Magic trick - Win the lottery

Here's a very cool video I received from Dave (from 5min.com) on how to immediately win with a blank lottery ticker. Very cool trick, take a look:

Magic trick - Cool trick for kids

Hello everybody,

Take a look at this video and learn a very nice magic trick to entertain your children. It's called Captain Jack's shipwreck.
All the cheers (and rights) go to the talented Sam Noyoun who created this video.

So here it is:

Cool Trick For Kids!! - The most amazing videos are a click away

My magic experience (continued...)

After seeing Coperfield on stage I was very intrigued of all he did. I knew he is only human and he must have done all those things through skill, knowledge and gimicks of some sort. Therefore I started a quest to find the answer to some of his secrets.
My first stop was obviously the internet and it took me a few full days until I found something relevant to my searches (nowadays it's a lot easier to find magic related info due to Blaine's & Angel's popularity). Anyhow, I found an online magic store from where I rodered my first tricks. These 2 were the tricks that launched me into the world of magic, the world of secrets and entertainment. I would recommend them to anyone.
What were the magic tricks? Well, the first one was the "flying card". It has many names, but basically it is a gimmick that allows you to float playing cards around you, lift credit card or pull paper napkins towards you. It was and still is a very good trick and not very hard to master.
The second trick was a very well chosen one because it revealed to me how many other card tricks are made. It was called the invisible deck. The effect is that you have an entire deck full of blank cards (back & front) and all of a sudden, whenever you want to, you can make a card appear in the entire blank deck. Not only that but by the end of your performance you can turn the entire blank deck into a normal one.
Anyhow, these tricks are not that expensive and I recommend them to anyone who whants to learn a little bit of magic.

Criss Angel - Cement Block (see last 5 mintues)

This is for all the people who could not stay up the entire night (I was one of them) and did not see the last moments of the escape.

Card magic - Rasputin's secret

The effect: A deck of cards is shown and is shuffled. Three spectators are required to help you demonstrate your mastery of the past, present and future.
The first spectator selects a card, looks at it and returns it in the deck.
"A card was chosen, but now it is back from where it came from. It all took place in the past", you tell your audience.
You write a message on a paper, fold it and write PAST on its back.

The second spectator takes a card and puts in in his pocket without seeing the card. "You chose a card and hidden it in your pocket. It remains in the present." You write something on another paper, fold it and label it PRESENT.

"Before we continue, I will look into the future to ascertain an event yet to take place." You write on the third piece of paper, fold it and label it as FUTURE. The final spectator chooses a card and sets it aside on the table.

The first participant is asked what card he chose. He tells everyone it was, for example, the 5 of clubs. The paper marked PAST is opened and it is written "Jim chose 5 of clubs". The second person removes the card from his pocket and it was, for example, 9 of diamonds. The PRESENT paper is opened and it is written 9 od diamonds on it. The remaining paper (FUTURE) is opened and it says "Tom will choose 4 of hearts). The third person turn the card over and it is the 4 of hearts.

Not a bad trick, right? Wonder how it's done?

My first magic experience

I still remember the day when my friend took me to see David Copperfield for the first time. It was a gift for my birthday, a gift that changed my life and welcomed me into the world of magic.
We both knew about Copperfield, we also saw him on TV from time to time and obiously we heard a lot about his illusions. We kept talking about how he passed through the "Wall of China" or how he made the Statue of Liberty dissapear. We just couldn't wait to see him live. So a couple of hours later we saw this incredible show of magic, humor and illusion. I still remember sitting in that chair, a few feet in front of him, (we had front seats because we thought that this way we might see how some of the things are done - we never did) being amazed at everything that he did and just could not stop wondering...how did he do it?
A few years later I understood some of the mystery behind the lottery trick, the chopper illusion, the duck in bucket and even the Statue of Liberty dissapearance, but that's another story. The important thing is that this show that I saw made me very curious about this world of magic and illusion.
This was my first magic experience. I will continue in telling the rest some other time...

Card throwing techniques

Here is a card throwing technique that you could learn to impress your audience. It shows you two methods on how to hold the card and how to throw it at a fair distance.
http://rapidshare.com/files/39347087/Throw_cards.pdf

If you want to learn more about it, I would recommend you buying the DVD of Rick Smith Jr. He is the master and actually world champion at card throwing. His DVD is informative and teaches you quite a few different methods on how to go about it.
So if you are curious and eager to learn, look it up. It's called "The Art of Card Throwing".

Coin Magic - Downs palm

The coin is held horizontally in the fork of the thumb by pressure of the latter and the base of the first finger pressing together against opposite edges. Image A shows this position but from a different angle than viewed by the audience (the image does not get to see your hand as in image A).
To bring the coin to this position, hold it vertically between the tips of the first two fingers, as in image B. Then curl these two fingers inward, depositing the coin behind the thumb, where it is gripped against the base of the first finger. When the fingers are straightened the hand appears empty, as in image C.

Magicians - David Copperfield

Here you can download David Copperfield's video that shows the best illusions and magic demonstrations that he performed in the last 15 years.
It is worth watching.
You need to download all 8 files and unrar them in order to get the video.

http://rapidshare.com/files/37280551/D1
http://rapidshare.com/files/37287926/D2
http://rapidshare.com/files/37311111/D3
http://rapidshare.com/files/37317864/D4
http://rapidshare.com/files/37325051/D5
http://rapidshare.com/files/37412767/D6
http://rapidshare.com/files/37445333/D7
http://rapidshare.com/files/37447582/D8

You have to download all files, but I would recommend you buying the DVD.

Card magic - 2 of a Kind (for beginners)

Effect: The magician picks out two cards. He has a spectator cut the deck. He flips over the cards that he picked, then he flips over two cards of the deck that was cut. The cards match.

Secret: Before you begin the trick it would be good to shuffle the deck so the specator doesn't think you have rigged the pack in any way.
Tell them you will pick two cards. Go through the deck making sure you look at the bottom and the top cards of the deck.
Pick out a card that matches the bottom card. (If the bottom card is a Four of Hearts, you would pick out the Four of Diamonds to match it.) Then pick out a card that is the same as the top card.
Ask the spectator to cut the deck once(a simple cut).
Take the first card, the one on top of the original top of the deck, and flip it over. Flip the bottom half of the deck over completely. Flip over the cards you picked.
They all match!