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== Variations == | == Variations == | ||
* Bingo by John Braun and Stewart Judah | * [[Technicolour Prediction]] | ||
* Dollar Day by Sid Lorraine | * Bingo in The [[Sphinx]], December 1937, by [[John Braun]] and [[Stewart Judah]] | ||
* Fat Chance by Joe Karson ( | * Dollar Day in [[The Jinx]], October 1939 by [[Sid Lorraine]] | ||
* Fat Chance in [[Conjurors' Magazine]], January 1949 by [[Joe Karson]] | |||
* Goal Mine by [[Max Maven]] on VHS Videomind, Vol. 3 (1997) | |||
[[Category:Mentalism]] | [[Category:Mentalism]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:47, 31 July 2011
Bank Night (also known as Just Chance) is a classic effect where spectators are allowed to freely select all but one of several envelopes, one which contains money, the others blank pieces of paper. The remaining one, that is not selected by anyone, is always found to be the one with the money.
It was developed by Tom Sellers as "It's Only Chance" in the booklet Novel Necromancy (1935).
Floyd Thayer was the first to market it in 1936 as "Bank Night".
Variations
- Technicolour Prediction
- Bingo in The Sphinx, December 1937, by John Braun and Stewart Judah
- Dollar Day in The Jinx, October 1939 by Sid Lorraine
- Fat Chance in Conjurors' Magazine, January 1949 by Joe Karson
- Goal Mine by Max Maven on VHS Videomind, Vol. 3 (1997)