By delaying the television broadcast of a basketball game to McRory's bar long enough for Nate, as the roper, to lure Doyle into making a few small, "friendly" bets. Henry also has an ace in the hole: he's layered a separate con (faking his and Johnny's deaths) on top of "the wire." But right now we're talking about another 100% genius work of art: the long con set up by Henry Gondorff & Co. in The Sting. The wire was most popular in the early 20th century, when horse and dog race results were sent to betting parlors via the telegraph. The wire's been out of date for ten years. In other words, conmen work in something that resembles the current start-up industry—they need to constantly innovate to stay ahead of the curve. The Sting is a 1973 American caper film set in September 1936, involving a complicated plot by two professional grifters (Paul Newman and Robert Redford) to con a mob boss (Robert Shaw). In The Bottle Job, Mark Doyle, a Belfast loan shark, holds a marker for $15,000 and is threatening to take John McRory's Place from McRory's daughter, Cora. Include contact information if you have it.\r\rTo Contribute / Sponsor Programming:\rPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/GoodDog\rOnline Store: [coming soon]\r\r--------------------------------------------------------------------------- The conmen already know the results to the races, but their targets don't, and that's how the cons get the targets to lose a ton of money on races that have already been run. Would you like to add your voice to our choir in praise of the Lord?\r\r\rAbout Q Bits' Daily Psalm Project\rBecome a member of Q Bits and have special access to all new content, special appearances, pop-shows and a community of thousands of wakened people from around the world!\r\rOnline Community:\rSome prefer to have an app that works on any kind of phone or computer. As seen in The Sting, this generally was accomplished by having a confederate with the ability to briefly delay results coming from a local telegraph office, allowing a grifter and the mark to place a bet before the results are released via telegram. Others prefer to just type in a web address to gain full access – without knowing about anything else. Directed by George Roy Hill. And, of course, Lonnegan falls for it hook, line, and sinker, As Omar Little would say, "It's all in the game.". QBits - Show 125 - The Sting - The Wire - Telephone - YouTube "The wire" is as follows: a bunch of men set up a fake bookies shop where people can bet on horse races. The Wire is, according to 99% of guys you get stuck talking to at a party, the best TV show ever made—what do you mean you haven't watched all seven seasons at least twice? Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. It was one of two cons used in The Bottle Job, and was the principle con in the film The Sting. 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It began in the early days of telegraphy, when it was possible for a telegraph operator to delay racing results long enough for a few confederates to make bets, and make good money. The sting worked exactly as planned. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \rThe Daily Psalm Project \rOur objective is to complete every Psalm with different voices from our listening audience in the year 2019. On Friday, he was arrested and charged with violating the Hobbs Act, which bars authorities from interfering with interstate commerce. Diggstown (1992) Kamarád do deste II - Príbeh z Brooklynu (1992) George whistles the main theme after the successful swindle. The mark may be allowed to place, and win, smaller bets before placing a significantly larger one which he will, of course, lose, generally when a small planned miscommunication leads him to make the wrong bet. However, Henry is confident "the wire" will work because it's so out of date that Lonnegan won't recognize it. The wire scam, also known as the wire game, is an out-of-date long con, in which a mark is lured into wagering on rigged off track betting by promising advance knowledge of the outcome of a race.It was one of two cons used in The Bottle Job, and was the principle con in the film The Sting.. How it Works [edit | edit source]. After losing a series of small bets, Nate proposes an all-or-nothing bet on the final play, allowing him to win the marker on the pub. As telegraphy became more widespread and local bunco squads put protections against delaying results into place, grifters began to create the illusion they could delay results, giving rise to the wire con. The central idea of the wire is that the a grifter persuaded the mark that he has advance knowledge of the outcome of race results before they reach off-track betting sites. Critical to the con is the "roper", a grifter who must lure the mark in with promises of advance knowledge and guaranteed wins. With Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning. The Sting was the fourth highest-grossing film in history at the time, behind The Exorcist (which was released the same week), Gone with the Wind, and … But when Henry Gondorff decides to use the wire scheme to beat Lonnegan, one of his buddies remarks. The stock con Myra describes to Roy when they first meet is a variation on the "Wire" con used in The Sting. The wire scam, also known as the wire game, is an out-of-date long con, in which a mark is lured into wagering on rigged off track betting by promising advance knowledge of the outcome of a race. Woman, we just pulled off the wire in the time it takes to get a pizza delivered. Two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con. The Leverage team use the wire set up Doyle by using Tara to attract Doyle, then introduce Nate as her gambler ex-boyfriend. https://leverage.fandom.com/wiki/The_Wire_Scam?oldid=15423. But right now we're talking about another 100% genius work of art: the long con set up by Henry Gondorff & Co. in The Sting. The Wire is, according to 99% of guys you get stuck talking to at a party, the best TV show ever made—what do you mean you haven't watched all seven seasons at least twice? To do so, Hardison intercepts the cable feed, delaying it 20 seconds, while communicating plays to Nate via his comm. The con is time and personnel intensive, requiring a team of cons to set up and operate a fully staffed, but fake, betting parlor.

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