Gaffed Dice

77 entries in Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Hocus Pocus Junior	Conveyance of Cards and Dice	mentioning card tricks and principles without details divided cards advantage dice by cutting off a strip "nipping" (punch?), corner crimp, dots		1634	The Art of Legerdemain Discovered	51	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Divided Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Pencil Dot or similar Marks Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Punch Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Corner Crimp
C. H. Wilson	The Top and Bottom Dice Game	No. 3, using a mis-spotted die in a dice game in a "adding up to seven" game		1877	The 52 Wonders	25	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles
A. J.	Eine geheimnisvolle Flucht	Jacks, Queens, Kings and Aces put into four packets on the table, packet chosen with dice and a suit chosen as well, that card becomes a blank card and the selection is in previously empty envelope, quartet gaff		May 1904	Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 5)	69	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Divided Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Envelope(s) Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster	Conradis Zauberwürfel	die with only three different numbers, to force an object in a row of four		Aug. 1904	Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 4 No. 8)	127	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Numbers / Number Forces / Dice
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli	Mit dem Seherblick der Pythia	number of rolled dice, domino, name of playing card and chosen color appear on empty signed slates		1922	Zwölf Schlager der Magie	55	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck Games / Dominoe Slate / Appearing Writing Slate / Flaps & Moving Parts
Al Baker	Cooperative Conjuring	with (forcing) dice, between ten and thirty	Also published here Cooperative Conjuring (Al Baker, 2003)	1941	Magical Ways and Means	76	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Numbers / Number Forces / Dice
Edward Marlo	They're Loaded	rolling five aces		1943	Shoot the Works	24	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Dice (small) / Tricked Dice Rolls
Edward Marlo	Crooked Dice	Set No. 1. Tops and Bottoms Set No. 2. Shapes or Buffed Dice Set No. 3. Trip Dice Set No. 4. Filler or Loaded Dice Set No. 5. Tapping Dice Set No. 6. Paint Work Set No. 7. Capped Transparent Dice Set No. 8. Magnetic Dice		1943	Shoot the Works	35	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice
Edward Marlo	Rules for Detecting Crooked Dice			1943	Shoot the Works	39	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice
R. M. Jamison	That Screwy Die Again	mis-spotted die routine, with actual mis-spotted die		Aug. 1945	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 3)	143	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Dice (small) / Paddle Move
Bruce Elliott	Fate	male and female names are selected, one by sliding a paperclip on a list, second by rolling the dice, the names match and represent a famous pair from history	Related to Lady Luck (U. F. Grant, 1949) One In A Million (Barrie Richardson, 1977) An Opener (Al Mann, 1978) One in a Half Million (Barrie Richardson, 1999) Variations Fate Again (Howard A. Adams, 1955) Birthday Cards (Barrie Richardson, 2005)	May 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 177)	708	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Mental Magic / Effects / Coincidence Mental Magic / Principles / Forcing
U. F. Grant	Lady Luck	multiple prediction, coins heads and tales, sum of thrown dice and selected card, tossed out deck	Related to Fate (Bruce Elliott, 1949)	July 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 181)	723	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Coin / Gaffed / Double Headed or Tailed Coin / Effect Themes / Mental Stuff Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Tossed Out Deck Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Dice & Cards
Jack Avis	Demented Dice			Feb. 1953	The Phoenix (Issue 275)	1101	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Dice (small) / Tricked Dice Rolls
Walter Behm	Zahlen-Forcieren	two ways to force a four-digit number with dice with bills		1953	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 14 No. 5)	142	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Bill / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Principles / Forcing Numbers / Number Forces / Dice Numbers / Number Forces / Other Props
Walter Behm	Der Mathe-Magier	number prediction of rolled dice, length of cut band, amount of cut cards and total of two selections, same numbers	Inspired by Hofzinser's "Der Mathematiker"	1956	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 17 No. 4)	439	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Effects / Coincidence
Tony Corinda	A Lesson in Mentalism	total of six dice leads to a card, value is used for page number, line and word		1959	Book Tests	209	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Cards / Effect Themes / Dice & Cards Book / Book Test / Routines
Lubor Fiedler	Spielwürfel Automat	die is placed with any number up and without performer watching, performer rolls die and same number comes up	Also published here "Methodische Reihe der Zauberkunst"	1963	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 24 No. 6)	92	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Dice (small) / Miscellaneous
Earl Keyser	The Fever	rolled number burnt into paper of cigarette		Aug. 1967	The New Jinx (Vol. 6 No. 64)	259	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Cigarette & Cigar / Miscellaneous Dice (small) / Miscellaneous Pen & Pencil / Special Ink
Bob Wagner	Showing the Matchbox	dice in matchbox		Aug. 1970	Talisman (Vol. 1 No. 26)	133	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Match & Matchbox / Matchbox & Matchbook Numbers / Number Forces / Dice
Edward Victor, Frank Butler	Perfected Prophecy	six cards in row, backs numbered, spectator rolls die, this card predicted, step-gaff and die with missing number, see also p. 415	Related to Edward Victor (Magic of 1936) Frank Butler ("Mental Magic Compendium", Magic Wand, March 1947)	Feb. 1971	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 6 No. 4)	404	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Step gaff Cards / Effect Themes / Dice & Cards
Edward G. Brown	A Card Chosen by the Throw of a Die or Other Implement of Apparent Chance			1973	The Card Magic of Edward G. Brown	193	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Cards / Sleights / Force / With Props Cards / Effect Themes / Dice & Cards
Amedeo Vacca	Matchbox-Prediction	dice shaken in box, total predicted		1974	Amedeo's Continental Magic	46	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Dice (small) / Miscellaneous Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination
Bob Ostin	Corner to Corner Dice Stack	dice stacking sequence, one die balanced on corner	Also published here Corner-To-Corner Dice Stack (Bob Ostin, 2005)	1976 ca.	Sleightly Surprising	11	Dice (small) / Dice Stacking Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice
Roy Miller	Die-A-Bolic!	number, color of a die and a card are predicted in bulldog clip		1977	Magick (Issue 177)	883	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Cards / Principles / Card Index Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Robert Cassidy	The 35mm Die Can Test	die in film can, number is divined / forced, two methods	Related to The Die and the Canisters (Robert Cassidy, 2004)	1977	Pseudo-Mentally Yours	9	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Ring / Finger Rings / Magnetic Ring Dice (small) / Divination
Father Cyprian	Rubik Con	suggestions without details: Colorvision with mini Rubik's Cube Colorvision with jumbled cube, a duplicate of configuration is drawn mini cube is solved under dice cup, suggestion of (partial) shell to force a color, either with counting procedure or loaded pop-up cube for production stage size cube that twists and person is produced coding information	Related to Dark Vision (Jack Kent Tillar, 1982)	1981	Octet	24	Color Forces Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Illusions / Appearance & Production / Person Rubik's Cube / Miscellaneous Rubik's Cube / Solving Dice (small) / Color Vision
Trevor Lewis	Die and Domino Divination	number on dice in cup matches number of chosen domino, Anverdi dice		1981	Esolc	89	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Games / Dominoe Mental Magic / Effects / Coincidence
Stephen Tucker	Imagine	spectator imagines poker chip, die and coins in hand and removes one, choice predicted by content of hand	Inspired by Subir Kumar Dhar effect in Magigram	Aug. 1982	Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 16)	305	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Mental Magic / Principles / Multiple Out Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Roy Baker	Knock Out Reading	Mind reading (name of card, chosen design, dice throw, chosen color, reading on health, wealth, love, luck, occupation, birthdate, answer any question in mind)		1983	Baker's Capers	24	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Cards / Effect Themes / Dice & Cards Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Marked deck / Backs Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Philip T. Goldstein	Cold Bones	cards with zodiac signs, one is selected by throwing pair of dice, prediction		May 1986	Magick (Issue 371)	1852	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Mental Magic / Principles / Multiple Out Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Karl Fulves	Dice Controls	intro		1990	Swindle Sheet (Issue 1)	8	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Articles / Columns
	Making Flats		Also published here "Dice - Squares, Tops and Shapes" (Burton Williams, 1982)	1990	Swindle Sheet (Issue 1)	10	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice
Karl Fulves	Under Over 7	double digit dice		1990	Swindle Sheet (Issue 3)	32	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles
Karl Fulves	The Office	New Phoenix, cheating with dice	Related to The Back Room (Karl Fulves, 1965)	1990	Cheat Sheet (Issue 2)	19	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Articles / Columns
Karl Fulves	The Office	Donald Trump, magnetic dice		1990	Cheat Sheet (Issue 5)	51	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Articles / Columns
Philip T. Goldstein	Live Die	six numbered pins, using die to eliminate all but one, prediction in form of large doll with bloodstain		Mar. 1991	Magick (Issue 453)	2263	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Doll & Puppet / Voodoo Doll
Karl Fulves	Dice Controls	mechanical dice cups		1991	Swindle Sheet (Issue 4)	45	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Articles / Columns
Karl Fulves	Tops or T's	certain type of percentage dice		1991	Swindle Sheet (Issue 8)	90	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice
Karl Fulves	Secret Seven	two gaffed weighted dice, one with a seven-value on a side, the other with Heart symbol, are used to humorously locate and divine the forced Seven of Hearts		1991	Secret Seven	1	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Funny Locations Cards / Effect Themes / Dice & Cards
Philip T. Goldstein	2/3 Dice	dice tossing game of "higher number wins" with mis-spotted die		1992	Cheat Sheet (Issue 10)	101	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles
Karl Fulves	7-11 Dice			1992	Additives	6	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice
Docc Hilford	Mento-Casino	prediction of chosen Casino chip, total of roll of dice and selected cards, Himber wallet		Dec. 1992	Vibrations (Vol. 15 No. 6)	12	Wallet Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Chip / Prediction Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Standard Predictions (one or multiple items)
Christian Chelman	Options	card is placed unseen in case, chosen card is mate, using cards and dice	Variations Chance of Choice (Wonder Man Fred, 2003)	1993	Capricornian Tales	101	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Cards / Effect Themes / Dice & Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Trick That Cannot Be Explained Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Marked deck / Backs
Bob Farmer	Loaded Dice	bets with loaded and mis-spotted dice 7-11 Dice - Load and Fire Another Game of 31 Bone Try Pair of Dice by the Dashboard Light		1994	Beat 'em, Cheat 'em, Leave 'em Bleedin'	30	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Dice (small) / Miscellaneous Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles
Steve Dusheck	Dice Force	using die with same number on all sides, shaken in cup	Related to Dice Force (Tom Stone, 2011)	1994	Dusheck's Close-Up Magic	109	Bill / Banknight Theme & Variations Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Numbers / Number Forces / Dice
Bob Farmer	Pair Of Dice By The Dashboard Light	Flim-Flam proposition bet with four dice, one pair for spectator and one for performer, using 7-11 dice, four versions		Oct. 1994	MAGIC (Vol. 4 No. 2)	66	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Dice (small) / Miscellaneous Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles
Nick Trost	The Eliminator	uses gaffed dice (mis-spotted) to locate card in one of six piles, credit info for plot given to publication in Nouvelles Recreations, Physiques et Mathematiques (Gilles-Edme Guyot, 1740)	Inspired by Lucky 13 (George Sands, 1975) "E-Limination" (Frank Garcia, Top Hat Topics, Fall 1977) Variations The Eliminator, Revisited (Nick Trost, 2017)	1997	The Card Magic of Nick Trost	142	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Dice & Cards Numbers / Number Forces / Dice
Philip T. Goldstein	Just Chintz	just chance with paper bags, five bags contain rubbish and one gold, selected by throwing a die	Also published here Just Chintz (Philip T. Goldstein, 2001) Just Chintz (Max Maven, 2012)	July 1997	Mind & Magic Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 1)	8	Bill / Banknight Theme & Variations Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Mental Magic / Effects / Gag
Gary Kurtz	The Gaffus	on the magnetic dice set used		1998	Psycho-Kinetic Dice	3	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice
Gary Kurtz	Effect #1 - A Simple, Straight-Forward Prediction	four dice rolled in opaque plastic cups, all four numbers predicted Additional Effects Telephone Book Test Check Burning Routine		1998	Psycho-Kinetic Dice	4	Bill / Banknight Theme & Variations Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Dice (small) / Divination Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Book / Book Test / Telephone Book Test
Gary Kurtz	The 35mm Film Canister Tests	Methodological Overview The AM Hold-out Getting the AM into "Working Position" Activating the Die Inside the Canister A B - The "Opening Activation" Important Handling Tips Concerning the "35mm Film Cannister Tests" Details of One-handed Operation		1998	Psycho-Kinetic Dice	6	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice
Gary Kurtz	F.C. Test #1 - 6th Sense	four spectators shake up a die each in film canisters, top number of all dice divined		1998	Psycho-Kinetic Dice	8	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Dice (small) / Divination
Gary Kurtz	F.C. Test #2 - Test Conditions Divination	four spectators shake up a die each in film canisters, top number of all dice divined		1998	Psycho-Kinetic Dice	11	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Dice (small) / Divination
Gary Kurtz	F.C Test #3 - Telekinetic Matches	dice roll in film canisters is apparently controlled		1998	Psycho-Kinetic Dice	15	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Dice (small) / Miscellaneous
Gary Kurtz	F.C. Test #4 - Blindfold X-Ray Senses	dice roll in film canister is divined blindfolded		1998	Psycho-Kinetic Dice	18	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice
Gary Kurtz	F.C. Test #5 - Long Distance "Remote Viewing"	dice roll in film canister is divined over radio or television		1998	Psycho-Kinetic Dice	18	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Dice (small) / Divination Mental Magic / Principles / Stooge Articles / Magic on the Radio
Gary Kurtz	F.C. Test #6 - Telephone Telepathy	medium is called who divines the dice rolls inside film canisters		1998	Psycho-Kinetic Dice	19	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Propless / Phone Effects Dice (small) / Divination
Gary Kurtz	Bonus Effect - Psycho-Kinetic Control	four dice rolled in opaque plastic cups, performers hand on top of spectator's hands for pk control, all four numbers match a prediction		1998	Psycho-Kinetic Dice	19	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Dice (small) / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Effects / PK Sensations
Bob Farmer	Bone Dry	mis-spotted 7-11 dice for scam		Oct. 1999	MAGIC (Vol. 9 No. 2)	90	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles
Bob King	Cube Route	two different-colored cubes behind screen, they transpose, then change to different color		2000	Great Britain 2001	15	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Dice (small) / Transformation Dice (small) / Transposition
Philip T. Goldstein	Just Chintz	just chance with paper bags, five bags contain rubbish and one gold, selected by throwing a die	Also published here Just Chintz (Philip T. Goldstein, 1997)	2001	San Jose Notes	3	Bill / Banknight Theme & Variations Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Mental Magic / Effects / Gag
Al Baker	Cooperative Conjuring	with (forcing) dice, between ten and thirty	Also published here Cooperative Conjuring (Al Baker, 1941)	2003	The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means)	211	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Numbers / Number Forces / Dice
Philip T. Goldstein	Just Chintz	just chance with paper bags, five bags contain rubbish and one gold, selected by throwing a die		2003	Saint Louis Notes	4	Bill / Banknight Theme & Variations Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Mental Magic / Effects / Gag
Wonder Man Fred	Chance of Choice	card force / prediction, using six dice	Inspired by Options (Christian Chelman, 1993)	2003	Strange Things In The Night	24	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Sleights / Force / With Props
Bob Ostin	Corner-To-Corner Dice Stack	dice stacking sequence, one die balanced on corner	Also published here Corner to Corner Dice Stack (Bob Ostin, 1976 ca.)	2005	Bob Ostin — A Lifetime of Magical Inventions	49	Dice (small) / Dice Stacking Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice
Bob Ostin	Spooky Dice	eerie moving pair of dice		2005	Bob Ostin — A Lifetime of Magical Inventions	173	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice
Christian Chelman	The Christmas Gift	one of six objects is chosen with equivoque and mis-spotted die, story presentation	Also published here Hauntiques	Oct. 2007	Genii (Vol. 70 No. 10)	40	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Tom Stone	Die Force	simple gaffed die to force a number	Also published here Die Force (Tom Stone, 2015)	2007	Plots, Spells & Typos	11	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Numbers / Number Forces / Dice
Tom Stone	Dice Force	simple gaffed die to force a number	Related to Dice Force (Steve Dusheck, 1994)	2011	Maelstrom	4	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Numbers / Number Forces / Dice
Max Maven	Just Chintz	just chance with paper bags, five bags contain rubbish and one gold, selected by throwing a die	Also published here Just Chintz (Philip T. Goldstein, 1997)	2012	Return to Saint Vincent	3	Bill / Banknight Theme & Variations Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Mental Magic / Effects / Gag
Hiroshi Sawa	ダイス爆弾 (Dice Bomb)	Dice Bomb gimmick, big dice inside clear glass shaken and splits into many small dice		2013	Magic of Dr. Sawa (澤浩の奇術)	46	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Dice (small) / Transformation
Colin McLeod	Diced Thoughts	die is rolled in a cup, each number stands for a feeling and people think of a memory, memory is divined, using Craig Filicetti's Real Dice	Related to The Universal Force Technique (Michael Murray, 2014) On the Edge (The Universal Forcing System Updated) (Michael Murray, 2023)	2014	Divine	130	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Mental Magic / Principles / Dual Reality Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Karl Fulves	Gambling And Marion's	ribbed dice cup with curved face dice, on manufacturing of dice		2015	Early Indications (Issue 1)	5	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Dice (small) / Miscellaneous
Tom Stone	Die Force	simple gaffed die to force a number	Also published here Die Force (Tom Stone, 2007)	2015	Tom Stone Seminar 2015	1	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Numbers / Number Forces / Dice
Nick Trost	The Eliminator, Revisited	mis-spotted dice (Butler die) used to locate card in one of six piles	Inspired by The Eliminator (Nick Trost, 1997)	2017	Subtle Card Creations — Volume 6	1466	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Dice & Cards Numbers / Number Forces / Dice
Anson Chen	Cactus	prediction of object, people name objects which are listed from one to six, using a die for selection		2023	Reality Is Magic	124	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Mental Magic / Principles / Misreading & Miscalling Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Standard Predictions (one or multiple items)
Christoph Borer	Das Ablaufdatum	date is formed using dice, number cards and bingo numbers, date matches date of performance, expiration date presentation		2024	Inventum	266	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Mental Magic / Effects / Coincidence Mental Magic / Principles / Forcing Numbers / Number Forces / Paper Cards