Shell game
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For other uses, see Shell game (disambiguation).
The shell game (also known as thimblerig, three shells and a pea, the old army game) is often portrayed as a gambling game, but in reality, when a wager for money is made, it is almost always a confidence trick used to perpetrate fraud.[1] In confidence trick slang, this swindle is referred to as a short-con because it is quick and easy to pull off.[2] The shell game is related to the cups and balls conjuring trick, which is performed purely for entertainment purposes without any purported gambling element.
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