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* ''[[White Collar]]'': Neal met Mozzie when Mozzie was running a street game of three-card monte with a partner. Neal used sleight of hand and an extra card hidden in his sleeve to cheat the game, and Mozzie was impressed enough to track Neal down and propose a partnership.
* The pricing game with the same name in ''[[The Price Is Right]]''. The game features four shells with one of them holding a winning ball. The contestant is asked whether each one of the four incorrectly price items is higher or lower. The contestant receives a chip for each correct guess and is an instant win if all four items are correctly guessed.
* On ''[[Leverage]]'' this is the primary game of [[The Chessmaster|Nate's]] father. It is strongly contrasted with Nate's game of chess.
* In ''[[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger]]: [[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger/Recap/Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle|199 Hero Great Battle]]'', the Gokaigers and [[Tensou Sentai Goseiger|Goseigers]] trick [[Mahou Sentai Magiranger|Hades God Dragon]] into attacking his own [[Mooks]] by transforming the mooks into illusions of themselves.
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* There's a ''[[Mario Party]]'' game that has you play a shell game with a Koopa.
* In the ''[[Dystopia (video game)|Dystopia]]'' map "Cybernetic", there is a [[Cyberspace]] objective in which you see a yellow box in a ring of about 20 blue boxes. The yellow box turns blue and they all spin around for a few seconds. Selecting the right box speeds the capture of the objective.
* One of the between-match minigames in ''[[Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance]]'' (which returns in ''[[Mortal Kombat 9]]'') is Test Your Sight, essentially a shell game. If the player succeeds repeatedly without making a mistake, the cups move faster, and eventually a fourth one is added. It's particularly funny when the player is using the blind swordsman Kenshi, since he tracks the movement of the cups by cupping one hand around his ear and listening to them.
* ''[[Beyond Good & Evil (video game)|Beyond Good and Evil]]'': When first going to meet the Iris Network, Jade has to play a shell game (a very easy one) operated by Peepers (who may or may not be blind?) to find a key card for a room from where she may enter to the Iris' Den. At any time, the regular shell game (find the little pearl) can earn you good money, up to a limit. The more you bet, the quicker Peepers shuffles them.
* In ''[[Pokémon Gold and Silver]]'', [[Trickster Mentor|Trickster Gym Leader]] Janine has all of her followers dress up as her so that you won't be able to tell who the real Janine is.
* ''[[Prototype (video game)|Prototype]]'' combines this with [[Spot the Impostor]] when you perform the "Patsy" move. Mercer, while in the form of a soldier, can grab another soldier, spin the both of them around, and point to the other guy to confuse the enemy into believing he's the impostor.
* ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]'' had [[Smug Snake|Riddler]] using his second hostage in one of these. In a twist, you are required to [[Cutting the Knot|use Detective Vision]], because he will lower the hostage through the floor and bring it up through another one.
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