David Blaine and Scratch Off Ticket Trick

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alNafa — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 17:53:54 GMT

im amazed on how that guy (David Blaine) does all of his tricks..

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duckman — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 17:30:39 GMT

Yes, the camera followed the man into the store as he looked at all the tickets in the plexiglas counter case prior to selecting his three tickets. I think it was in New York City (not sure of this) as many of David Blaine's TLC TV segments were filmed there. It looked like the lottery payout office was within a short distance as they walked to it (again, New York City?).This had to be an expensive illusion because to get a $1600 winner you would have to scratch through a lot of tickets...and th... [ More ]

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RJOh — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 17:01:04 GMT

It probably was an illusion if the guy waiting on a cab bought the tickets at a nearby store, scratched one with a magic coin and then walked into a local lottery office to get his $1600 with in the time of a TV show.Did they show him picking out the tickets in the store? Was the lottery office close to or in the same town as the store of purchase? It's called mass hallucination.

David Blaine and Scratch Off Ticket Trick

duckman — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 16:25:36 GMT

Last night on the TLC cable channel was a show with master magician/illusionist David Blaine. One of the segments had David walking up to a man waiting for a cab and asks What is your dream? The man responds, To win the lottery .David Blaine sends him into a nearby store to buy three random scratch off lottery tickets. When the man comes out with the three tickets, David asks him to pick his favorite ticket of the three. David gives the man a 'magic coin' to scratch the favorite ticket with.... [ More ]