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Bet pressing demonstrated

December 17th, 2007 by Dave

If you’ve ever wondered what “pressing a bet” is, thanks to the magic of YouTube, you can see it for yourself:


Link if you can’t view the embed:YouTube - Casino Scam #3
One comment: it looks like the guy demonstrating the move drops a black ($100) on top of a pile of green ($25) chips. I hope he’s just doing that for the camera, because in most jurisdictions you have to place your highest-value chips at the bottom of the stack, to prevent precisely this.

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