Shell Game Scam on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Shell Game Scam on Flickr - Photo Sharing!: "Coming back from downtown this group of folks were playing the 'shell game' scam. The one where you have three shells and you have to guess which one is hiding the pea?

I always find it interesting to try and figure out who's who in the scam. The fat guy was the one running the game. The three guys around him were his 'shills' they would win and try to get everyone else to play.

At first I thought the guy closest to me was a bystander because he started to get upset with the guy about picking the wrong one, etc. But then The Fat guy got off at the stop before me and ran to the southbound train. Meanwhile the other guy got off at my stop and waited for the southbound train so they could hook up again"