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[[Endless Chain]] (also known as [[Pricking the Garter]], Chain of Chance and Loopy Loop) is a gambling scam. A string coiled in a figure-8 pattern is placed upon a table. The spectator is shown that if a finger is placed in one side of the figure 8 and the chain is pulled, the chain will come free, but the other side catches on the finger. The spectator is instructed to pick a side that will catch the chain, but fails every time. | [[Endless Chain]] (also known as [[Pricking the Garter]], Chain of Chance and Loopy Loop) is a gambling scam. A string coiled in a figure-8 pattern is placed upon a table. The spectator is shown that if a finger is placed in one side of the figure 8 and the chain is pulled, the chain will come free, but the other side catches on the finger. The spectator is instructed to pick a side that will catch the chain, but fails every time. | ||
| − | This is a very old scam. It was published as a magic effect in [[Stanyon's Magic]] in 1901 and later popularized George Blake in 1949 when he published it as "Loopy Loop". | + | This is a very old scam. It was published as a magic effect in [[Stanyon's Magic]] in 1901 and later popularized [[George Blake]] in 1949 when he published it as "Loopy Loop". |
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Revision as of 19:52, 15 February 2009
Endless Chain (also known as Pricking the Garter, Chain of Chance and Loopy Loop) is a gambling scam. A string coiled in a figure-8 pattern is placed upon a table. The spectator is shown that if a finger is placed in one side of the figure 8 and the chain is pulled, the chain will come free, but the other side catches on the finger. The spectator is instructed to pick a side that will catch the chain, but fails every time.
This is a very old scam. It was published as a magic effect in Stanyon's Magic in 1901 and later popularized George Blake in 1949 when he published it as "Loopy Loop".
Books
- Ken Brooke and Friends, page 95 The Endless Chain written by Derek Lever (1986).
