On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:56:12 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>> As for life... well, a couple of street traders conned us out of about
>>> £60 with their impossible skittles game. It looks easy, but it's
>>> actually impossible. But they keep ranking up the prizes (and costs).
>>> We quit that one fairly fast though, so only £60 lost between us.
>> 
>> You do realise that in games of chance - gambling of pretty much any
>> kind - the odds are rigged so that the house isn't going to lose?
>> 
>> It's *always* supposed to look easy to win, that's how you sucker
>> people into playing.
> 
> Yeah, well, when you see two random guys in jeans standing on the curb
> wanting you to play a little game for a few quid, you don't think too
> much of it.
> 
> Clearly these guys are good. ;-)

Exactly my point. :-)  Their entire purpose is to make it look like you 
have a good chance of winning - keeping you off guard is one of the 
necessary components of that.

On the flip side, you did interact with total strangers, and while you 
lost some money, the world didn't end. :-)

Jim

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