Be on red alert, when you see a group of people surrounding 1 gambler showing you a tricky game with three boxes, which he keeps on mixing among each other. You will have to find out, under which box the dice or cube is located. It looks rather simple and one is easily tempted to participate. But once you have given an amount to play, the mixing will speed up, you are being pushed, another tries to deviate your attention from the game.... and for a split of a second of your inattention the box containing the dice has been moved and your amount is gone .......
They push you literally to participate with any amount and the gang surrounding him or her consists of 6 - 10 members all of them assigned to different jobs. Pushing,watching for police, inviting, looking how much you have in your wallet, convincing etc. All of them do not speak German fluently. They are mostly former East Block foreigners.
Their favorite targets are tourists of elder age and foreigners.
DO NOT PARTICIPATE - instead call the police (112) and help to clean up this city from these unwanted elements. Just tell the police their present location.
Many of these illegal gamblers frequent the tourist area around Berlin Cathedral, the TV tower, and other spots of the city and on the end of the bridge (see picture)
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on Aug 4, 2006
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