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Dice are often used as a substitute to balls - for example, doing a cup and ball routine with dice instead of balls
Dice are often used as a substitute to balls - for example, doing a cup and ball routine with dice instead of balls


However, certain effects are unique to dice:
However, certain effects are unique to dice like [[Dice Stacking]] and Number Tricks that rely on dice properties (e.g. that opposite sides add up to seven).


[[Dice Stacking]] - A cup is used to shake the dice, and when the cup is lifted, the dice are stacked on top of one another in a single column. Often perceived by magicians as a juggling trick.
[[Category:Dice]]
 
Seems to be described first in [[Shoot the Works]] by [[Edward Marlo]] in 1943.
 
Number Tricks - Tricks that rely on dice properties (eg, that opposite sides add up to seven)
 
 
[[Category:Close Up Magic]]

Latest revision as of 14:18, 12 December 2008

Dice are often used as a substitute to balls - for example, doing a cup and ball routine with dice instead of balls

However, certain effects are unique to dice like Dice Stacking and Number Tricks that rely on dice properties (e.g. that opposite sides add up to seven).