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[[File:Shell game.jpg|thumb|250px|An illegal shell game performed with bottle caps on [[Fulton Street (Manhattan)|Fulton Street]] in [[New York City]]]]
The '''shell game''' (also known as '''thimblerig''', '''three shells and a pea''', '''the old army game''') is a thing that 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. In confidence trick slang, this swindle is referred to as a ''short-con'' because it is quick and easy to pull off.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2014/12/26/three-card-monte-scam-artists-return-to-midtown|publisher=[[New York Post]]|title=Three-card monte scam artists return to midtown, Is this Christmas 2014 – or 1974?|date=26 December 2014}}</ref> 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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