte. The latter – created in Spain, perfected in Manhattan – raged on the streets of ...

Inspector Darren Watson weaved through crowds of tourists before tackling a man running a fraudulent shell game akin to the notorious “three-card monte” hustle. The classic con sees scammers ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — On Sunday, the Greensboro Police Department took to social media to warn citizens about a new scam popping up around the city. "Not all scams come through a text, phone call ...

However, I caution that Trump’s false, manipulative, and relentless rants about DEI are as much acts of deflection as they are deception — much like a game of three-card monte. As a teenager ...

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Three-card monte is a gambling game in which the dealer displays three cards. After shuffling the cards and placing them face down, the dealer challenges players to bet that they can correctly locate ...

In “Top Dog/Underdog” life is a hustle — a three-card-monte game, a macabre arcade illusion, a bit of petty larceny here and there. But these little cons are just part and parcel of a ...

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But there’s always a current of competition. For instance, Booth wants Lincoln to return to the three-card Monte hustle, which Lincoln excelled at and which could be, Booth says, “You and me against ...