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Note that the Shylock card is really a memory element that marks the
original position of the guilty party. Since it remains in place, whatever
card lands on it at the finish is not the guilty party. In Step 6, whatever
positions are called out, you use the one not called out to eliminate one more
innocent party. Thus, two units of negative logic are tied together to narrow
in on the guilty party. You know the position of one not-guilty card and the
name of the other not-guilty card, and this gives the impression that you know
the identity of the guilty card, :.

The above trick is excerpted from a book on mental tricks with cards. An-
other, called "The Left-Looking Jack," in which a Jack ends up looking at the
mentally chosen card, is also in the manuscript.

(Karl Fulves)
Digital Dollars
Believed to be a completely different approach to tricks of this type.
The simplest version is this one. It is a handy way to win money with a bet you
set up over the telephone. Assuming the fellow on the other end of the line
plays honestly, you must win.

Call up a friend and offer to play a little game via phone. You agree that
you will each bet $10 on the outcome. Have him remove a five-dollar bill, a ten-
dollar bill and a twenty-dollar bill from his pocket. Tell him to place the
three bills in a row on the table. The bills can be in any order.

Have him exchange the $5 bill with the bill to the right of it. If there is
no bill to the right of the fiver, he does nothing. In either case he tells you
nothing.

Then have him exchange the $20 bill with the bill to the left of it. If
there is no bill to the left of the twenty, he does nothing.

Finally have him exchange the $10 bill with the bill to the right of it.

That's it. Remember you are each betting $10 on the game. You now pick out
one of the bills for yourself. Obviously if you pick the $5 « bill you are going
to be out five bucks. If you pick the $10 for yourself the game is a draw. The
only way you can win is if you end up with the $20 bill.

You do it this way. Tell him that you want the bill on the left for your-
self. It will always be the $20 bill.

That's the game. He starts with 3 bills in any order. Have him move them
around as described above. Tell him you want the bill on the left. It will always
be the $20 bill.